IMPACT! Catalunya's Human Rights Film Festival
By Charlotte Stace
Impacte! The Human Rights Film Festival returns to Barcelona for a new edition. The festival aims to make a lasting impact on people through the films in its selection. It wants to motivate social awareness and stimulate actions that strengthen democratic coexistence, social change and global justice by presenting quality films that encourage reflection and debate.
As such, this year’s films include a range of short and full-length films such as: Donde no habite el olvido, recounting the lost stories of the Spanish civil war; EL llarg dia, a documentary looking at the life of Ukranians fighting their war; El cosmonauta siria, a film that follows the life of Muhammed Faris a Syrian astronaut; Els recollectors, a look into the seasonal work of migratory fruit pickers.
If you’d like to find out more, check out the online programme which can be found via the festival’s website. The festival also brings a number of parallel activities, including specialist talks and exhibitions.