Voices of Hope, Courage, Resilience
Friday 15 – Sunday 25 October 2020
10 Days of Arts and Human Rights Online
Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders in partnership with Amnesty International, Fighting Words, ICCL, NWCI, & Trócaire will implement the 2020 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival to showcase and highlight the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world, past and present, and the role of the arts and artists in promoting human rights today. The festival will run for ten days from Friday 16 October to Sunday 25 October 2020.
Lara Sheridan and Clare Borinski, Front Line Defenders 
Niamh Clowry, Producer and Mary Moynihan, Artist and Curator, Dublin Arts & Human Rights Online Festival 16-25 October 2020
This year’s festival is moving online where we are creating a dedicated virtual space to share, celebrate, remember, explore, provoke and promote the arts for human rights. Join us as we bring together artists, activists, citizens, families, communities and all those interested in using the arts to celebrate and promote human rights and equality for all. The theme of this year’s festival is Voices of Hope, Courage and Resilience celebrating human rights and linking the arts to civil society, active citizenship and politics through a series of inter-disciplinary performances, film screenings, documentaries, theatre, music, dance, visual and digital art, poetry, literature, historical memory, discussions and arts-based workshops, featuring Irish and international artists and guest speakers celebrating and promoting dignity and respect for all people equally.
The festival is presented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Front Line Defenders in partnership with Amnesty International Ireland, Fighting Words, Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) and Trocaire. Creative partners include John Scott Dance, Poetry Ireland, dlr Mill Theatre, Dundrum, TheatreMaker.ie, Company SJ and Trinity College Dublin.
The artistic curator for the festival is Mary Moynihan, Artistic Director, Smashing Times and the human rights curator is Tara Madden, Front Line Defenders. Over ten days the festival brings audiences a mix of artworks that include the very best performances, vibrant dance acts, live music, visual art exhibitions and family fun combined with stimulating discussion and debate.
An assortment of workshops in performance, music, and song-writing are available for all ages as a part of this unique and vibrant festival of culture, arts and equality. The festival is a collaborative partnership showcasing world-class programming and presenting new and diverse artists and acts, with something for everyone to enjoy. Join us for a celebration of the arts and human rights – a festival not to be missed. The festival will bear witness and remember the past, explore the present and celebrate the future linked to equality and rights for all, highlighting the role artists can play in a new society.
Events taking place in week one include:
Artists Against Fascism: An Innovative multi-disciplinary cabaret-style performance and discussion inspired by the stories of artists standing up to Fascism during and after the Spanish Civil War and WWII. Hosted by Smashing Times as a Facebook Live event, with the launch of, The Art of Courage – Stories of Artists and Activists against Fascism, a new book in digital format.
Emotional Landscapes: Visual Arts Exhibition with poetry, music, film and panel discussion inspired by artistic responses to well-being and the changing times we are living in.
EU 1979: A People’s Parliament – Democracy Human Rights and Women’s Political Participation: Virtual digital art exhibition featuring visual images, poetry, stories and a digital map with posters, articles and research inspired by the names and stories of 67 powerful women MEP’s elected to the 1979 first European parliamentary elections. Exhibition followed by panel discussion with guest speakers reflecting on democracy, human rights and Women’s Political Participation.
Fáilte Amnesty Autumn – Courage, Resilience and Hope: An interview hosted by Colm O’Gorman of Amnesty International Ireland, with Miko Czerwinski, an LGBTI activist at the frontline working with Amnesty in Poland.
Events taking place in week two include:
Irish Women UN Special Rapporteurs: An exclusive interview with the three Irish Women advancing rights on the world stage as United Nations Special Rapporteurs; Mary Lawlor, Professor Siobhán Mullally, and Fionnuala D. Ní Aoláin, presented by Front Line Defenders.
Know Your Right to Protest: Online training on the right to protest, hosted by The Irish Council For Civil Liberties, Ireland’s leading independent human rights NGO.
