# Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Human Rights Watch Film Festival is an annual film festival held by Human Rights Watch organization in more than 20 countries which previews human rights films and videos in commercial and archival theaters and on public and cable television. This film festival was established in 1988, in part to mark the 10th anniversary of the founding of Human Rights Watch. After 3 years, it was resumed in 1991 and was presented annually until it ceased operations in 2024.

## Editions

Editions of the festival are currently held in Amsterdam, Geneva, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Diego, Oslo, Toronto and the San Francisco Bay Area.

### 2024

20 films were selected for 2024.

### 2023

20 films were selected for 2023. "Into My Name" by Nicolò Bassetti won the Jury Prize for Best Documentary in the New York selection.

### 2022

20 films were selected for 2022.

### 2021

27 films were selected for 2021.

### 2020

23 films were selected for 2020.

### 2019

38 films were selected for 2019.

### 2018

45 films were selected for 2018.

### 2017

42 films were selected for 2017.

### 2016

47 films were selected for 2016.

### 2015

33 films were selected for 2015.

### 2014

22 films were selected for 2014.

### 2013

30 films were selected for 2013.

### 2012

27 films were selected for 2012.

### 2011

35 films were selected for 2011.

### 2010

20 films were selected for 2010.
| Title | Selections |
| 12th & Delaware | New York |
| Back Home Tomorrow | New York |
| Backyard | New York |
| Budrus | London |
| Enemies of the People | London, New York |
| Honeymoons | London, New York |
| In the Land of the Free… | London, New York |
| Iran: Voices of the Unheard | London, New York, San Diego |
| Last Train Home | London, New York |
| Moloch Tropical | London, New York |
| Nero's Guests | London, New York |
| No One Knows About Persian Cats | London |
| Restrepo | New York |
| The Balibo Conspiracy | New York |
| The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo | New York |
| The Red Chapel | London |
| The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom | London |
| The Unreturned | New York |
| Under Rich Earth | New York |
| Welcome | London, New York |

### 2009

25 films were selected for 2009.
| Title | Region | Selections |
| Born Into Brothels | Asia | New York |
| Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country | Asia | London, New York |
| Crude | | London, New York |
| Eden is West | Europe | London, New York |
| Endgame | | London" |
| Firaaq | | New York |
| Ford Transit | Middle East | New York |
| Good Fortune | Africa | London, New York |
| In the Holy Fire of Revolution | Europe | London, New York |
| Iraq in Fragments | Middle East | New York |
| Jung: In the Land of the Mujaheddin | Asia | New York |
| Kabuli Kid | Asia | New York |
| Laila's Birthday | Middle East | London, New York |
| Look Into My Eyes | Europe | London, New York |
| Mrs. Goundo's Daughter | Africa | London, New York |
| My Neighbor, My Killer | Africa | London, New York |
| Pray the Devil Back to Hell | Africa | London, New York" |
| Project Kashmir | Asia | London, New York" |
| Regret to Inform | United States | New York" |
| Remnants of a War | Middle East | London, New York |
| Snow | Europe | London, New York |
| Tapologo | Africa | London, New York |
| The Age of Stupid | | London, New York |
| The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court | | London, New York |
| The Yes Men Fix the World | | New York |

### 2007

| Title | Region | Selections |
| Mon Colonel | United States | New York |
| Banished | United States | New York |
| Carla’s List | United States | New York |
| The City of Photographers | United States | New York |
| Cocalero | United States | New York |
| The Devil Came on Horseback | United States | New York |
| Election Day | United States | New York |
| Enemies of Happiness | United States | New York |
| Sari’s Mother | United States | New York |
| Everything’s Cool | United States | New York |
| Hot House | United States | New York |
| A Lesson of Belarusian | United States | New York |
| ACLU Pizza Surveillance Feature | United States | New York |
| Virtual Freedom | United States | New York |
| Lumo | United States | New York |
| Manufactured Landscapes | United States | New York |
| New Visions | United States | New York |
| The Railroad All-Stars | United States | New York |
| Strange Culture | United States | New York |
| Suffering and Smiling | United States | New York |
| The Unforeseen | United States | New York |
| The Violin | United States | New York |
| We’ll Never Meet Childhood Again | United States | New York |
| White Light/Black Rain | United States | New York |
| On the Frontlines | United States | New York |

### 2006

* "Iraq in Fragments" by James Longley won the Nestor Almendros Award in the New York selection.

### 2001

* "Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin" by Fabrizio Lazzaretti, Alberto Vendemmiati, and Giuseppe Petitto won the Nestor Almendros Award in the New York selection, and Raoul Peck won the Lifetime Achievement Award.

### 2000

* "A Civilized People" by Randa Chahal Sabag won the Nestor Almendros Award in the New York selection, and Frederick Wiseman won the Lifetime Achievement Award.

### 1999

* "La Ciudad (The City)" by David Riker and "Regret to Inform" by Barbara Sonneborn tied to win the Nestor Almendros Award in the New York selection.

### 1998

* "An Ordinary President" by Yuriy Khashchevatskiy won the Nestor Almendros Award in the New York selection, and Barbara Kopple won the Lifetime Achievement Award.

### 1997

* "Flame" by Ingrid Sinclair won the Nestor Almendros Award in the New York selection, and Alan J. Pakula won the Lifetime Achievement Award.

### 1996

* "Calling the Ghosts: A Story About Rape, War and Women" by Mandy Jacobson and Karmen Jelincic won the Nestor Almendros Award in the New York selection, and Ousmane Sembène won the Lifetime Achievement Award.

### 1995

* Costa-Gavras won the Lifetime Achievement Award in the New York selection

### 1992

* "L'ombre du chasseur" by Georgi Balabanov won Best Documentary Film in the New York selection