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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.

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