{"id":101778,"date":"2017-08-18T17:31:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T08:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=101778&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2017-09-13T13:38:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T04:38:27","slug":"unhcr-refugee-film-festival-2017","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/unhcr-refugee-film-festival-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"UNHCR Refugee Film Festival 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UNHCR Refugee Film Festival was established in order to raise awareness about the plight of refugees, a global issue that is currently affecting the lives of tens of millions of people. This series of insightful movies will shed light on the experience of refugees in various parts of the world. The festival is also taking place in a number of cities across Japan from late September to mid-November. Titles to be screened in Fukuoka include \u201cWhen God Sleeps\u201d, a film exploring the trials facing an Iranian musician whose criticism of the country&#8217;s society puts his life in danger, and \u201cNice People\u201d, which follows a group of young refugees who find themselves in Sweden after fleeing war-torn Somalia. Admission is free, so don\u2019t miss it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unhcr-refugee-film-fest.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unhcr-refugee-film-fest.jpg?resize=1400%2C898\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"898\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unhcr-refugee-film-fest.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unhcr-refugee-film-fest.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unhcr-refugee-film-fest.jpg?resize=768%2C493&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unhcr-refugee-film-fest.jpg?resize=1024%2C657&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo (c) 2016 Contramedia Films \/ La Claqueta PC<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 11\/4 (Sat.) ~ 11\/5 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 11\/4 (Sat.): E. Nice People (13:00), Cries from Syria (16:00), When God Sleeps (19:00) \/ 11\/5 (Sun.): Warehoused (13:00), Born in Syria (16:00), The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe (19:00)<br \/>\n\u2022 Free<br \/>\n\u2022 Resora NTT Yumetenjin Hall \u2003<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/CvmScbsbBE42\" target=\"_blank\">2-5-55 Tenjin, Chuo-ku<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/unhcr.refugeefilm.org\/2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/unhcr.refugeefilm.org\/2017\/<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enq-plus.com\/app\/enq\/rff\/osaka_fukuoka_hiroshima\/terms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced reservation<\/a> required until 10\/10 (Tue.) 18:00.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UNHCR Refugee Film Festival was established in order to raise awareness about the plight of refugees, a global issue that is currently&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28121,"featured_media":101781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-101778","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","event-type-film","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/101778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}