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‘We are human too’: Roma filmmakers push back against stereotypes
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‘We are human too’: Roma filmmakers push back against stereotypes

At Seville’s European film festival, seven films by Roma creators are bringing Romany perspectives to the centre of the screen in a landmark showcase called Raising Romani Gaze. Actor and filmmaker Alina Șerban says her award-winning film I Matter aims to build understanding by showing Roma people in all their humanity, rather than through familiar stereotypes. Curated by Hungarian filmmaker Katalin Bársony, the programme spans stories of identity, deportation, queer experience and the pressure to conceal Roma heritage. And here's the thing: these filmmakers are claiming narrative sovereignty and opening up space for a community long underrepresented in European cinema.
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