Film
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Self-determination on film

Group of people sweeping a shopping street during a collective clean-up activity.
© The Objection of the Mothers of the City, film still, 2026. courtesy by Pınar Öğrenci

Although self-determination is recognised as a fundamental principle of international law, it is absent from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, whose framework centres on individual rather than collective rights. This omission raises a fundamental question: how can human rights be guaranteed when the existence of a people remains contested or unrecognised? 

Date
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Type
Film
Location

Box 2 , Box 1

Noise level
Level 2 ≤ 95 db
Programme
A full programme of screenings will be announced closer to the festival.
Self-determination on film showcases works that examine the struggles of Palestinian, Kurdish and other peoples, revealing how colonial histories, borders and political alliances persistently influence the circumstances in which self-determination is pursued today.

From documentary images carrying traces of resistance across borders and generations to speculative experiments that visualise liberated futures, film has long been central to struggles for self-determination. Amid censorship and the absence of trustworthy media, moving images become acts of resistance: counter-archives, testimony and tools shaped by the communities they portray.

This screening programme is organised in conjunction with Banu Cennetoğlu's exhibition right? as part of the Millenium Film Festival. 


Dates

Self-determination on film

Film
, Box 2

Self-determination on film

Film
, Box 1

Self-determination on film

Film
, Box 2

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