Arts and Human Rights Festivals Across Borders: Smashing Times and DAH Theatre, Serbia will hold a joint event happening simultaneously as part of the two Festivals in Ireland and in Serbia.
FULL FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
The Face of Resistance
Virtual Photographic Exhibition celebrating the courage and determination of those who have taken a stand against big business.
Friday 16 October 2020, 9am – Running for duration of festival
Virtual Exhibition hosted by Trócaire
Open to the Public
Politics of Division versus Politics of Inclusion – Schools Performance and Discussion
Multi-disciplinary cabaret-style performance and discussion.
Friday 16 October 2020, 10am-12pm
Online Event hosted by Smashing Times
Open to Second Level Schools
Arts, Fascism and Democracy Partner Exchange
International Partner Exchange
Friday 16 October, 3-4pm
Zoom Meeting hosted by Smashing Times
Open to partner organisations
Never Waste a Crisis
Documentary about how human rights are being undermined during the COVID19 crisis.
Friday 16 October, 2020, 6pm
Online film screening hosted by Trócaire
Open to the public
Song Writing Workshops
Workshops on songs in human rights movements.
Saturday 10, 17 and 24 October, 10.30am-12pm
Online Workshops hosted by Fighting Words
SOLD OUT
Artists Against Fascism Cabaret-Style Performance, Panel Discussion and Book launch
Multi-disciplinary cabaret-style performance and discussion, with launch of The Art of Courage – Stories of Artists and Activists against Fascism, book in digital format.
Saturday 17 October 2020, 7.30pm
Online event hosted by Smashing Times
Open to the public
Unsilencing Black Voices
Film and panel discussion inspired by artistic responses to the black lives matter movement
Sunday 18 October 2020, 3pm
Zoom hosted by Smashing Times
Open to the public
Emotional Landscapes – A Reflection on Health and Well-Being
Visual Arts Exhibition with poetry, music, film and panel discussion inspired by artistic responses to well-being and the changing times we are living in.
Sunday 18 October 2020, 7pm
Online event hosted by Smashing Times
Open to the public
EU 1979: A People’s Parliament – Democracy Human Rights and Women’s Political Participation
EU 1979 digital art exhibition and panel discussion
Monday 19 October 2020, 10am-12pm for schools audience, and 7pm for public
Virtual Exhibition hosted by Smashing Times
Open to Second Level Schools
EU 1979 – A People’s Parliament International Partner Exchange
International Partner Exchange
Monday 19 October, 2020, 2-3pm
Zoom Meeting hosted by Smashing Times
Open to partner organisations
Equality Ambassadors Partner Exchange
International Partner Exchange
Monday 19 October, 2020, 3-5pm
Zoom Meeting hosted by Smashing Times
Open to partner organisations
Women in Their Place
Documentary about women in Honduras defending their communities and environment from abuse by big business.
Monday 19 October, 2020, 6pm
Online film screening hosted by Trócaire
Open to the public
WikiLeaks on Trial
Interactive Courtroom Drama
Monday 19 October 2020, 7pm
Online drama hosted via Zoom
Open to the public
Smashing Times Network for Arts and Human Rights
Inaugural European Network Meeting with talks, discussion and book launch
Tuesday 20 October 2020, 10-12pm
Zoom Meeting organised by Smashing Times
Open to all
Theatre & Diverse Narratives
Roundtable Panel Discussion
Tuesday 20 October, 2020, 7-8.30pm
Online Event hosted by TheatreMaker.ie
Open to the public
Women and Racism
Webinar on Racism for Women in Ireland
Wednesday 21 October, 2020, 11.15am-1pm
Webinar on Zoom hosted by NWCI, Akidwa, National Traveller Women’s Forum
Open to the public
Poetry of Witness – Against Forgetting
Poetry Readings
Wednesday 21 October, 2020, 6-7pm
Online Event hosted by Poetry Ireland
Open to the public
Fáilte Amnesty Autumn – Courage, Resilience and Hope
Interview with Polish LGBTI+ activist
Wednesday 21 October, 2020, 7.30-8.30pm
Zoom Webinar hosted by Amnesty International
Open to the public
Securing Speech: WHRDs and Defamation in the Digital Space
Panel discussion on Defamation in the Digital Space and Woman Human Rights Defenders
