Colombia’s fight for peace

The film Life is Sacred is the story of a fearless politician and his unique political career, philosophy – and life.

Together with an army of young people all hoping for change, he uses pencils and balloons, flashmobs and mimes to fundamentally change a society, which is ravaged by corruption and violence.

A young woman falls in love with his project – but she realizes, that the road to true change in a society as corrupt as the Colombian, is harder than she had ever imagined.

It is a cinematic portrait of a man to whom victory arrived in an unexpected way.

Over the course of five years, the director Andreas M. Dalsgaard has stubbornly and followed the Colombian philosopher and politician Antanas Mockus along with the leader of his youth campaign, the idealist Katherin Miranda. The result is a story, which we could not possibly have believed, had it been fiction…

After the screening of Life is Sacred the issues and questions which the film poses will be discussed by a panel consisting of ; Andreas Dalsgaard. Director of the film. Jairo Munive Rincon, Postdoc, DIIS, expert on disarmament and the peace process in Colombia. Bjørn Førde, Director, the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD), who has extensive experience with development and democratization issues from ’the global south’.

Programme

14.00-15.20: Screening of the film Life is Sacred

15.20-15.35: Coffee break

15.35-16.30: Panel debate

• Jairo Munive Rincon, Postdoc, DIIS
• Bjørn Førde, Director, DIPD
• Andreas Møl Dalsgaard, Film Director

Practical information

The film is in Spanish with English subtitles. The Panel debate will be in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form no later than Wednesday, 26 August 2015 at 12.00 noon.

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