08 · 18 · 09 The Second FICDH Closes Tomorrow Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Administrador The FICDH has two sections in competition: Mexican Documentaries, with 10 competing works, and Short Films with 14 entries, including FICM 2008 winners La canción de los niños muertos by David Pablos, Best Fiction Short Film; Zoogocho by Bernardo Arellano, Best Documentary Short Film; Siete Instantes by Diana Cardozo, Premio Musa for the Best Feature by a Woman; Roma by Elisa Miller, the García Bross Prize winner, as well as honorable mentioned El ciruelo by Emiliano Altuna and Carlos Rossini in the Documentary Feature Film section and Susurros de luz by Alberto Reséndiz Gómez in Documentary Short Film section. The FICDH had 113 screenings of films from 23 countries, such as France, Denmark, the United States, Pakistan, Great Britain, China, Russia, Greece, Argentina, Germany, Mexico, Australia and Palestine. It also hosted conferences, debates and, for the first time, a human rights workshop to generate better understanding of Universal Justice and the Inter-American System of Human Rights whose purpose is to defend and promote the human rights of groups and individuals who are at risk. The Second International Human Rights Festival took place from August 14 to 20 at Cinépolis Diana and Cinépolis Perisur. Invited guests included Diana Bracho, Carlos Carrera and Emilio Álvarez Icaza, president of the Mexico City Human Rights Comisión.
