© Filmstill "Of Caravan and the Dogs"
D'Salon
Freedom vs. Censorship
Oct 15, 2024, 6.30 PM @ Festival Center D'24
Event language: English
In an age of censorship and disinformation, film-makers, activists, and scholars are on the frontlines of a battle for truth. Join us as we discuss strategies to protect independent journalism and freedom of speech with leading experts. The book Beyond Molotovs offers a roadmap for creative resistance, exploring the subversive tactics used to bypass censorship. The talk will be followed by a screening of Of Caravan and the Dogs, a powerful film that chronicles the final days of the Novaya Gazeta and its courageous editor-in-chief, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov.
Tickets
D'Salon
Oct 15
6.30 PM
Festival Center D'24
Program Info
Conversation
Guests
Börries Nehe
Dr Börries Nehe is a sociologist specialising in Latin America, with a focus on violence and authoritarianism. Speaker 'Global Science Dialogue', Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.
Askold Kurov
Born in Uzbekistan in 1974, now based in Turkey. In 2010 took a degree in
documentary filmmaking at the Marina Razbezhkina Film School in Moscow. In 2012 he was
one of the directors of the award-winning documentary «Winter, Go Away!»& His next films «Leninland», «Children 404» and «The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov» also won critical acclaim and screened at numerous festivals. His work focuses on human rights issues and social conflicts in contemporary Russia.
Milan Vukelić
Milan Vukelić, is a Belgrade-based journalist, born in 1982. He spent the last 19 years working at different newsrooms, most of which were daily newspapers of news portals. His first job was at Blic, a newspaper led by the legendary Serbian editor Veselin Vesa Simonovic. Today, he is an executive editor at Nova.rs, a major Serbian news portal. He is an obsessive consumer of all kinds of media content, and an even more obsessive consumer of music.
Debra Aroko
Debra is a Kenyan filmmaker and producer with a passion for storytelling that captures the nuanced realities of communities facing the impacts of the global climate crisis, the challenges they face, but also the resilience and hope they sustain.Debra works as a producer for the Solutions Storytelling Project, supported by the Skoll Foundation. Debra is a firm believer in the power of storytelling and its ability to bring hope and catalyze positive impact.
Moderation
Leni Velasco
Leni Velasco is a Filipino artist-activist and human rights advocate. She co-founded DAKILA and serves as its Secretary General and the Executive Director of its Active Vista Center. She's worked on advocacy communications, social movement building, and creative campaigning, and has been recognized for her contributions to human rights.
Media in this event
How do you report on a war being waged by your own government when the word “war” is banned in reporting? This film accompanies teams from Novaya Gazeta, Radio Echo of Moscow, and Rain TV on their fight for press freedom.
Book
Beyond Molotovs
Beyond Molotovs explores how anti-authoritarian movements are utilizing emotions and the senses to fight authoritarianism. Activists, artists, and scholars from around the world share their strategies.
Tickets
D'Salon
Oct 15
6.30 PM
Festival Center D'24
