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Pertama kalinya Jakarta menggelar World Human Right Award (WHRA) Films yang dihadiri sedikitnya 215 film dari seluruh dunia. WHRA diselenggarakan atas kerjasama Pusat Kebudayaan Rusia Jakarta, iHebat International Volunteers, Yayasan Peduli Anak Indonesia (PENA), World Film Council, dan dengan mendapat dukungan penuh Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) selaku media partner, sekaligus penyelenggara.
Disamping WHRA bekerja sama pula dengan beberapa festival internasional lain sebagai partner festival, yaitu World Documentary Awards (WDA), World Animation Awards (WAA), dan International Film and Photography Festival (IFPF), dalam perhelatan ini.
Dirut LPP RRI, Dra. Rosarita Niken Widiastuti,Msi, menegaskan RRI sangat mendukung festival ini karena memiliki tujuan yang sangat mulia, yaitu kepedulian dan penghormatan terhadap hak asasi manusia, mengingat pemenuhan hak asasi manusia masih harus diwujudkan bersama-sama.
Sementara Damien Dematra, founder dan director World Human Rights Award Films, menambahkan bahwa festival film internasional ini untuk menghargai jerih payah para sineas pejuang HAM dan kemanusiaan di seluruh dunia agar HAM ditegakkan sebagai salah satu unsur penting dari kemanusiaan itu sendiri.
Berikutnya para sineas peraih WHRA Films; Kategori Human Rights Platinum Award Winners:
Before Spring, directed by Ahmed Atef – General, Director
Flamingo, directed by Yu Han – Short Film
For My Children, directed by Stathis Plotas – Documentary Film
Once upon a time, there was a man, directed by Siavash Jamali, Ata Mehrad – Documentary Film
People of Nowhere, directed by Lior Sperandeo – Documentary Film
Kategori Human Rights Gold Award Winners:
Black Sheep, directed by Reshel Shah – Documentary Film, Human Rights Filmmaker of the Year (Reshel Shah), Filmmaker of Inspiration (Reshel Shah)
Break the Branch, directed by Samantha Cornwell – Documentary Film
Cuz He’s Black, directed by Ji Sub Jeong – General, Animation, Human Rights Filmmaker of the Year (Ji Sub Jeong)
Fight Acid Violence, directed by Dr. Shahida Akhter – Documentary Film
Jerusalem In Line, directed by Amir Har-Gil – Documentary Film,
Director The Guest, directed by Federico Olivetti – Short Film,
Director The Legend of The Black Cat, directed by Clebio Viriato Ribeiro – Feature Film,
Director The Story of Ebola, directed by Yoni Goodman – Short Film Ukraine.
Paralipomenon. A Chronicle of Omissions, directed by Yulia Matsiy – Producer, Human Rights Filmmaker of the Year (Yulia Matsiy)
Women are the Answer, directed by Fiona Cochrane – Documentary Film
Kategori Human Rights Silver Award Winners:
Against Hate, directed by Brenda Williams – Documentary Film
Gayrouth, directed by Charbel Raad – Documentary Film
“I Am Listening”, directed by Curtis Speck – Short Film Ukraine.
Paralipomenon. A Chronicle of Omissions, directed by Yulia Matsiy – Documentary Film, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
When the Sun Came for Them, directed by Terrence Ross – Documentary Film.
(tc sulistyo; foto Muller