Thursday 22 October, 2020, 6pm
Online event hosted by Front Line Defenders with videos available on Front Line Defenders YouTube and livestream on Facebook
Open to the public
Acting for the Future Traveller Documentary
Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Traveller Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Thursday 22 October 2020, 7.30pm
Online event hosted by Smashing Times and Traveller Partner Organisations
Open to the public
Eclipsed
Film screening and panel discussion
Friday 23 October 2020, 8pm
Online screening hosted by dlr Mill Theatre, Dundrum
Open to the public
Irish Women UN Special Rapporteurs
Online Interviews with Irish women working as UN Special Rapporteurs
Friday 23 October 2020 , 4pm
Online event hosted by Front Line Defenders with videos available on Front Line Defenders YouTube and livestream on Facebook
Open to the public
How We Remember War
Presentation & Panel Discussion
Friday 23rd October 2020, 7pm
Online event hosted by Smashing Times
Open to the public
Up-Cycling Workshop – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle at Home
Online Workshop: Face Coverings & Up-cycled Bags
Saturday 24 October 2020, available all day
YouTube videos posted by Aisling Duffy Designs in partnership with Front Line Defenders
Open to the public
Arts and Human Rights Festivals Across Borders
Smashing Times and DAH Theatre, Serbia will hold a joint event happening simultaneously as part of the two Festivals in Ireland and in Serbia.
Saturday 24th October, 2020, 4pm
Online Event hosted by Smashing Times
Open to the public
Know Your Right to Protest
Online training on the right to protest
Saturday 24 October, 2020, 11am-3pm
Online Event hosted by Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Open to the public
Climate Queens & Special Guests Podcast
Podcast with Clodagh Kelly & Katie Harrington, hosts of the Climate Queens Podcast
Saturday 24 October 2020, 3pm
Available on IGTV and then available on all usual platforms like Apple, Spotify, Stitcher
Open to the public
Eyes On Extractives: Protecting Land, Protecting Life
Panel Discussion
Saturday 24 October 2020, 4pm
Online event hosted by Front Line Defenders and Trócaire with videos available on Front Line Defenders YouTube and livestream on Facebook
Open to the public
Looking Forward
Creative Discussion
Sunday 25 October 2020, time 3-5pm
Online event hosted by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality
Open to the Public
Targeting Transnational Activism for Palestinian Rights
Panel Discussion on Targeting Transnational Activism for Palestinian Rights
Sunday 25 October 2020, 5pm
Online event hosted by Front Line Defenders with videos available on Front Line Defenders YouTube and livestream on Facebook
Open to the public
3 Stolen Cameras
Documentary about the Moroccan kingdoms’ violations of human rights in Africa’s last colony – Western Sahara
Friday 16 October 2020, 12pm
Documentary film on Vimeo, hosted by Front Line Defenders
Open to the public
Art and Philosophy Game: How To Do Things With Words
Online Intergenerational Workshop
Sunday 25 October 2020, 10am – 12pm
Workshop hosted by Dublin Castle Education Office
Open to the Public
Broken – A Palestinian Journey Through International Law
Documentary about International Law at the example of Israel’s Wall in the West Bank.
Sunday 25 October 2020, from 12 noon
Online film screening hosted by Advocacy Productions, Geneva
Vimeo link with password on receipt of email with Subject: Dublin Arts and HR Festival sent to info@advocacyproductions.ch
Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality
– incorporating Smashing Times Theatre and Film Company and Smashing Times Youth Arts Ensemble
Coleraine House, Coleraine Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.
Tel: + 353 (0) 1 865 6613 Tel: + 353 (0) 87 221 4245
Email: info@smashingtimes.ie
FRONT LINE – THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Second Floor, Grattan House, Temple Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Email: info@frontlinedefenders.org
Tel: +353 1 212 3750
