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Karoline Pelikan is a filmmaker, impact producer, and cultural manager working at the intersection of storytelling and social justice. Her projects were awarded by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture and international cultural organisations such as the Alliance Française, the Goethe Institute, Sheffield DocFest, and the British Arts Council. Often employing participatory filmmaking techniques, her work emphasizes co-ownership, adherence to cultural protocols, and shared decision-making, resulting in films that intimately capture the essence of personal narratives and human rights issues. Her projects were part of major film festivals and markets such as Visions du Réel, PHLAFF, Movies that Matter, Conecta Chile, and Lima Film Festival, amongst others. She has co-created a diverse range of impact campaigns, developing alternative distribution strategies, bringing films back to the communities they depict, and producing educational toolkits for children. Karoline is the founder of “EmpoderArte”, a collective that creates safe audiovisual spaces for women and non-binary artists across Peru. With EmpoderArte, she founded the first Human Rights Film Festival (Festival de Cine Social y Derechos Humanos), a decentralized event held across multiple cities in Peru, designed to be open and accessible to all. She teaches film workshops for women and children, and creates distribution opportunities for underrepresented Latin American communities and filmmakers in Europe as well. Karoline has also been involved in social action initiatives, collaborating with charities and educational organisations to support causes within a context of environmental, social, cultural, and political risks.