human rights Archives

Of Caravans and the Dogs

Nick Holdsworth / March 12, 2024

RUSSIA: Askold Kurov’s compelling documentary Of Caravan and the Dogs details the final destruction of independent voices in Putin’s Russia that oppose his war on Ukraine.

Amsterdam, Askold Kurov, censorship, CPH:DOX, Dmitry Muratov, Donbas, Dozhd TV, Ekho Moskvy, FIFDH, freedom, human rights, journalism, Kirill Martynov, Krakow Film Festival, Luhansk, MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival, moscow, Movies on War, Movies That Matter, Novaya Gazeta, Of Caravans and the Dogs, One World CZ, Putin, Riga, Rise And Shine World Sales, Russia, Steve Rosenberg, Ukraine, Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival

Photophobia Ivan Ostrochovský Pavol Pekarčík

Movies That Matter announces complete 2024 programme

Modern Times Review / March 11, 2024

The Movies that Matter Festival, set to take place from 22 to 30 March, 2024, in The Hague and other

human rights, IDFA, Kharkiv, Movies That Matter

A symphony of human resilience

Bianca-Olivia Nita / March 11, 2024

CHINA: Contrasting cultural richness with harsh realities under China’s systematic campaign.

All Static & Noise, China, David Novack, exile, FIFDH, HUMAN idff Oslo, human rights, Istanbul, Journeyman Pictures Ltd., muslim, Odessa Films, Uyghur, Xinjiang

A role model

Melita Zajc / February 21, 2024

ACTIVISM: Masih Alinejad, Nobel nominee, voices Iran’s silenced through social and global media.

activism, Autlook Filmsales, Ayatollah Khomeini, Be My Voice, Caspian Sea, exile, hijab, human rights, Iran, Islamic, Islamic Republic, Masih Alinejad, Nahid Persson, Nahid Persson Sarvestani, politics, public sphere, Setareh Lundgren, Social media, Teheran

An Unfinished Journey Amie Williams, Aeyliya Husain

FIFDH announces full 2024 programme

Modern Times Review / February 16, 2024

The 22nd edition of the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) opens its doors from 8

Afghanistan, Angela Davis, Claire Nouvian, Diego Luna, Dmitri Mouratov, FIFDH, human rights, Impact Days, Motaz Azaiza, Nargis Nehan

SCIENCE: Dive into Theater of Thought, where Werner Herzog navigates the complex world of brain science, revealing its multidimensional challenges and the profound implications for humanity’s future.

ai, Big Tech, brain science, consciousness, Facebook, human rights, IBM, Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Philippe Petit, quantum physics, science, science fiction, Skellig Rock, Theater of Thought, Ventureland, Werner Herzog, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

FIFDH announces 2024 Impact Filmmaking for Social Justice webinar details

Modern Times Review / December 23, 2023

The upcoming «Impact Days Webinar» on 18 January, 2024, from #FIFDH, promises to delve into the intricate and often perilous

FIFDH, human rights, Philippines, social justice

«You may end up with the only peace – being the peace of the graveyard.»

Truls Lie / December 15, 2023

INTERVIEW: We are talking with the previous Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have been prime minister in Britain, about current issues – like military build-up, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and labour, security, democracy, citizen assemblies, and not least of all, hope for the future.

abortion, Afghanistan, apartheid, Belgium, Boris Johnson, carbon dioxide, Catholic Church, China, climate justice, Cold War, conflict, Democracy, Donbas, Ebola, Economy, fear, FOR, Fox News, Gaza, Germany, human rights, interview, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Jens Stoltenberg, Jeremy Corbyn, Julian Assange, Libya, Margaret Thatcher, media, mental health, militarism, NATO, Netherlands, North Sea, Norway, peace, poverty, Putin, racism, refugees, Russia, saudi arabia, Sierra Leone, social justice, South Africa, Syria, Toni Blair, Tory, Ukraine, UN, yemen

FIFDH announces 2024 Impact Days selections and webinar theme

Modern Times Review / December 14, 2023

The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) proudly announces the sixth edition of its esteemed professional program,

Brazil, Daesh, FIFDH, human rights, Impact Days, Mexico, Quechua, Shatila

Keeping the idea of justice alive

Dieter Wieczorek / December 11, 2023

RUSSIA: The Russian lawyers defending prisoners of conscience, who face persecution in Putin’s regime for upholding justice and human rights.

Alexei Navalny, Bill Clinton, Einbahnstraße Productions anERA FILM with RBB/ARTE, German Films, human rights, LGBT, Masha Novikova, Movies That Matter, new docs, NOVDOC, Putin, Russia, Russia vs Lawyers, Ukraine, WATCH DOCS, WhatsApp

collective hataid action during international women's day

Combatting Digital Violence: A Conversation with HateAid

Steve Rickinson / October 14, 2023

DIGITAL VIOLENCE: With a Human Rights Film Festival Berlin workshop on Navigating Digital Aggression for Journalists and Filmmakers, Modern Times Review speaks with representatives of Germany’s HateAid – the organisation combatting digital violence.

cyberbullying, deepfake, Democracy, digital violence, disinformation, from, Germany, human rights, Instagram, LGBTQIA+, online harassment, racism, Social media, trauma

Another Body Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn.

Real bodies, fake bodies: the dichotomy of female objectification

Astra Zoldnere / October 10, 2023

GENDER EQUALITY: From Kurdish villages to college campuses, gender-based abuse knows no boundaries.

artificial intelligence, deep fake, gender equality, human rights, Human Rights Film Festival Berlin, internet and, isis, Islam, Islamic State, kurdish, MeToo, See NL, UK, Yazidi