Human Rights Watch Film Festival · 2015
16 films · 11 reviews
This is a film more interested in life than death, even if death is often hovering above.
(Country: South Africa, Sudan; Year: 2014; Director: Hajooj Kuka)
UK premiere
(Year: 2015; Director: Marcia Tambutti Allende; Writer: Bruni Burres, Paola Castillo)
European premiere
What shines through in Burden of Peace is the personal bravery it takes to stick to your ideals and behave morally in the face of state power and implicit violence.
(Country: Netherlands, Guatemala, Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Joey Boink, Sander Wirken; Writer: Joey Boink, Sander Wirken)
International premiere
At turns inspiring and troubling, Democrats is ultimately a fascinating study of the dangerous grassroots work that changing a harsh political system requires.
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2014; Director: Camilla Nielsson)
(Country: France, Netherlands, Turkey, South Africa, Egypt, Lebanon; Year: 2014; Director: Francois Verster; Writer: Francois Verster)
UK premiere
The second half shows that the director played the long game by returning a year later once the dust had settled, and then again in 2014 for the next set of presidential elections.
(Country: Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Colombia; Year: 2014; Director: Andreas Dalsgaard, Vivana Gomez, Nicolas Servide; Writer: Andreas Dalsgaard)
UK premiere
It is significant that No Land's Song in some ways mirrors that inclination for layering female voices by only presenting Sara's thoughts and opinions through conversation with others.
(Country: Germany, France, Iran; Year: 2014; Director: Ayat Najafi; Writer: Ayat Najafi; Stars: Imed Alibi, Parvin Azimi, Elise Caron, Jeanne Cherhal, Chakad Fesharaki, Sébastien Hoog, Ali Kazemian, Emel Mathlouthi, Sara Najafi, Edward Perraud, Ali Rahimi, Sayeh Sodeyfi, Maryam Tajhdeh)
UK premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Holen Kahn, Alessandra Zeka)
UK premiere
A solid, and certainly heartfelt effort.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Jon Stewart; Writer: Jon Stewart, Maziar Bahari, Aimee Molloy; Stars: Gael García Bernal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Golshifteh Farahani, Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas, Jason Jones, Andrew Gower, Haluk Bilginer, Nasser Faris, Nazanin Nour, Numan Acar, Arian Moayed, Amir El-Masry, Zarif Kabier, Arash Mokhtar)
Wenders as a curious, excited filmmaker stretches out his hands to show us all the treasures he has found.
(Country: France, Italy, Brazil; Year: 2014; Director: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders)
UK premiere
This may seem like a “local” problem in an affluent town in a privileged country but it is one that has a universal implications.
(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2014; Director: Fernand Melgar)
UK premiere
A intensely personal film.
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2015; Director: Mikael Wiström; Writer: Mikael Wiström)
UK premiere
Packed with information throughout.
(Year: 2014; Director: Patricio Henríquez)
UK premiere
(Country: Canada, Occupied Palestinian Territory, France; Year: 2014; Director: Paul Cowan, Amer Shomali; Writer: Paul Cowan; Stars: Alison Darcy, Rosann Nerenberg, Holly O'Brien)
UK premiere
(Country: US, Afghanistan; Year: 2014; Director: Beth Murphy; Writer: Beth Murphy)
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Charming and heartfelt.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno; Stars: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno) , Official site , Trailer
UK premiere
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