Human Rights Watch Film Festival — A–Z of films

Unquestionably and understandably harrowing, in places unbearably so, this reflection upon acts of murder, genocide and torture, told by the perpetrators themselves, is a masterpiece.

A celebration of peaceful resistance and of those who stand behind many of the world's figureheads, helping them to achieve their aims.

And as Moreh probes the men, we, whether we agree with them or not, find ourselves drawn into their moral maze in all of its complexity.

Freeland captures the beauty of Tanzania and uses the landscape as a way of illustrating the isolation and loneliness suffered by those with albinism.

Films like this are important because they reveal the real faces behind the barrage of news statistics. Faces belonging to people who have as much of a right to live out their lives in peace without fear as we do.

Kim Longinotto's documentary about the Tamil poet Salma burns with both indignation and a profound melancholy.

The authenticity of the characters and the issues they face feels unimpeachable; however the dialogue can, at times, verge into maddening exposition.

A cracking film by a born filmmaker and I can’t wait to see what all involved in it do next.

The picture painted is one of a man who was dedicated to not just to capturing people's images on camera but to talking to them and finding out what made them tick.

This is no chest-beating, flag-waving war movie, no propaganda for conflicts past, present or future, War Witch is the story of childhood destroyed, a country in flames and of how we survive the worst of what (in)humanity throws at us.