Program of “STEPS” 2007

Festival's resume

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Founders

Dear ladies and gentlemen!
We inform you that from the 4th till the 7th of October in Kiev Cinema House, by the address 6 Saksaganskogo St. we hold the International Rights Film Festival “Steps”. This is a unique project that doesn’t have any analogue in CIS and European countries.

The film festival will take place with the support of The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine, the Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine and a range of other social organizations of the world.

The main aim of the festival is to propagandize the humane way of life. Films devoted to the human rights, protection of animals and nature will be represented at the festival.
Over 400 films from 30 countries of the world were received to the festival address. In the issue of the competitive selection approximately 100 films will be run within the main competitive program of the festival. The shocking film “Crucified” of the Ukrainian director will be run during the festival opening ceremony (on the 4th of October at 6.30 p.m.). This feature film is based on the forbidden articles and letters of Leo Tolstoy.. A lot of unknown to the Ukrainian viewers films such as awarded with Oscar film “An Inconvenient Truth” by Ale Gore (vice-president of the USA), the shock of Cannes and Moscow festivals “A place on the Earth” by Arthur Aristakisyan, film “John and Yoko’s year of Peace” and others will be run at the festival.

The organization representatives from more than 15 countries of the world will become the guests of the festival. It is planned that Ukrainian and Russian cinema and estrade stars will arrive at the festival. Among them Armen Jigharhanyan, Nikita Jighurda , Layma Vaikule? Anastasia Melnikova and others.

The exhibitions of the placards and photos, seminars and “round tables” devoted to the rights protection themes will be held within the festival program.

One of the most interesting and fascinating events of the festival is peculiar international “Show with cages”, which will take place on the 4th of October at 6 p.m. in the foyer. The prisoners of these cages will be “dissident”, “victim of the system, barbarism and sects”, “victim of slaughterhouse”, “victim of fashion”, “victim of entertainment and hunting”. Some of the activists will be painted body-art. The personage in the restrain jacket will be the announcer of the festival; he will be obliged to turn the pages of the festival program with his teeth!

The press-conference with the representatives of European social organizations and the participants of the festival will take place on the 4th of October at 4.30 p.m. in “Blue hall” of the Cinema House. The main demonstrations will be in two halls according to the following time-table:
4 th of October from 6:30p.m. till 10.00p.m.
5 th of October from 2:00p.m. till 10.00p.m
6 th of October from 2:00p.m. till 10.00p.m
7 th of October from 2:00p.m. till 10.00p.m

The conference on the results of the festival will take place on the 7th of October from 1 p.m. till 2 p.m. in “Blue hall”. And from 9 p.m till 10.p.m. will be held the awarding and closing ceremonies.

No doubt, this festival will become a significant event of the cultural and social life of our country. We hope that it will give a new impulse for moral and spiritual development of the society.