The story of our festival is a classic case study on how one can transform reality and run a film festival in a place with no facilities and infrastructure. We had nothing except the idea and a few crazy friends. That’s how Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival was established in Ukraine 13 years ago. Now the situation has dramatically changed. We run one the most popular documentary event in Eastern Europe, while launching dozens of other projects aimed at film education and the promotion of human rights values.