Disunited Nations (discussion after screening with director)

Discussion after screening with director Christophe Cotteret & Dr. Nitin Sawhney, filmmaker & docent at Uniarts Helsinki.

Organized by Aalto Students For Palestine

5€ student ticket, 11€ regular ticket

In March 2024, Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, denounced a genocide in Gaza. Following in her footsteps, the documentary takes us to the heart of the UN’s crisis, confronted by its inability to prevent the massacre of civilians. At the height of the international crisis linked to the war in Gaza, the film follows Albanese as she carries out her mandate amid missions, institutional meetings, and political pressure.

Through interviews, archival footage, and a behind-the-scenes look at diplomatic work, the film explores the fragile balance between international law, information, and power, showing how the UN and the global community appear increasingly divided in the face of the conflict.

The United Nations was born in the years when, in 1947, the Partition Plan for Palestine was decided. Today, the Palestinian question risks becoming the ultimate test: can the Organisation hold, or is it in danger of being irreparably weakened by this historical fault line?

Documentary filmmaker and producer Christophe Cotteret, a graduate of FEMIS, works in particular on co-productions with the Franco-German channel ARTE and the Belgian channel RTBF. Specialising in issues of political violence and geopolitics in the Maghreb and Middle East, he has directed Démocratie Année Zéro (2013), Inkotanyi (2017), Anatomie d’une instruction (2022), and White Power (2024).