Browse previous selections from the Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Chasing Asylum
Chasing Asylum exposes the negative impact of Australia’s offshore detention policies and explores how Australia became a country where leaders choose detention over compassion.
Child Mother
“I was very sorry that I never had the chance to be a young, single woman who could marry whoever she wants, whenever she wants.”
City of Ghosts
With deeply personal access, this is the untold story of a brave group of citizen journalists forced to live undercover, on the run, and in exile—risking their lives to stand up against one of the most violent movements in the world today.
Complicit
Shot below the radar, Complicit follows the journey of Chinese migrant worker-turned-activist Yi Yeting, a Foxconn factory worker who takes his fight against the global electronic industry from his hospital bed to the international stage.
Do Not Resist
Winner of Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca Film Festival,Do Not Resist opens with shocking scenes from Ferguson, Missouri, to introduce an array of stories that collectively detail the disturbing realities of American police culture.
Dreaming of Denmark
For 17-year-old Wasiullah, who spent three years in asylum centres after arriving alone from Afghanistan, Denmark has become his home.
El Amparo
In October 1988, 14 men were murdered by the Venezuelan military in El Amparo, a village near the Arauca River.
Girl Unbound
“I want to tell girls, fear is taught; that you are born free and you are born brave.” - Maria Toorpakai, film subject, Girl Unbound
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
Part political thriller, part memoir, Granito takes us through a haunting tale of genocide and justice that spans four decades, two films, and filmmaker Pamela Yates’s own career.
Home Truth
Shot over the course of nine years, Home Truth chronicles one family’s incredible pursuit of justice, shedding light on how our society responds to domestic violence and how the trauma from domestic violence can linger through generations.
I Am Not Your Negro
In I Am Not Your Negro filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
Rallying thousands of students to skip school and occupy the streets of Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong becomes one of the autonomous territory’s most notorious dissidents.