Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2023

Fri 24 Mar 2023, 18:00

Dominic Ongwen is the first former child soldier prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Theatre of Violence asks: how do we define “justice” when the perpetrator is also a victim? 

Thu 23 Mar 2023, 18:30

Personal stories, support and discovery abound in this small community of women from West Africa, who confront social norms and embrace the inherent power in pleasure and love for their own bodies.

Wed 22 Mar 2023, 18:10

Reyhaneh is sentenced to death in Iran for the murder of a man who tried to rape her. The efforts her family and supporters undertake open a window into the mass oppression and silencing of women. 

Wed 22 Mar 2023, 10:45

Winner of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary and World Cinema Audience Award for Documentary, Sonita follows a determined and animated Afghan teen.

Tue 21 Mar 2023, 18:30

Aga is adopting her teenage brother after their mother’s death, inviting intense probing into her life. But there’s something she can’t share: her girlfriend Maja.

Sun 19 Mar 2023, 18:15

BikeStormz, a movement of young bikers, offers a safe and welcoming space in central London. However, conflict arises when police and “concerned citizens” threaten arrest for their very existence.

Sun 19 –Fri 24 Mar 2023

This personal, political, and unflinching film offers a perspective and stylistic approach rarely seen in cinema, capturing indelible images informed by the filmmaker’s disability.
 

Sat 18 Mar 2023, 18:45

March 2022, Russian troops withdraw from Bucha, and Ukrainian citizens emerge from their homes to face a new day. This film poignantly captures how a community continues to live, while war rages on.

Sat 18 Mar 2023, 16:15

Celebrated director Ike Nnaebue accompanies fellow Nigerians as they leave home to travel north through Africa and beyond, in search of opportunity despite known and unknown challenges ahead. 

Fri 17 Mar 2023, 18:30

Category: Woman exposes an industry controlled by men that puts women’s lives at risk and raises issues of racism, sexism, and the right to determine another persons’ biological sex. 

Thu 16 Mar 2023, 18:10

In Delikado, environmental defenders are tested in their battle to save their home, Palawan, an island in the Philippines, from the illegal destruction of its forests, fisheries, and mountains.