Current documentaries compete for the human rights prize
From indigenous rights in Canada to journalists risking their lives in Gaza to disability rights in the United States. This is our human rights program.
Each year, we select what we believe are the best documentary films on current human rights issues to be part of our international competition program, Human Rights Human Wrongs (HRHW).
These films all compete to win the Human Rights Human Wrongs Film Award, with a prize of 30,000 kroner provided by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and Amnesty International Norway.
Working to safeguard and uphold human rights is something that is only becoming more and more important in a world that seems to be abandoning belief in fundamental principles and rights. Our international competition program highlights filmmakers who contribute to increased awareness of current human rights issues and human rights activists who fight for a better world.
The films are inspiring, hopeful, and courageous reminders of our responsibility to stand up for a more just world.
Devi
Director: Subina Shrestha
Nepal’s civil war ended in 2006, but not for Devi. Like many others, she was subjected to sexual violence during the war. Now she is fighting against the country’s rulers’ attempts to erase this shameful part of the civil war’s history.
Eyes of Gaza
Director: Mahmoud Atassi
A bleak portrait of three journalists who risk their lives to report from the war in Gaza.
Green is the New Red
Director: Anna Recalde Miranda
Conservationists are the new enemy of those in power in Latin America. The documentary shows how there is a direct line from the anti-communist repression of the 1970s to today’s violence against conservationists and human rights activists.
HAIYU – Rebel Singer Mariem Hassan and the struggle for a Free Western Sahara
Directors: Saharawi Voice & RåFILM
In the country known as Africa’s last colony, iconic singer Mariem Hassan gave hope in the fight for independence.
Intercepted
Director: Oksana Karpovych
What do Russian soldiers say when they call home from Ukraine? Images from a war-torn country are juxtaposed with intercepted telephone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families.
Khartoum
Director: Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed & Phil Cox
An innovative and poetic portrait of five people’s lives and dreams, fleeing Sudan’s brutal civil war.
Patrice: The Movie
Director: Ted Passon
This is a charm bomb about love and equality, and about the rights of disabled people in the US.
The Battle For Laikipia
Director: Daphne Matziaraki & Peter Murimi
Climate change and unresolved historical injustices are intensifying the conflict between herders and white landowners in Laikipia, Kenya.
The Friendship Bench
Director: Reabetswe Moeti
An indigenous people’s fight in Canada against some of the world’s largest oil companies.
Yintah
Director: Michael Toledano, Jennifer Wickham & Brenda Michell
An indigenous people’s fight in Canada against some of the world’s largest oil companies.
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