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September 19 - October 6, 2024

This year, the festival invites its audience to reflect on a future beyond the present by opening discussions through humor, art, and performances—spotlighting regional stories, conducting educational forums, and screening films that encourage viewers to see the world not only as it is but as it could be, as it should be.

AVHRF 2024 Calendar | September

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AVHRF 2024 Calendar | October

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PERSPECTIVE

Climate Story Lab

Oct 3-4, 2024 | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Sine Pop, Quezon City
(With Picture People, British Council, iMedia, Rockefeller Foundation)

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OCT 4
PERSPECTIVE

Climate Story Lab

Oct 3-4, 2024 | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Sine Pop, Quezon City
(With Picture People, British Council, iMedia, Rockefeller Foundation)

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20/20 FILM SCREENINGS

AVHRF: ESPEKULASYON invites viewers to see not just the world only as it is but as it could be. The festival delves into stories that grapple with the reality of the human condition, while simultaneously holding space and remaining open to possibilities that may not be manifested into reality…at least not yet.

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The Editorial Office
by Roman Bondarchuk
In the wild steppes of southern Ukraine, a young nature researcher named Yura is looking for an endangered species of groundhog but instead witnesses a crime.
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Ghosts of Kalantiaw
by Chuck Escasa
A documentary featuring survivor stories of state-sponsored violence during the Martial Law years of dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
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Alipato at Muog
by JL Burgos
The abduction of Jonas Burgos in 2007 was brazen – done at noontime in a crowded mall. As his family launched their search, a car plate brought them face to face with powerful forces.
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FESTIVAL OPENING

September 19, 2024 | 4:00 - 9:00 PM | UPFI Film Center, UP Diliman, Quezon City

The 12th Active Vista Human Rights Festival kicks off with a compelling screening of The Editorial Office by Roman Bondarchuk. This powerful film dives deep into the crucial role the media plays in shaping public opinion and protecting democracy. It confronts the perils of disinformation, the corrosive effects of corruption on institutions, and the vulnerability of human rights under oppressive regimes. With its urgent and timely message, the film prompts us to consider the importance of remaining vigilant in defending our freedoms.

The event also features the unveiling of Silingan Coffee’s new coffee on-the-road van, in collaboration with DAKILA, adorned with a theme of “courageous hope”—a hope grounded in bravery and the reimagining of our society.

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VIEWPOINTS

Festival Forums

Active Vista presents Viewpoints, a series of forums and dialogues that complement the thematic film screenings of the festival. Here, issues are presented and dissected through the lens of various perspectives, allowing the audience to participate in dynamic ways of seeing the narratives in the broader societal context and perspectives, and in the moving images that project truths on the important global issues.

PANORAMA

Festival Events

Active Vista provides platforms for citizen-led actions to reclaim public spaces online or offline through creative expressions of their imaginations towards the realization of their imagined nation. Active Vista panorama showcases a range of human rights-themed performances, exhibits, talks, and series of events to present an extensive and wide-angle view of creative pursuits and interventions as transformative tools to promote human rights causes towards a more just society.
PANORAMA: FESTIVAL EVENTS

martiallaw.ph

The Digital Museum of Martial Law in the Philippines is an immersive, critical, and creative virtual space for historical education about the Martial Law era.

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PERSPECTIVES

Weaving Narratives for Change

A series of festival events, talks, and workshops that brings together storytellers, creatives, filmmakers, artists, journalists, civil society organizations, activists, and human rights and democracy advocates to foster collaboration for the human rights cause and to weave the power of narratives with social movement strategies in driving positive social change and in shaping progressive democratic futures.

Oct 3 2024

Climate Story Lab

Oct 3-4, 2024 | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Sine Pop, Quezon City
(With Picture People, British Council, iMedia, Rockefeller Foundation)

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Oct 4 2024

Climate Story Lab

Oct 3-4, 2024 | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Sine Pop, Quezon City
(With Picture People, British Council, iMedia, Rockefeller Foundation)

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FOREFRONTS

Active Vista pays homage to filmmakers and artists who have catalyzed change in the audience’s perspective through their compelling storytelling and artistry. This year, we honor and celebrate the cinema and works of filmmaker and screenwriter Armando ‘Bing’ Lao.

FRAMES

This year’s FRAMES short film competition is focused on discovering and supporting young filmmakers from the Philippines who are deeply committed to human rights. By offering a platform for their films to be displayed at diverse locations nationwide—such as microcinemas, schools, and barangays—the competition aims to promote human rights in alternative forms of cinema and give these emerging voices a significant role in advancing the human rights conversation.

