The 6th African Human Rights Film Festival is loading, set to unite compassion and creativity with Cape Town as its stage.
Cape Town, South Africa (30 August 2023) — The Africa Human Rights Film Festival (AHRFF) is gearing up for the 6th edition of the film festival where creatives, compassion and consciousness will all join forces.
The Fest will be taking place in Cape Town at Isivivana Community Centre in Khayelitsha, The Labia Theatre and the African Climate & Development Initiative at the UCT.
Now in its 6th year, the Africa Human Rights Film Festival looks back on its humble beginnings as a single human rights film shown every last Thursday of the month in Joburg’s Alexandra. Its mission was community empowerment. Since then, the festival has grown have flowered wonderfully, with 30 films from 16 countries across the world to be showcased this year.
The main purpose of the Festival is to generate healthy debate using film, empowering citizens, raising awareness, and promoting respect for human rights in marginalized communities including rural areas and townships through tellings that evoke compassion and creativity.
The AHRFF will run from 18 October to 20 October 2023 and the Festival is amongst the few that focus directly on human rights and expose ordinary citizens to such content.
“We are not only excited to be hosting another edition of the festival in the beautiful historical city of Cape Town, but longing to present and show case citizens content and films they would not generally see on a daily basis”, shares Festival Co-Director Buntu FY Hweshe.
Hweshe adds that this year will also draw a sharp focus on climate and human rights as well as the frontline communities that are most impacted by climate change.
The festival will start off with its opening night at The Labia Theatre then followed by two days of film binging, workshops and open discussion at the Isivivana Centre in Khayelitsha, which is home to the Bertha Movie House. The second venue for the festival will be the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) based at UCT where there will be two days of film screening and panel discussions.
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