International Film Festival - London 17 -26 March 2010
Save the date: The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival returns to London March 17-26, 2010 for its 14th edition with 28 films from 20 countries and numerous special guests.
Highlights include: Benefit Gala film The Balibo Conspiracy, Opening Night with Raoul Peck's Moloch Tropical, Closing Night's The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom and the second edition of the Adobe Youth Producing Change program.
This year three distinct themes have emerged in the programme: Closed Societies: Iran and North Korea, Accountability and Justice and Development and Migration.
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Films screen at The Ritzy, ICA, Curzon Soho and Curzon Mayfair.
Download the 2010 London Festival program (16 pages PDF 1.7 mb)
BUDRUS introduces us to Ayed Morrar—an unlikely Palestinian community organiser—who unites both Palestinians and Israelis to save his village from the wall.
Director:Julia BachaYear of Production:2009Running time:78mFollow filmmaker Thet Sambath as he uncovers terrifying personal explanations for the Cambodian genocide by allowing the perpetrators to speak for themselves.
Director:Rob Lemkin and Thet SambathYear of Production:2009Running time:94mWith a broad scope and intimate style, GOOD FORTUNE portrays surprising stories of human perseverance in the face of projects that may be doing more harm than good.
Director:Landon Van Soest and Jeremy LevineYear of Production:2009Running time:73mTwo young couples leave their respective countries—Albania and Serbia—to realise all their dreams in Western Europe, synonymous but their dreams quickly disappear in the face of the harsh realities.
Director:Goran PaskaljevicYear of Production:2009Running time:95mTargeted by prison officials for being members of the Black Panther Party and for fighting against prison conditions, the Angola 3 were convicted of the murder of a prison guard—with no physical evidence and no credible eyewitnesses.
Director:Vadim JeanYear of Production:2009Running time:84mThe untold story of Iranian secularists through three fascinating characters—each from a distinct social, economic and educational background but all sharing a love for their motherland and a need for a country free from political repression and theocracy.
Director:Davoud GeramifardYear of Production:2009Running time:68mMaster filmmaker Raoul Peck takes us to a hilltop fortress in Haiti where we watch the nation’s President disintegrate before our eyes—destroyed by a combination of his own paranoia and an increasingly absurd political situation.
Director:Raoul PeckYear of Production:2009Running time:107mMRS. GOUNDO'S DAUGHTER tells the moving story of one Malian mother’s fight for asylum in the US to protect her two-year-old daughter from female genital cutting.
Director:Barbara Attie and Janet GoldwaterYear of Production:2009Running time:60mJournalist P. Sainath writes about the thousands of farmers who commit suicide each year due to poverty and the inability to repay debts, exposing a lack of social justice and a huge wealth disparity within India.
Director:Deepa BhatiaYear of Production:2009Running time:56mFilmmaker Bahman Ghobadi opens up a world that few outside of it know, showing that urban-under-30s in Tehran may have more in common with their peers in any big city than people realise
Director:Bahman GhobadiYear of Production:2009Running time:101m- Director:Robert ConnollyYear of Production:2009Running time:111m
Comics Jacob and Simon, together with director Mads Brügger, who poses as their manager, get permission to put on a show in Pyongyang, North Korea as a form of cultural exchange.
Director:Mads Brügger with Co-director Johan StahlYear of Production:2009Running time:87mA comprehensive look at the tension between the Dalai Lama's efforts to find a peaceful solution and the impatience of the younger generation, provoking questions about the ‘right’ way forward and what that means for the future of Tibet.
Director:Ritu Sarin and Tenzing SonamYear of Production:2009Running time:79mWhat price must one pay to bring back the story or image that will make a difference? What price must those around one pay? And how does the survivor carry on?
Director:Danis TanovicYear of Production:2009Running time:99mThe story of the sensational trial of Issa Sesay at Special Court for Sierra Leone - a case that illustrates both the complexities of achieving justice and addressing a nation's traumatic past.
Director:Rebecca Richman CohenYear of Production:2010Running time:83mWOMEN WITHOUT MEN weaves together the stories of five women against the backdrop of the American- and British-backed coup that brought down Prime Minister Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah in 1953.
Director:Shirin Neshat, In collaboration with Shoja AzariYear of Production:2009Running time:95mYoung people are on the frontlines of many of the world’s human rights crises, but it’s all too rare that we get to hear their point of view.
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