Perspective is a thematic film festival. It is the first German festival to be dedicated to the subject of human rights. It is a leading forum for outstanding feature films, documentaries and animated productions, which have human rights as their main focus.<br /> Perspective represents a window to the world, offering a high-quality international programme from Nuremberg, within its commitment to its status as a city of peace and human rights.

Perspective takes place every two years in the month of October, after the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award has been awarded. In 2011, Hollman Morris will receive the award. He has been reporting with admirable courage from the armed conflict in his native Colombia and has been documenting human rights abuses on all sides.

PERSPECTIVE: A MEDIATOR BETWEEN CULTURES

The respect for the rights and dignity of the individual forms the basis for international freedom, justice and peace in the world. In recognition of this vital relationship Perspective strives to promote mutual understanding, tolerance and friendship between different nationalities and religious and ethnic groups. This is where the festival’s international nature is found and where it crosses all religious, political and cultural boundaries to side against any attempts to make people “second-class citizens.”

The aim of Perspective is to underpin and strengthen the principles of human dignity, solidarity and mutual understanding and communication. Perspective hopes to promote understanding between different cultures and peoples and underline the individual’s responsibility during a time of globalisation. It hopes to demonstrate that human rights abuses have political, economic and cultural roots. The festival carries out imperative and continual educational work in this direction. The aim is to use the medium of film to bring the subject of human rights to broad strata of society.

Therefore, Perspective wants to shed a precise light on current events and developments in the world’s cultures. Knowledge promotes interest and the ability to abstract. It is only when one “has a picture” in one's mind that one can begin to see beyond one's most immediate environment and to understand the “unknown” – i.e. different people, their cultures, and their political and social systems. It is hoped that exposure to this information will stimulate communication between people.