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Visit the digital home for the Human Rights Watch Film Festival 

 

Audiences across the US can watch the full lineup of films from the 2021 Human Rights Watch digital edition from 9am EDT May 19 - 11:59pm PDT on May 27, 2021 here on our film streaming site.

  • Want to know more about how the digital festival will work? Please check out our "How-To" page here for information on rentals, streaming + Q&A participation. 
  • Need help with your rental? Visit the live "chat" icon feature on the homepage of our streaming site hrw.org/filmfest. A member of the film festival staff will get back to you as soon as possible.

 Ticket prices: 

  • $9 Public
  • $8 Film at Lincoln Center / IFC Center / HRW Members
  • $70 Festival pass (Access all 10 films and save $20) 

Sign up for the Human Rights Watch Film Festival email list to have access to discounted tickets + exclusive free film offerings year-round. 

For anyone that purchases a ticket, we appreciate your support. Your ticket purchase allows the festival to pay the filmmakers sharing their work in our festival, and supports the essential work of longtime co-presenters, Film at Lincoln Center and IFC Center who provide an essential space to enjoy the arts and participate in public dialogue in New York City and beyond. 

 

We do not want the cost of entry to these films to be a barrier for participation in these events.  If the price of buying a ticket to any of the films in the festival would prevent you from participating, please email the following address (filmticket@hrw.org) + an auto-reply email will send you a free ticket code. We have set aside a set # of tickets per film on a first come first-served basis. Once the free tickets are no longer available, the code will no longer work. For anyone that purchases a ticket, we appreciate your support. Your ticket purchase enables us to make tickets free for those who might otherwise be unable to watch. This also allows the festival to support the filmmakers for sharing their work in our festival and for the festival to cover the cost of hosting the films online.

 

In the Executioner's Shadow film image

In the Executioner's Shadow

In the Executioner's Shadow casts a penetrating look at the consequences of the death penalty through three powerful stories.

Carmen Aristegui surrounded by cameras and press

Radio Silence

To millions of people in Mexico, the incorruptible journalist and news anchor Carmen Aristegui is regarded as the trusted alternative voice to official government spin, fighting daily against deliberate disinformation spread through news sources, government corruption, and the related drugs trade. </span></p>

Americas
A scene of the main character Ernesto meeting one of the mothers

Our Mothers (Nuestras Madres)

Winner of the Caméra d'Or (Cannes Film Festival, 2019) this beautifully rendered drama weaves a tale taking us from the dark past to a personal search for the truth.

Americas
A side shot of Maxima Acuna, an indigenous Peruvian, middle-aged woman stands in traditional shawl, skirt and large-brimmed hat looking to her right. There are mountains and green land behind her.

Maxima

Faced with intimidation, violence, and criminal prosecution, we follow Máxima’s tireless fight against a gold-mining operation looking to seize her land and destroy environmental resources her community relies on.

Americas
Mai Khoi signing into a microphone

Mai Khoi and the Dissidents

Compared to Russian musician-activists Pussy Riot and dubbed “Vietnam’s Lady Gaga,” Khôi must go to great lengths to disseminate her music as she fights to champion women’s rights, LGBT rights, and free speech.

Asia
Image of Tania, featured in the film From Here

From Here

As the US and Germany grapple with racism, nationalism, and a fight against diversity, our protagonists move from their 20s into their 30s and face major turning points in their lives.

Global
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