Welcome to the Hay Festival Querétaro 2023 programme. The festival took place from 7 to 10 September, with 105 activities with 151 international guests from 20 countries, and with Hay Joven, Hay Festivalito, Hay Delegaciones and Talento Editorial events, as well as two activities in Cadereyta.
The Ukrainian Vasilisa Stepanenko, in conversation with the BBC Mundo journalist Daniel Pardo, will talk about 20 Days in Mariupol, a documentary project, co-produced by her, which won an Oscar in 2024. This award-winning work offers a detailed look at the siege which the city experienced, capturing the impact on the population and the devastation caused by the conflict in eastern Ukraine. This is a valuable testimony to the impact of the war on the civilian population, and the resistance of the Ukrainian people.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
With the support of Open Society Foundations
With the support of Open Society Foundations
Oleksandra Matviichuk (Ukraine), is a lawyer and activist of the Center for Civil Liberties, awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize together with Memorial. Human rights defender, works on Ukrainian and OSCE issues. She currently heads the human rights organization Civil Liberties and also coordinates the work of the Euromaidan SOS initiative group. She has experience in creating horizontal structures for the mass participation of people in human rights activities against attacks on rights and freedoms, as well as several years with her practice of documenting violations during armed conflicts. In 2016 she received the Defender of Democracy Award for her "unique contribution to the promotion of democracy and human rights" of missions to the OSCE. In 2017 she became the first woman to participate in the Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program at Stanford University. She will talk with Mario Arriagada.
With simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish