Halaqat - Exploring cultural links between Europe and the Arab world
Halaqat continues in 2023 and presents together with the human rights film festival One World Brussels the documentary and animation film "The Journalist and Her Jailers" by Adithya Sambamurthy. The screening will be attended by Syrian journalist Luna Watfa, who will be in conversation with Brigitte Herremans afterwards.
About the film: "THE JOURNALIST AND HER JAILERS" (2022, 82')
Luna Watfa, a journalist and former political prisoner living in exile in Germany, reports on the men charged with mass detention and torture in Assad's prisons, at the world's first trial against members of the Syrian regime, for crimes against humanity.
"The Journalist and Her Jailers" explores what this local court in Germany can really accomplish. Can it actually provide some measure of justice for Luna Watfa and the tens of thousands of Syrians who have been detained, tortured and disappeared by Bashar al-Assad’s government, and thereby perhaps even provide a blueprint for future war crimes prosecutions worldwide? To engage with this question, Luna must first seek to understand what justice even means in this context, for the plaintiffs, witnesses, the defendants- and for herself. [IDFA, Docs for sale]
The festival 'One World in Brussels' takes place from 20 until 27 April 2023 in Brussels. The 16th edition with the theme ‘Cost of Safety’ brings 12 films and discussions to Brussels’ prominent venues.
One World in Brussels is organised by People in Need and Czech Centre Brussels, together with the Czech Permanent Representation to the EU, the European Parliament BOZAR – Centre for Fine Arts Brussels and the Goethe-Institut Brussels.
Halaqat started in 2021 as a grant co-financed by the European Union (under the designation: EU-LAS CULTURE), the Goethe-Institut and Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels. The project was implemented by the Goethe-Institut in collaboration with Bozar from 01.02.2021 until 31.01.2023. Halaqat continues in 2023 with its own funds and with activities in Europe and in the Arab worlds. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the organisers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.
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