Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Simon Bross will support the promotion of human rights through movies, and then join the jury of the first contest cineminutos, One Minute for Human Rights.

The premiere, which will begin tomorrow, will invite people of all ages to exhibit in a video of one minute any of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration, which celebrates its 60th anniversary in December.

“The competition is not necessarily the goal of being a sequence of the human tragedies. The idea is to recognize that there are many problems, but also looking at it as an opportunity for us to strengthen”, said yesterday in a press conference Liliana Valiña, a represent in Mexico, High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights.

A Minute … emerged in March last year, when Diego and Gael expressed their concern about the ignorance of this resolution adopted by the United Nations, said Elena Fortes, director of Ambulante.

For Emilio Alvarez Icaza, capital Ombudsman, who is also part of the jury, this contest reiterates the importance that the cinema has historically been to raise awareness about human rights. “The films have an enormous capacity not only to advertise but also to denounce”, he said.

The video winner, which will be announced on October 27, will be projected in 35 mm format in 100 rooms of Cinépolis City; and will also be part of the Ambulante Film Festival.

Although there will be an economic incentive, because the best video will receive an Xbox 360 and the second, a camera; Laris Lorena Guillen, director of the foundation Cinépolis, said that the primary intention of competition is to promote the work of new directors .

“More than awards, we are promoting creativity and innovation of many young people, a lot of people who found interest in human rights and cinema,” she said.

Marina Stavenhagen, director of IMCINE, Carlos Bonfil, Ricardo Giraldo and San Juana Martinez completed the jury of this contest.

Source: Noticias Voz e Imagen de Oaxaca