With support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine,
the Union of Filmmakers of Ukraine,
WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals) - advisory member of European Parliament and UNO.

Founders:
- Centre for The Ethical Treatment of Animals “Life” named after Leo Tolstoy;
- International Charitable foundation "Fund of Oleksandr Feldman".

The president of the Film Festival - Igor Parfenov

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“STEPS” is the first international rights film festival, that takes place at the territory of Ukraine and CIS and at which the theme of right protection is represented within the extended circle of problems. The festival accepts the films devoted to human rights, animal and nature protection, and films of moral and social subjects, the films that illuminate the political problems.

The first festival took place from the 4th till the 7th of October, 2007 in Kiev Cinema House by the address 6, Saksaganskogo Street. In future the festival is planned to be an annual one.

The admission to all demonstrations is free.

The main aim of the festival is to draw the attention of the society to the prejudices and cruelty that dominate in the modern world, where the abjection of human rights is bound to the destruction of the surrounding living world. A lot of barbarian customs are often left unnoticed and become the norms of our life. That is why the works of the creative people from different countries will help the viewers to understand that everyone is responsible for everything that goes on around him They will help us to open eyes and look at our life laterally.

The film festival is eager to extend the boundaries of the right protection in order to direct the society towards the moral ideals and values. By means of cinema and video the independent producers, directors, script-writers and actors from all over the world will promote the right area to all layers of the society as well as build the “sensitive society for sensitive creatures”. The film festival “STEPS” will show the viewers the things they have never seen before but must see! The mankind must know this “inconvenient truth”.

The organizers of the festival are sure that the cinematograph is stimulating and educating power that undoubtedly is an extremely important and incentive means of influencing the people. Cinema is an extraordinarily powerful and universal means that helps to promote and illustrate the right protection subjects with the best and available method, it makes the problems visual and solvable.

The title of the festival “STEPS” supposes that a human being as well as the mankind may both ascend the moral steps or descend the steps of barbarism. The question is which direction will be chosen by each of us.

The echo of the festival: Kharkov, Yalta, Moscow, S.Petersburg.
Kharkov: from th 7th till the 9th of December, 2007, House of Actor, 3,Krasina st. The beginning of the showings are as following: 1.00 p.m., 3.00 p.m., 5.00 p.m.,7.00 p.m., 10.00 p.m.

The second annual festival "Steps" will be held from the 20st till the 23th of October, 2008 in Kiev Cinema House (6, Saksaganskogo St.). We are waiting for your works. The works can be accepted till the 15th of October, 2008.