Human Rights Film Festival Berlin 2020
Documentaries are a powerful mean to inspire people and raise awareness of human rights violations.
The Human Rights Film Festival Berlin (HRFFB) returns as a hybrid on- & offline festival back to the heart of the German capital from September 30 - October 10, 2020. For 10 days, the festival will focus on stories from all parts of the world that vividly address and reflect on human action, the socio-political status quo and fundamental issues such as democracy, justice, freedom and environmental protection. Through discussions and Q&As with filmmakers, activists and experts, the festival creates a platform to gain new perspectives on our world.
Patron 2020 - Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nadia Murad
"Documentary films in particular help to raise awareness of atrocities that happen in remote parts of the world that may have otherwise been forgotten."
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HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FORUM
In 2020, the festival will be accompanied by a Human Rights Film Forum for the first time, with which we create an interdisciplinary platform for exchange, knowledge transfer and idea development. At the heart of the forum is a three-day Climate Story Lab, in which experts, activists and storytellers develop new strategies for communicating the climate crisis. Moreover, the forum is dedicated to the debate on resistance against populism and fake news (in times of Corona), deals with different approaches of storytelling on (conflict-based) sexualised and gender-based violence and offers space for a conference on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
NASRIN
Anlässlich des Right Livelihood Award für Nasrin Sotoudeh präsentieren wir zusammen mit dem Internationalen Nürnberger Filmfestival der Menschenrechte die Deutschlandpremiere des hochgelobten Dokumentarfilms "Nasrin" von Jeff Kaufmann über die iranische Menschenrechtsanwältin und Frauenrechtlerin.
Im Iran von Frauen und Männern gedreht, die für diesen Film Gefahr liefen, verhaftet zu werden, porträtiert der Film nicht nur eine mutige Frau, sondern die iranische Frauenrechtsbewegung selbst. Er blickt hinter die reinen Fakten, die Schlagzeilen machten - und gibt Einblicke aus erster Hand in das Leben einer Frau, die für ihre Sache alles riskiert.
