| Date: | 10-19 June 2016 |
| Venue: | Broadway Cinematheque (Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square Street, Yaumatei, Kowloon, Hong Kong) |
| PALACE ifc (Podium L1, ifc Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong) | |
| Pacific Place AMC (Level 1, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway Road, Hong Kong Island) | |
Tickets available from 27 May 2016 at box offices of the above venues.
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Proceeds from tickets will go to supporting UNHCR global programs for refugees.
Opening Movie ─ Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear Award Winner: Fire At Sea
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Fire At Sea
 This Berlin Film Festival awarded movie focuses on 12-year-old Samuele, a local boy lived in Lampedusa, an island situated some 200km off Italy’s southern coast, where in recent years as the first port of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern migrants hoping to make a new life in Europe.
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Subtitles: English & Chinese
Duration: 108 mins
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Boxing for Freedom
Sadaf Rahimi, a former refugee in Iran, is the best female boxer in Afghanistan, but she must deal with her country’s traditions, fear and her own fate in order to be a free woman. Her boxing and academic achievements will turn Sadaf into an example for many Afghan young women, but her path will not be without threats and difficulties.
Director: Juan Antonio Moreno Amador,
Silvia Venegas Venegas Subtitles: English & Chinese
Duration: 74 mins
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Young Syrian Lenses
The life of the media-activists is narrated through daily tragic episodes taking place in Aleppo. The group of young Media-activists emerges to be a real brigade of the Syrian Resistance against the Regime, using cameras and passion.
Director: Filippo Biagianti, Ruben Lagattolla
Subtitles: English & Chinese
Duration: 52 mins
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Schedule
| PALACE ifc | Pacific Place AMC | Broadway Cinematheque |
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Sponsors
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Donation Hotline: 2388 3278 Donation A/C: HSBC 502-393333-001 Donation by cheque: Please make cheque payable to "UNHCR" and mail to Rm 911, Yaumatei Carpark Building, 250 Shanghai Street, Kowloon. Donations over HK$50 or above will receive a receipt. Please specify: Charity Refugee Film Festival |
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For more information:
Organizer: UNHCR
Tel: 2388 3278
Email: info@unhcr.org.hk
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