We were unable to organize an edition of FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival in 2014 due to lack of funds. if any organization would like to collaborate in terms of fundraising for organizing FLASHPOINT in 2015, please write to solaris.pictures.india@gmail.com


Schedule : 3rd FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival




Solaris Pictures presents



December 12 – 14, 2013
Alliance Francaise de Bombay, Mumbai, India

SCHEDULE

Please click on individual titles to see full details and trailer of films




THURSDAY
December 12, 2013
FRIDAY
December 13, 2013
SATURDAY
December 14, 2013

11.00
am
79 min / Germany / 2013
86 min /  South Africa, Israel / 2012
72 min / USA, Mexico / 2012
12.30pm
38 min / India / 2012

70 min /  France, Cambodia / 2012
96 min / Switzerland,  Cuba, China, Iran / 2012
87 min / USA, China / 2012
3.00
pm

90 min / UK, Sri Lanka / 2013
90 min / UK, India / 2013
93 min / USA / 2012
5.00
pm
PANEL DISCUSSION

PANEL DISCUSSION

PANEL DISCUSSION

6.00
pm
104 min / Germany, North Korea / 2012
83 min / India / 2012
105 min / India / 2012

Note: Schedule subject to change at the discretion of the organizers

FREE ENTRY. REGISTRATION AT VENUE
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis

Alliance Française de Bombay
40, Theosophy Hall, 1st Cross Lane, New Marine Lines, Mumbai 400020
Ph: 022 2203 5993




























































Press Conference - FLASHPOINT 2013


December 10, 2013 - On INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, a press conference was held to talk about human rights and to announce the 3rd FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival, jointly hosted by Solaris Pictures and Acee ThirdEye. Addressing the media were - noted filmmaker and social activist Mahesh N Bhatt, author & women's rights activist Shereen El Feki, director of Alliance Française de Bombay Alain Zayan, filmmaker Hansal Mehta, filmmaker Vaidehi Chitre, filmmaker Vinta Nanda and festival director Sridhar Rangayan 
Media Partner: Naarad PR & Image Strategists 
Pics by Tanay Pant & Anusha Naarad



























Support Messages : 3rd FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival


MAHESH BHATT, Filmmaker, Writer & Rights Activist, INDIA

“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those who they oppress “– The Flash Point Human Rights film festival will hurl you into the hearts and the lives of those brave people who had the audacity to stand up alone against the tyranny of the oppressor. These films will ignite in you, a thirst for a fair world, which seems to  have atrophied at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. These movies will shock you and wake you up to the new realities that we all must understand and counter. I give my wholehearted support to this festival, which tries to give us a taste of reality, in these times where everyone else around us is numbing us with illusions.


When empathy erodes from our society evil walks tall. I am certain that these deeply felt films made by these brave film makers and which deal with the issue of man's brutality to man, will jolt us all and make us take note of the suffering we unleash on our fellow human beings. Flashpoint Human Rights Film Festival for me is like a solitary lamp in this dark night. It will ignite hope in the hopeless.


NANDITA DAS, Actor, Filmmaker & Social Activist, INDIA

It is quite disconcerting that South Asia is a major source and destination for child trafficking of all forms, where children are used for forced and bonded labour and children are sold for prostitution. It is usually children from lower economic strata who are victims of trafficking. While it is illiteracy, poverty and ignorance among the poor and underprivileged that is the prime reason; it is also the apathy of the government and the legal system that actually breeds it. If a change has to be made to end this human rights abuse, there has to be an outcry from the public, from every strata of society, from people of all walks of lives. The starting point of this could be very simple – just being informed and aware. A human rights film festival like FLASHPOINT makes us aware of the issues and if you are aware, you can possibly make a difference one day. I support and endorse FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival for urging people to reflect, react and be flashpointers of change.


TISCA CHOPRA, Actress, INDIA

For any change to be lasting and genuine. I believe it is crucial that we turn our gaze inward. Legal institutions guarantee ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ but the world today is proof that these are by no means enough. The Flashpoint film festival is brilliant, in that it brings together films that inspire thought and inner change. Cinema has the power needed to inspire that change in the individual.






ANANTH MAHADEVAN, Filmmaker, India

Of all the 16 international fests that Mee Sindhutai Sapkal has been screened, Flashpoint fest hold great relevance for the film, dealing as it does with the burning issue of human rights... To transcend a mood of death and give life a chance is the theme of the film and I am glad that it is the closing film at such an important event.. Both the fest and the film complement each other.


TACO RUIGHAVER, Director, Movies that Matter, NETHERLANDS

Movies that Matter is very proud that Flashpoint Human Rights Film Festival will screen the documentary films of the A Matter of ACT-programme. Movies that Matter is the international film-and debate festival in The Netherlands that presents seventy films about human rights and social justice in The Hague.  A Matter of ACT is the main programme of Amnesty International at the Movies that Matter Festival in the Netherlands that is entirely dedicated to the work of human rights defenders. These activists and/or their organizations play a crucial role in the worldwide protection and promotion of human rights. A Matter of ACT believes that films can engage viewers in a dialogue about human rights and the threats to human dignity. Using such a lens, A Matter of ACT aspires to raise awareness and fight human rights violations, both national and international.

