20/02/2026
YURLU | COUNTRY has been selected for FIFDH Genève, Switzerland! We will be screening both in Competition as a Nominee for Best Documentary and in the Spotlight sessions - where UN and human rights representatives will join filmmaker Yaara Bou Melhem and Vice Chair of Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (BNTAC) Johnnell Parker for post-screening discussions about the film and Clean Up Wittenoom campaign.
📍On Friday March 6, YURLU | COUNTRY will screen at 6:15pm at Grütli - Langlois Room
📍On Monday March 9, YURLU | COUNTRY will screen at 7:30pm at Pitoëff Space - Theatre, and will be followed by a discussion ‘Wittenoom: Poisoned Land, Ignored Crime’, with:
* Géraldine Viret, Spokesperson for French-speaking Switzerland, Public Eye (introduction);
* Astrid Puentes Riaño, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment;
* Alexis Deswaef, Human rights lawyer, President of the FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights;
* Johnnell Parker, Vice Chair of Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC;
* Yaara Bou Melhem, Producer and Director of YURLU | COUNTRY;
* Paula Dupraz-Dobias, Journalist (moderator).
📍On Wednesday March 11, YURLU COUNTRY will screen at 8:00pm at Meyrin Forum Theatre, and will be followed by a discussion on the film, with:
* Adrià Budry Carbó, Investigative journalist, commodities and finance investigator for Public Eye;
* Johnnell Parker, Vice Chair of Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation;
* Yaara Bou Melhem, Producer and Director of YURLU | COUNTRY;
* Milena Michoud, Journalist (moderator).
The annual International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) is dedicated to both global cinema and the promotion of human rights. Over 10 days in Geneva, FIFDH reaches a diverse audience of over 40,000, exchanges ideas, and sparks discussions in parallel with the main session of the United Nations Human Rights.
YURLU | COUNTRY is made possible by Screen Australia, Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC, Screen NSW and Shark Island Institute. With thanks to our impact supporters, The StoryBoard Collective, Documentary Australia and Oxfam Australia.
