From besieged Gaza to Hungarian rap: One World film festival brings the globe to Prague

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The 28th edition of the One World film festival gets underway in Prague on Wednesday night with a screening of the Hungarian documentary Meant to Be. Over eight days the event – which is run by NGO People in Need – will bring around 170 filmmakers from around the globe to the Czech capital. I spoke to the head of One World, Ondřej Kamenický, and asked why Meant to Be had been selected as the curtain raiser.

“We think that at a time of global tension and at a time when human rights are under attack everybody will expect One World, a human rights film festival, to reflect on that.

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Author: Ian Willoughby