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The Travelling WATCH.DOCS Festival brings human rights documentaries to communities, engaging universities, schools, libraries, and cultural institutions. With over 40 cities participating, this festival promotes the discussion of important social issues.
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outreach activities • travelling festival • university video libraries • school film clubs • walk the Watch Dog • WATCH DOCS on-line
travelling WATCH DOCS festival • It was launched in 2003 – in 6 Polish cities and Osh in Kyrgyzstan • Currently the festival is held in around 40 cities and towns throughout the country
Travelling festival was created and has been developing until now only thanks to the local initiatives of institutions, organizations and groups. They turn to us with propositions to co-organize festival on the ground. • Local partners: universities, NGOs, cultural institutions, mainly cinemas and theaters, sometimes also individuals. • Entrance is free of charge
travelling Docudays UA festival • A different formula • In 2014 - 104 250 viewers in 245 localities • E.g. 16 cinemas, schools of all types (vast majority), 42 corrective colonies, 11 pre-trial detention centres
Video library resources include 50 documentary films devoted to broadly understood human rights issues, democracy and equality, screened in past editions of the International Film Festival WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film. • 30 universities are participating in the project at the moment
launched a cooperation with big media group – Agora SA - publisher of the Gazeta Wyborcza and gazeta.pl, radio station TOK FM and its Internet edition – tokfm.pl • all of these media are WATCH DOCS media patrons • Tokfm.pl launched its subservice dedicated to WATCH DOCS on-line, combinedwith our channel on www.kinoplex.pl
WATCH DOCS DIY • A good practice of One World in Prague • Alternative distribution of social documentaries • Human rights and film education, enhancing debate on local ground
www.watchdocs.pl festival@watchdocs.pl