The Human Rights Film Network (HRFN) is a partnership of more than 50 independent human rights film festivals. Through the network, festivals cooperate in the representation of human rights in moving images. They exchange ideas on how to promote human rights films through festivals, broadcasting and educational programmes. They present films that discuss topical human rights issues and promote the screening of high-quality films. They share experiences about the organisation of screenings and debates. They assist the emergence and establishment of new film festivals on a sound and independent basis. As such the HRFN works to foster an international environment conducive to the screening and promotion of human rights films worldwide.
The network was established in Prague on 18th April 2004 and its founding members are:
- Alliance Ciné (Paris, France)
- Amnesty International Film Festival (Amsterdam) (now Movies that Matter in The Hague, NL)
- Amnesty International Film Festival (Belgium)
- Amnesty International Travelling Film Festival (Canada)
- Amnesty International Film Festival USA (Los Angeles and other US cities)
- DerHumAlc (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Human Rights in Film (Warsaw, Poland)
- Human Rights Nights (Bologna, Italy)
- Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (New York, US; London, UK)
- International Film Festival of Human Rights (Barcelona, Spain)
- International Film Festival on Human Rights (Geneve, Switzerland)
- One World (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Perspektive: International Human Rights Film Festival (Nuremberg, Germany)
- Seoul Human Rights Film Festival (Seoul, South Korea)
- Stalker (Moskow, Russia)
- Tri-Continental Film Festival (Johannesburg, South Africa; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Bombay, India)
- Vermont International Film Festival (Burlington, USA)
More information about the network’s aims, activities and background can be found in the Charter with the statement of principles and practices
