Browse previous selections from the Human Rights Watch Film Festival
12 Days
Every year in France, 92,000 people are placed under psychiatric care without their consent. By law, the hospital has 12 days to bring each patient before a judge.
A Cambodian Spring
Buddhist monk and award-winning activist Venerable Luon Sovath is harassed, censored, and evicted by his own religious leaders when he becomes a key figure in the land-rights protests that led up to the “Cambodian Spring”.
A Thousand Girls Like Me
When Khatera, a 23-year-old Afghan woman, forces her father to stand trial after a lifetime of sexual abuse, she risks her family, freedom, and personal safety.
Amal
Within a constant political turmoil, Amal searches for her place, identity and sexuality in a patriarchal society.
Angkar
Khonsaly Hay returns to his lush, serene village in Cambodia after over 40 years living in France and comes face-to-face with his former Khmer Rouge persecutors.
Anote's Ark
What if your country was swallowed by the sea?
Atomic Homefront
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rebecca Cammisa explores the atomic secrets of St. Louis, Missouri.
Ava
This timely, coming of age story follows Ava, a teenage girl whose life is dictated by the constraints of her conservative, patriarchal community in Tehran.
Burma and Human Rights Imagery: From Portraits to Satellites
In this master class featuring a variety of imagery from the Rohingya crisis in Burma, we will explore the use of photography and satellite imagery.
Challenges and Opportunities for Environmental Activists
During this session, we explore the challenges as well as opportunities involved in environmental activism.
Charm City
During three years of unparalleled violence in Baltimore, Maryland, award-winning filmmaker Marilyn Ness takes viewers beyond the headlines and into the lives of community members, police, and government officials.
Facing the Dragon
Afghan-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi joins two awe-inspiring women on the front lines.