International Film Festival - New York June 11-25, 2009

From June 11-25 the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival celebrates its 20th Anniversary in New York. Tickets are now on sale.

Please join us June 23 and 24 for a special screening of TAPOLOGO
"Filmmakers Gabriela and Sally Gutiérrez Dewar peer into the wounded heart of a region where 50 percent of women are infected with HIV and a courageous network known as Tapologo tries to bring dignity to lives that have known none."- Village Voice
Discussion with filmmaker Sally Gutierrez Dewar to follow.

Also, not to miss: REMNANTS OF A WAR, a powerful documentary on the Lebanese citizens trained to remove unexploded cluster munitions from their land after the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel.

View Festival Calendar here or download the program as a PDF file (4 Mb).

Check out HRWIFF's new PODCASTS featuring interviews with filmmakers Joe Berlinger (CRUDE), Paco de Onis (THE RECKONING) and a 2009 film festival preview.