第5回UNHCR難民映画祭2010 / 5th UNHCR Refugee Film Festival
第5回UNHCR難民映画祭2010 / 5th UNHCR Refugee Film Festival
5th UNHCR Refugee Film Festival 2010
Following the success of the past years, the UNHCR Representation in
Japan and Japan Association for UNHCR will host its 5th edition of the
UNHCR Refugee Film Festival in October 2010. The UNHCR Refugee Film
Festival raises awareness of the world’s 43 million refugees and
internally displaced persons who are forced to flee due to persecution
and conflict. In our 5th edition of the festival we are planning to
present about 20 films from all over the world, with numerous filmmakers
and special guests in attendance.
2010 marks the start of the resettlement pilot project of the Myanmarese
refugees to Japan. One of the centerpieces of the festival Moving to
Mars (Japan premiere), a film by Mat Whitecross (Road to Guantanamo), is
a documentary that follows two refugee families from Myanmar resettling
to the British city of Sheffield. Through highlighting the theme
create an opportunity to reflect on what living in Japan means for
refugees and for Japanese society.
This year, for the first time since its’ first edition in 2006, the
UNHCR Refugee Film Festival will be held not only in Tokyo, but also in
some cities from Hokkaido to Kyushu, in order to reach out to the wider
Japanese public.
*Please find attached, press release(PDF) with further information on
UNHCR Refugee Film Festival 2010.
Information will be updated on the official website http://unhcr.refugeefilm.org
Press Release.(English-PDF)
Press Release.(Japanese-PDF)