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8-9-2010INPUT is a one-day festival located at the Media Park in Hilversum, the Netherlands, organized by NOS News, NPO (Netherlands Public Broadcasting) and the audiovisual museum Beeld en Geluid.
INPUT is organized on a yearly basis in order to inspire public broadcasting journalists and program makers, as well as confront them with new or striking productions from their own field, in the hope that this will stimulate more experimentation and innovation. The festival aims to bring together colleagues of different broadcasting organizations as well as invite the makers of selected films to discuss their process and choices with their Hilversum peers. INPUT also explicitly intends to allow professionals to interact and network with each other.
News Input 2009 drew 200 visitors, Mini Input 2009 was visited by over 100 people. On Monday 11th of October INPUT 2010 hopes to attract at least 350 interested journalists and program makers to the Beeld en Geluid building.
Film makers that wish to enter their film for the INPUT 2010 selection can contact the organization via input@nos.nl. We request that you add a synopsis and video link/dvd.
LIKE A MAN ON EARTH
In 2004 Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi came to an agreement with Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi. In exchange for financial support from Italy the Libyan police promised to take strict actions against African refugees in order to control the immigration movements to Italy. But when does one cross the line between strict and unmerciful?
Like a man on Earth turns a critical eye on the extremely violent and sometimes fatal actions of the Libyan police against African refugees. Director Dagmawi Yimer draws on memories from his own crossing to Italy to warn for the inhumane consequences of cruel anti-immigration policy. Through touching testimonials from Ethiopian refugees this film gives a voice to those who paid a high price for coming to Europe. A confronting story of pain, human suffering and dignity.
Original title: Come un uomo sulla terra
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Language: Italian
Year: 2008
Author: Andrea Segre, Dagmawi Yimer, Riccardo Biadene
Director: Andrea Segre, Dagmawi Yimer, Riccardo Biadene
Producer: n/a
Entered by: Asinitas Onlus and ZaLab
BIOGRAFY DAGMAWI YIMER
Dagmawi Yimer (1977) grew op in one of the poorest parts of the Ethiopian capital Addis Abeba. While studying Law he decides to leave his country in 2005 in fear of the political repression. After crossing the Sudan desert he ends up in the hands of the Libyan police. Yimer survives the arrest and eventually reaches Asinitas Onlus, a first access point for African immigrants in Rome. Here he is trained to become a filmmaker. In the following years he makes several short films, including Silhouettes (2007) and Caravan (2008). In 2008 he breaks the silence surrounding the fate of Ethiopian refugees in Libya with his dramatic documentary Like a man on Earth. In 2010 he makes his movie debut with CARA Italy.
