Colombia will host the sixth International Festival of Cinema for Human Rights, starting on August 23.
Lasting a week, the festival event showcases 60 films in more than 45 cinemas around Bogotá, Soacha, Cartagena, Medellin, Barranquilla and Pereira. Overall there will be over 200 film showings. In addition, there will be a variety of workshops, named ‘talks that unite,’ in which 50 invitees, both Colombian and international, will speak about the promotion of human rights. Topics including race, sexual diversity, gender equality and female empowerment will be discussed, amongst others.