We heartily congratulate Sridhar Rangayan from Solaris Pictures for organizing this festival. Sridhar was a jury member in the Netherlands of the A Matter of ACT-programme this year and he wanted to bring the remarkable films to India. And here you can see the extraordinary effort of his work.


REBIYA KADEER, Human Rights Activist, Uyghur (nominated thrice for Nobel Peace Prize)

It is with great pleasure that I send you this message of solidarity to the Flashpoint Human Rights Film Festival in India. Although I am unable to attend the festival myself, I strongly support the festival and its underlying message of giving a voice to the oppressed through film. Films are a powerful medium through which to tell the stories of people whose stories might otherwise never be told; films resonate with audiences in ways that stir emotions and build momentum for change. A recurring theme of the films showcased by the Flashpoint Human Rights Festival is the rights of women and children throughout the world; women’s rights and women’s voices are all too often suppressed. Despite this, women are often the ones who bravely speak out against human rights abuses and protest against oppression. In India, you have the freedom to speak out about the injustices taking place in East Turkestan, Iran,Algeria, and Cuba. After the screen goes dark and the lights come on, please remember us.



Team : 3rd FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival

Team

3rd FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival team :

Sridhar Rangayan
Saagar Gupta

Vinta Nanda
Hans Kapadia

Pratik Punjabi


We need Volunteers and Partners for the festival.
Please write to flashpoint.hrff@gmail.com

Organizers : 3rd FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival

ORGANIZER

Solaris Pictures

Solaris Pictures has successfully organized FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival in 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, as well as four editions of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (2010 to 2013).

Solaris Pictures is the only Indian film production company that has consistently been making award winning films on issues such as homosexuality and gay rights, films that engage the audience and initiate dialogues on issues dealing with health and sexuality, human rights, and the LGBT community. Solaris Pictures believes in pushing the envelope - both as producer and as distributor, and in partnering with grassroots NGOs and CBOs in India, and international collaborators from around the world. Solaris Pictures is not only producing films, but also distributing short films and documentaries of other queer filmmakers in order to encourage such endeavors that address underserved issues.

http://www.solarispictures.com  


CO-ORGANIZER

ACEE - The Third Eye

ACEE in partnership with HH&S, Norman Lear Center, University of Southern California, launched the project The Third Eye in early 2013, a platform that builds the bridge between creative communities and the priorities of our time. ACEE has gone further to establish a network of young leaders emerging from the poorest and most marginalized societies of India to create awareness through entertainment to those who live beyond the reach of present media. The Third Eye is in the process of creating that content in partnership with various talents from the film and television business, which is crafted to empower the disenfranchised. The Third Eye in partnership with FICCI, Film Writers Association of India, The Producers Guild of India, The Film & Television Directors Association of India and various Media Schools and Research Organizations has successfully found the inner voice of the industries of media and entertainment in India, the voice that guides itself to address the priorities of our times accurately when speaking to the rest of the world through its different forms and expressions across all platforms.



PRINCIPAL PARTNERS

Movies That Matter, Netherlands

Movies that Matter screens and promotes films that draw our attention to human rights and situations in which these are at stake. The foundation is based in Amsterdam and is an initiative of the Dutch section of Amnesty International. 

The foundation's peak activity is the annual Movies that Matter Festival, taking place at the end of March in The Hague, International City of Peace and Justice. The Movies that Matter Festival is the Netherlands' main platform for engaged cinema, with over seventy documentaries and feature films of inspired film makers being screened every year.  Apart from the regular film programme, the festival hosts daily talk shows and debates, musical performances and exhibitions. Along the festival, Movies that Matter initiates a number of other projects including events, educational programmes and a growing number of international activities. It promotes human rights film screenings worldwide, offers advice and assistance and stimulates the exchange of knowledge and experience. 

Through its Support Programme it offers modest monetary assistance to initiate human rights film festivals and to help circulate and exhibit human rights films in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.  Movies that Matter believes that film screenings are a powerful instrument to further the dialogue on human rights, freedom and justice.

www.moviesthatmatter.nl/mtm/


Alliance Française de Bombay 

Established in Mumbai in 1938, the Alliance Française de Bombay has evolved in sync with the geographical and cultural expansion of the city, by opening no less than seven new centers in 'Maximum City', yet preserving its headquarters in south Mumbai, the historical and administrative heart of the city. Collaborating closely with the other prestigious cultural centers, it promotes cultural exchanges between France and India, initiates a dialogue of ideas and debates through contemporary creation that is accessible to all: your gateway into Europe, French speaking countries and their cultures.

http://www.bombay.afindia.org


SUPPORTED BY

Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival

Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival (NIHRFF) is Germany’s oldest and biggest human rights film festival. With its art house cinema background, it is the leading forum for outstanding feature films, documentaries and animated productions, which have human rights as their main focus.
The biannual festival features an international competition, which presents artistically exceptional human rights films, an international forum, an extensive supporting programme, exhibitions and international guests. NIHRFF presents the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award (worth EUR 2500) for the winner of the International Competition, an Audience Award (EUR 1000) for the most popular film from Competition and Forum (EUR 1000), and the Open Eyes Youth Jury Award (EUR 1000).
One of NIHRFF’s hallmarks is its successful school film project which includes school screenings, a youth jury, and youth reporters.