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Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
For those of you who can get to London in the next couple of weeks, Human Rights Watch is holding the 14th edition of their International Film Festival, from March 17-26 in London. There are 28 films, from 20 countries, including the Congo, Iran, Tibet, Cambodia and Palestine. The event will also showcase Human Rights Watch’s Adobe Youth Producing Change program.
This year, there are three distinct themes: Closed Societies: Iran and North Korea, Accountability and Justice and Development and Migration.
All of the films look fascinating, and there are three films specifically about free expression, focusing on Iran and North Korea. To learn more about the films and to download the program, go to: http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/london.
The Festival will be in New York from June 17-24, so be sure to go the website for updates.
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival: Youth Producing Change
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The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices) seeks youth-produced film, video and animated works on human rights issues made by youth ages 19 and under for its third annual Youth Producing Change program.
Armed with digital cameras, computers and their own boundless creativity, young people across the globe are bravely exposing human rights issues faced by themselves and their communities. Youth Producing Change provides a platform for youth to share their perspectives with audiences worldwide.
To submit films and read more about the program, click here.
Selected films will travel to:
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, New York : June 10-24, 2010
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, London : March 2011 (dates tba)
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, San Francisco: March 2011 (dates tba)
Selected films will also be:
Included in the 2010 Traveling Film Festival
Posted to the Adobe Youth Voices and Human Rights Watch websites
Distributed to teachers throughout the United States
To watch the films from the first year of Youth Producing Change please click here:
To learn more about Youth Producing Change, and to watch interviews with young film-makers, see here.
The deadline for submissions is December 10, 2009.
Learn more about the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.
Learn more about Adobe Youth Voices.
Open Net Initiative
- Berkman Buzz: Week of March 1, 2010 March 11, 2010BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations If you would like to receive the Buzz weekly via email, please sign up here. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * What's being discussed...take your pick or browse below. * OpenNet Initiative exposes Bing filtering in Arab […]syoung
- ONI investigates Microsoft Bing filtering in the Arab world March 11, 2010The Berkman Center is pleased to share a new bulletin from the OpenNet Initiative: Sex, Social Mores, and Keyword Filtering: Microsoft Bing in the "Arabian Countries". Overview: Microsoft recently added a new layer of complexity to the ongoing debate regarding the filtering and censorship practices of U.S. search engines via its own search engine, […]syoung
- Berkman Buzz: Week of February 8, 2010 March 11, 2010BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations If you would like to receive the Buzz weekly via email, please sign up here. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * What's being discussed...take your pick or browse below. * Chilling Effects asks, "Who Dat Trademark Be […]syoung
- Berkman Buzz: Week of February 1, 2010 March 11, 2010BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations If you would like to receive the Buzz weekly via email, please sign up here. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * What's being discussed...take your pick or browse below. * Ethan Zuckerman finds a box of rubber duckies in […]syoung
- Internet filtering: 2009 in review March 11, 2010From the OpenNet Initiative blog: The OpenNet Initiative is proud to release its 2009 Year in Review, a look into instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the world in 2009. The events of 2009 demonstrated a global rise in third-generation Internet controls. Within the first two weeks of January 2009, both Pakistan and Thailand ha […]syoung
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