“Seven Winters in Tehran,” about a 19-year-old Iranian woman sentenced to death for killing the man who tried to rape her, will open the 34th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival on May 31 in New York City.
The festival, co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the IFC Center, will feature 10 documentaries about humanitarian challenges around the world. This year’s edition spotlights themes and topics including the Ukraine conflict (“When Spring Came to Bucha”), climate gentrification and justice (“Razing Liberty Square”), women’s rights (“Draw Me Egypt”) transgender rights (“Into My Name”) freedom of the press (“The Etilaat Roz”) and access to health care in the United States (“Pay or Die”).
“From the war in Ukraine to women’s rights and bodily autonomy, to environmental gentrification and freedom of the press, these films span some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time,” says John Biaggi,...
The festival, co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the IFC Center, will feature 10 documentaries about humanitarian challenges around the world. This year’s edition spotlights themes and topics including the Ukraine conflict (“When Spring Came to Bucha”), climate gentrification and justice (“Razing Liberty Square”), women’s rights (“Draw Me Egypt”) transgender rights (“Into My Name”) freedom of the press (“The Etilaat Roz”) and access to health care in the United States (“Pay or Die”).
“From the war in Ukraine to women’s rights and bodily autonomy, to environmental gentrification and freedom of the press, these films span some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time,” says John Biaggi,...
- 4/27/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Delikado The Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to London for its 27th year later this month, presenting 10 films from March 16-24 in partnership with Barbican Cinema.
In addition to physical screenings, the films will also be available for viewers across the UK to watch via online streanig.
The festival will open with the London premiere of Karl Malakanus' Delikado, which charts environmental defenders who are risking their lives to stop corporations and governments seeking to steal the increasingly valuable natural resources of their home, Palawan, an island in the Philippines. It will close with the UK premiere of Theatre Of Violence, directed by Lukasz Konopa and Emil Langballe, which the festival says "raises complex questions about new forms of colonialism and definitions of justice in the landmark International Criminal Court trial of former child soldier Daniel Ongwen.
John Biaggi, director of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival said:...
In addition to physical screenings, the films will also be available for viewers across the UK to watch via online streanig.
The festival will open with the London premiere of Karl Malakanus' Delikado, which charts environmental defenders who are risking their lives to stop corporations and governments seeking to steal the increasingly valuable natural resources of their home, Palawan, an island in the Philippines. It will close with the UK premiere of Theatre Of Violence, directed by Lukasz Konopa and Emil Langballe, which the festival says "raises complex questions about new forms of colonialism and definitions of justice in the landmark International Criminal Court trial of former child soldier Daniel Ongwen.
John Biaggi, director of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival said:...
- 3/7/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
For 29 years, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival has singled out films that highlight humanitarian challenges around the world. While much of its lineup often premieres at bigger festivals such as Sundance and Toronto, the Humans Rights Festival — which brings its program to cities around the world — creates a unique context that helps certain message-driven films stand out. For artistic director John Biaggi, programming the festival provides an opportunity to catapult cinematic activism to a world stage.
While the nonfiction festival’s purpose may seem more pressing than ever in the divisive era of the Trump Administration, Biaggi said that the philosophy of the programming has remained the same. “There have been all these different human-rights issues around the globe for decades, but more of them have only been uncovered recently,” he said. “I think people feel like, the world is so full of problems. The world was always full of problems.
While the nonfiction festival’s purpose may seem more pressing than ever in the divisive era of the Trump Administration, Biaggi said that the philosophy of the programming has remained the same. “There have been all these different human-rights issues around the globe for decades, but more of them have only been uncovered recently,” he said. “I think people feel like, the world is so full of problems. The world was always full of problems.
- 6/17/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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