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For the first time in history, a Human Rights Film Festival, it will synchronize screenings and parallel activities in three world capitals of culture: Paris, NYC and Barcelona. The IX edition of the Human Rights Film Festival will take place from the 17th to the 21th of May 2012 in Barcelona, New York City and Paris. 70% of European Short films and feature films and 30% of internacional and Spanish productions in genres such as fiction, animation, and documentary will appear in the competition. The films chosen will be a clear reflection of the central subject-matter. The Festival has a double aim: 1.- To promote and to create a platform for the exhibition and distribution of films with the topic of the human rights as a key element. 2.- To raise awareness and to strengthen the respect towards the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the distribution of the mentioned films. Every year, the Festival celebrates roundtable-conferences with specialists in Human Rights, analysts of economy and international politics, journalists, writers and intellectuals, which contribute to resolution of conflicts and the diffusion and respect of the Human Rights, with investigations, publications and reportages of war. In the past edition we did the world premiere of ' Collateral murder, Hellfire' by Kristinn Hrafnsson and Ingi R. Ingason from Wikileaks, documentary with unpublished images, interviews to the families of victims and survivors of attacks. The effectiveness of the Human ...