Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2022

Fri 25 Mar 2022, 18:30

Shobe, Aisha, and Suma, three teens from Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, are poised to make history as Bangladesh’s first women surfers in an international competition.

Sun 20 Mar 2022, 15:00

In a country where voting rights are under attack, the ability to boycott, or “vote with your dollar,” has been an important and impactful way for citizens of the United States to bring about change.

Thu 17 Mar 2022, 18:30

In Silence Heard Loud we meet seven individuals from six countries who journeyed to the UK in search of safety—fleeing from war, terrorism, ethnic hatred, persecution, and domestic violence. 

Thu 17 –Fri 25 Mar 2022

In Silence Heard Loud we meet seven individuals from six countries who journeyed to the UK in search of safety—fleeing from war, terrorism, ethnic hatred, persecution, and domestic violence. 

Thu 17 –Fri 25 Mar 2022

Shobe, Aisha, and Suma, three teens from Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, are poised to make history as Bangladesh’s first women surfers in an international competition.

Thu 17 –Fri 25 Mar 2022

Three generations removed from the Holocaust, Yaar is a young Jewish Berliner desperate to leave the past behind.

Thu 17 –Fri 25 Mar 2022

Kendra Mylnechuk Potter was adopted into a white family and raised with no knowledge of her Native American parentage.

Thu 17 –Fri 25 Mar 2022

In a country where voting rights are under attack, the ability to boycott, or “vote with your dollar,” has been an important and impactful way for citizens of the United States to bring about change.

Thu 17 –Fri 25 Mar 2022

Myanmar Diaries by the Myanmar Film Collective, an anonymous group of filmmakers, reveals the realities of life since February 1, 2021, when the country’s military overthrew the civilian government. 

Thu 17 –Fri 25 Mar 2022

Who was Hasna Aït Boulahcen? After the November 2015 Paris bombings, she was labelled “Europe’s first female suicide bomber.”

Thu 17 –Fri 25 Mar 2022

In March 2002, a state TV station in China was hijacked by members of outlawed spiritual group Falun Gong. Their goal was to counter the government narrative about their practice. 

Thu 17 –Fri 25 Mar 2022

Democracy in Poland is hanging by a fragile thread. Facing arrest and fines if they issue rulings that are not to the government’s liking, judges join their fellow citizens and take to the streets.

Thu 17 –Fri 25 Mar 2022

As millions of Americans stand to lose their access to abortion, communities of colour and low-income will be most impacted