Refugee Film Festival and R&A will present the documentary Disunited Nations on April 17 at Bio Rex Lasipalatsi. After the screening, a discussion event will be held with the film’s director Christophe Cotteret and expert guests.
Love & Anarchy and Refugee Film Festival invite audiences in April to engage with a highly topical film and discussion. Film director Christophe Cotteret will arrive in Finland for a screening of his new documentary Disunited Nations at Bio Rex Lasipalatsi on April 17 at 18:00.
In March 2024, Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, denounced the genocide in Gaza. Following in her footsteps, the documentary takes us to the heart of the UN’s crisis, confronted by its inability to prevent the massacre of civilians. At the height of the international crisis linked to the war in Gaza, the film follows Albanese as she carries out her mandate amid missions, institutional meetings, and political pressure.
The United Nations was born in the years when, in 1947, the Partition Plan for Palestine was decided. Today, the Palestinian question risks becoming the ultimate test: can the organisation hold, or is it in danger of being irreparably weakened by this historical fault line?
The discussion after the film will feature director Cotteret and the leading character of the film, Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (remotely), as well as Finnish MP Mai Kivelä, postdoctoral researcher Antti Tarvainen, and Palestinian author-journalist Randa Al-Dawoudi. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Nitin Sawhney, filmmaker and docent at Uniarts Helsinki, who has convened the event. The event is co-organised by Refugee Film Festival and Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy.
Proceeds from ticket sales will be directed to the film’s production and to the humanitarian work of UNRWA in Gaza. Ticket prices are €10 or €20, at the buyer’s discretion. Tickets are sold on the website of Cinema Gilda.
Note: The film is subtitled in English, and the discussion will also be conducted in English. The event has an age limit of 18 due to alcohol service; the film itself does not contain highly distressing content.