The 3rd edition of the International Tribunes Cinéma Vérité will take place from the 6 to the 8 of October 2009 in Geneva, from the 9 to the 11 of October in Paris and from the 1st to the 15 of October  in Abu Dhabi (to be confirmed).

2009 FOCUS
OUR LEGACY TO FUTURE GENERATIONS ? THE MILLENIUM DECLARATION

Cinéma Vérité chose to support the Millenium Declaration voted by the United Nations in September 2000 and to follow the progress in achieving the 8 Millenium Development Goals set for 2015.

Some of these goals will be the subject of a Cinéma Vérité Tribune in 2009.

Out of the 189 member states of the United Nations, 147 leaders from developed and developing countries attended the Millenium Summit.
The outcome of the meeting was the adoption of a “Millenium Declaration”. One of the targets decided by world leaders was to reduce by half the proportion of the world population living with less than one dollar per day by 2015.
Developing countries called for the western powers to totally erase the debt of the poorest countries.
The 8 Millenium Development Goals are:
2009 INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNES.
Théatre du Léman.
Hotel Kempinski.
Auditorium Arditi-Wilsdorf.
  1. End poverty and hunger
2. Universal education
3. Gender equality
4. Child health
5. Maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS
7. Environmental sustainability
8. Global partnership		 ► EFA NGO OF MME BUTLER
► HATI FOUNDATION





► SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Those cinematographic tribunes will be made up of free screenings open to the public and followed by debates, all of which will take place at the Auditorium Arditi. On the evening of the 7th October 2009, a charity gala will be held in the Kempinski Hotel, as well as a film screening in the Théâtre du Léman.

On this occasion, many international actors and personalities will join us to support our project. Bekele Geleta, General Secretary of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, is this year honouring us by being the patron of the International Tribunes Cinéma Vérité. We also have an agreement in principle with Sharon Stone who will be our master of ceremony for the charity gala.

Eight to ten movies will be chosen according to the 8 Millenium Development Goals. Each of them will be represented by an NGO, foundation or association to which we will donate the funds raised during the gala diner with the aim of supporting specific projects, for example the building of a school or a child’s surgery.

In collaboration with éQuinoxe, we will also organize a master class for young script-writers in Geneva.

► 2007 International Tribunes Cinéma Vérité
► 2008 International Tribunes Cinéma Vérité

BEKELE GELETA

Born in 1944 in a poor rural family in Ethiopia, Bekele Geleta’s journey is filled with rich but also extremely hard experiences. From that arises the unshakable will to spend his life making a difference in people’s lives.

In 1978, he goes from being a company’s general manager to a political prisoner because of his ethnic identity. He is imprisoned for 5 years.
1984, a famine ravages Ethiopia, the population is decimated. Hired by the Ethiopian Red-Cross Society, he works on the field in relief camps. This experience had a strong influence on him, “It’s extremely painful to see children suffering from lack of food and reaching a stage where they are malnourished and dying. That weighs very, very heavily on my mind. It’s one of the things that wakes me up at night”.
His humanitarian commitment won’t diminish, even when he becomes vice-minister of transport and communications or ambassador in Japan. During this last mandate, the situation in Ethiopia deteriorates, the government is overthrown. He doesn’t give his support to the new power in place. He decides to leave his country and takes refuge in Canada with his family.
A time of struggles begins. His determination finally allows him to work again in the humanitarian field. He won’t leave it anymore.

In 1966 he enters the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. After several high-duty positions, on the 1st July 2008, Bekele Geleta officially becomes General Secretary of this federation, the world’s biggest humanitarian organization.
BEKELE GELETA.