This event will be recorded live online and if attendees are in Hong Kong they can see it live at the Kino Room at Eaton HK. YouTube link to be advised shortly.

Note: This event will be live in HK and live-streamed via YouTube (link to follow)

Join Planet Ally and friends for a panel discussion with Welcome to Chechnya's Director David France and some prolific Russian and International human rights defenders, including some who were in the film.

This event will also be streaming this event live. YouTube link provided closer to the event.

We are really thrilled to be partnering with the HKLGFF, Russian LGBT Network and Eaton HK to present this LIVE + FREE post-screening discussion about this profoundly moving and important film.

This event is free with a donation box at the door that will go towards the Russian LGBT Network

Due to COVID social distancing restrictions in Hong Kong, this event will be capped at 40 attendees live at @EatonHK and only and will be based on a first in first served - so hurry to book!

Ticket link here: https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/welcome-to-chechnya-hklgff-international-panel-tickets-130730487407

Film Content/Trigger warning: Graphic violence and self-harm

Special Screening:

WAITING FOR COLOR: (6.35 mins)

A documentary dance film revealing the harsh reality of LGBTQ+ persecution in the Chechnya.

Panel Moderator:

Bess Hepworth, Executive Director, Planet Ally. Pronouns: she/her

Panel Speakers:

Olga Baranova, Russian Human Rights Activist, Former Snr Director, Moscow Community Centre for LGBTIQ Initiatives and features in Welcome to Chechnya Pronouns: she/her

David France, Reporter, Author, Director, Welcome to Chechnya. Pronouns: he/him

Kosta Karakashyan, Creative Director, Studio Karakashyan, Director and Choreographer, WAITING FOR COLOR. Pronouns: he/him

Doriane Lau, China Researcher, Amnesty International, Forced Displacement Advisor, Planet Ally. Pronouns: she/her

Mikhail Tumasov, Coordinator, Russian LGBT Network. Pronouns: he/they

Spoken Word Performances:

Amao Leota Lu, Performer, Fa’afafine, Director, Gender Equality and Culture, Planet Ally. Pronouns: she/her/DIVA!

Acknowledgement of Country:

Planet Ally and Mosaic Audio Visual would like to acknowledge that this event will be produced and recorded on the lands of the Kaurna people. We want to pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging and we pay our respects to the land, the sky, the waters and the plains. This land and its sovereignty have never been ceded.