SPOTLIGHT

In this edition of SPOTLIGHT, the festival features a carefully curated selection of Southeast Asian short films. This initiative aims to strengthen regional ties by highlighting both diverse and unifying narratives while fostering collaboration among Southeast Asian nations. By celebrating the region’s rich cultural heritage and promoting crucial conversations on shared human rights issues, SPOTLIGHT seeks to deepen connections and cultivate relationships across Southeast Asia.

SATELLITE

To broaden AV Fest’s reach and surface regional stories that provoke what might emerge from each region’s unique and cultural landscape, Satellite Festivals will take place in seven key areas nationwide: NCR, Laguna, Cebu, Bacolod, Dumaguete, Iloilo, and Cagayan De Oro.

Bakas ng Danas Art Caravan
September 19 – October 6, 2024

Frames: Filipino Short Films
September 24, 2024 (Community Screening)
(With UP Organization of Area Studies Majors OrgASM)

11,103 by Jeanette Ifurung & Miguel Alcazaren
September 27, 2024 (School Screening)

Delikado by Karl Makalunas
September 29, 2024 (Community Screening)
(With i_space and Youth fo Better Baseco)

Bakas ng Danas Art Caravan
September 19 – October 6, 2024

Aswang by Alyx Arumpac
September 29, 2024 (Community Screening)

Politikal ang Komiks at Tula: Art Exhibit
September 23 – October 4 2024

20/20 Film Screening: Maria
September 25, 2024

Hukay: Paggunita sa Ibinaong Kasaysayan Noong Diktadurang Marcos – 11,103 Film Screening
September 24, 2024

20/20 Film Screening: Ang Duyan ng Magiting
September 27, 2024

20/20 Film Screening: Ghosts of Kalantiaw
September 30, 2024

Hukay: Paggunita sa Ibinaong Kasaysayan Noong Diktadurang Marcos – Art Exhibit
September 30, 2024

Frames: Filipino Short Films
October 2, 2024

20/20 Film Screenings
September 28-29, 2024

Ateneo Sacred Heart Film Screening
September 18, 2024

UP Cebu Film Screening
September 20, 2024

Southwestern University PHINMA – Film Screening and Roundtable Discussion
September 30, 2024

Cartooning for Peace: Exhibit Opening
October 1, 2024

Editorial Cartooning Workshop
October 1, 2024

Hiraya: To Dream is to Resist
October 6, 2024

Active Vista International Human Rights Festival 2024 Opening DP BLAST
September 18, 2024

Human Rights Festival 11,103 Negros Special School Caravan
September 19 – October 4, 2024

HAYAG NGA HANDURAW: The Stories and Struggles of Escalante
September 19, 2024

Sticker Bombing
September 19, 2024

ART-TIENDA
September 20 – October 3, 2024

Art-Therapy
September 28, 2024

ART-TIVISM
September 29, 2024

Komun x Met Gala
October 5, 2024

Community Gathering
September 21, 2024

Interactive Art Exhibit
September 21, 2024

Paghimata Effigy
September 27, 2024

DAGAN: Run for the Right Side of History: Fun Run
September 29, 2024

Espekulasyon Film Screening and Roundtable
October 5, 2024

Closing Bazaar and Exhibition
October 5, 2024

Tumandok by Richard Jeroui Salvadico and Arlie Sweet Sumagaysay
September 19, 2024

I PAK U: Politikal ang Komiks sa Iloilo
September 22, 2024

11,103 by Jeanette Ifurung & Miguel Alcazaren
September 22, 2024

Pop Up + Ghosts of Kalantiaw by Chuck Escasa
September 23 – 24, 2024

Delikado by Karl Makalunas
September 27, 2024

Siningkasimanwa (Art Exhibit) Opening
September 27, 2024

Toya sa Manaphag: Delikado goes to Pan de Acuzar Island 
September 28 – 29, 2024 (Community Screening)

Music Festival
October 5, 2024

Hook-Ba-Tang-Lahat
September 18, 2024

Basa Salida: Martial Law Commemoration
September 21, 2024

STRAW Awareness Social Media Campaigning
September 24, 2024

Basa Salida: Gender and Environment
September 25, 2024

Asa Naka Exhibit
September 27 – 28, 2024

Basa Salida
October 2, 2024

Kita-kita Kultural Night
October 5, 2024