One World Film Festival: You Have to Be Here to Believe

We invite you to the film screenings supported by our office. The film You Have to Be Here to Believe, at the One World Film Festival, is part of the Right to Know section and some screenings will be followed by discussions with the filmmakers.

Film screening:
 

23. 3. 18:00    Praha     Atlas – malý sál, Sokolovská 371/1, Praha 8     
    
25. 3. 13:00    Plzeň     Moving Station, Koperníkova 574/56, Plzeň     
   
25. 3. 18:30    Praha     Kino Světozor – malý sál, Vodičkova 41, Praha 1    

- followed by the debate with the film director Polina Georgescu
   
26. 3. 16:00    Brno     Kino Art, Cihlářská 19, Brno     

- followed by the debate with the film director Polina Georgescu
       
28. 3. 17:30    Praha     Atlas – velký sál, Sokolovská 371/1, Praha 8    

- followed by the debate with the protagonists Luca Dudits and Dávid Vig

About the film:

The Hungarian government has a long history of discriminating against LGBTQ+ people. In the face of this situation, a group of human rights activists has organized an unprecedented campaign to protect their rights.

Under the pretext of protecting children, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called a referendum in the summer of 2021 to support a law restricting sex education in schools and the presence of LGBTQ+ people in public spaces. But the real goal was to sow fear and further curtail human rights. A group of activists from Amnesty International Hungary and the Háttér Society decided to draw attention to the true nature of the referendum and convince their fellow citizens to boycott the vote by casting an invalid ballot. This medium-length film by director Polina Georgescu depicts the campaign in the final weeks before the vote. Whatever the outcome of this battle, Hungary remains a country that systematically denies vulnerable populations their rights.

Director: Polina Georgescu