Human Rights Film Tour

The FIFDH celebrates human rights around the world! The tour has visited over 60 countries since 2018, including Sri Lanka, Nicaragua, Pakistan, South Sudan, Belarus, Guatemala, Algeria, Bhutan and Madagascar.

Launched in 2017 in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), the Human Rights Film Tour has travelled to more than 60 countries, from Sri Lanka to Nicaragua and Bhutan.

In 2023, a promising new collaboration was launched between the FIFDH and UN Human Rights, to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since then, a selection of films from the FIFDH Impact Days have been screened every year around International Human Rights Day on 10 December.

These events bring together activists, NGOs, teachers, students, journalists and the general public, inviting them to watch films about human rights and exchange views.

HUMAN RIGHTS FILM TOUR 2024-2025

Supported by UN Human Rights (OHCHR).

Kimbe, Papua New Guinea, December 5, 2024

Featured Films

Alis by Nicolas van Hemelryck and Clare Weiskopf (2022)

5.12.2024 Kimbe — Papua New Guinea at the occasion of the Papua New Guinea Film Festival

The Battle of Laikipia by Daphne Matziaraki and Peter Murimi (2024)

5.12.2024 Dar es Salaam — Tanzania

Life is Beautiful by Mohamed Jabaly (2023)

6.12.2024 Abyei — Sudan/South Sudan
6.12.2024 Diffra — Sudan/South Sudan

Estado de Silencio by Santiago Maza (2024)

8.12.2024 Conakry — Guinea

My Name is Happy by Nick Read and Ayse Toprak (2022)

10.12.2024 Mekelle — Ethiopia

High Tide Don’t Hide by Niva Kay, Emily McDowell, Nia Phipps, Philip Stebbing (2020)

10.12.2024 New York — USA 10.12.2024 Bangkok — Thailand
10.12.2024 Ashgabat — Turkmenistan

11.12.2024 Jakarta — Indonesia

Home is Somewhere Else by Carlos Hagerman and Jorge Villalobos (2022)

10.12.2024 Brasília, Brazil

14.12.2024 Bissau, Guinea Bissau

The Pickers by Elke Sasse (2023)

18.12.2024 Male — Maldives

HUMAN RIGHTS FILM TOUR 2023-2024

In 2024, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a new and promising collaboration begins between the FIFDH and UN Human Rights (OHCHR).

From February to April, a selection of Impact Days films will be screened in UN units around the world. These events aim to unite activists, NGOs, teachers, students, journalists and the general public, inviting them to view socially conscious films and participate in discussions surrounding human rights.

Featured Films

My Name is Happy by Nick Read and Ayse Toprak (2022)

19.02.2024 Vienna – Austria. As part of Ciné-ONU

Je suis Noires by Rachel M’Bon and Juliana Fanjul (2022)

20.02.2024 Paramaribo – Suriname. As part of Human Rights 75 Film Week

High Tide Don’t Hide by Niva Kay, Nia Phipps, Emily McDowell, Phil Stebbing (2021)

21.02.2024 Gaborone – Botswana

22.03.2024 Maun – Botswana

Hidden Letters by Violet du Feng (2022)

04.03.2024 Georgetown – Guyana

Shadow Game by Eefje Blankevoort and Els Van Driel (2021)

08.12.2023 Abuja – Nigeria. As part of the Human Rights Film Festival in Commemoration of Human Rights Day 2023

01.05.2024 Doha – Qatar

HUMAN RIGHTS FILM TOUR 2022-2023

After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Human Rights Film Tour will be making a comeback. Starting from Autumn 2022, FIFDH is returning to the international stage.

Supported by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Republic and canton of Geneva, the tour featured:

2000 attendees
44 speakers
13 stops
21 partners

Pretoria, South Africa, December 8, 2022

Antananarivo, Madagascar, March 17, 2023

Featured Films

#Female Pleasure by Barbara Miller (2018)

13.11.2022 Nairobi – Kenya. As part of the Under Our Skin Festival on Human Rights

25.11.2022 Lamu – Kenya. As part of the Under Our Skin Festival on Human Rights

08.03.2023 Nairobi – Kenya. For the International Women’s Rights Day

Radio Silence by Juliana Fanjul (2019)

04 and 05.12.2022 Alger – Algérie. As part of the Festival international du Cinéma d’Alger

29.03.2023 Manille – Philippines

27.04.2023 Dar El Salaam – Tanzania. For the World Press Freedom Day.

Selfish by Stéphane Santini et Géraldine André (2019)

08.12.2022 Pretoria – South Africa

20.01.2023 Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dragon Women by Frédérique de Montblanc (2022)

07.03.2023 Beyrouth – Lebanon.
As part of the Beirut International Women Film Festival

I did not see you by François Kohler (2019)

17.03.2023 Antananarivo – Madagascar

30 et 31.05.2023 Bogotá – Colombia

HUMAN RIGHTS FILM TOUR 2019-2020

Supported by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Republic and Canton of Geneva

+1400 spectators
70 speakers
14 steps
20 partners

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Presented Films

Chasseurs de crimes by Nicolas Wadimoff et Juan José Lozano (2014)

12.09.2019 Democratic Republic of the Congo – Kinshasa

04.12.2019 Venezuela – Caracas

10.12.2019 Madagascar – Antananarivo

27.01.2020 Cambodia – Phnom Penh

Those Who Work by Antoine Russbach (2018)

23.10.2019 Moldavia – Chisinau

29.01.2020 United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi

23.02.2020 Algeria – Alger

The Divine Order by Petra Volpe (2016)

04.11.2019 Bhutan – Thimphu

28.01.2020 Senegal – Dakar

La Prenda by Jean-Cosme Delaloye (2015)

05.03.2020 South Sudan – Juba

Free Men by Anne-Frédérique Widmann (2018)

31.05.2019 Argentina – Buenos Aires

10.10.2019 Belarus – Minsk

05.11.2019 Nicaragua – Managua

26.02.2020 Jordan – Amman

HUMAN RIGHTS FILM TOUR 2017-2018

Supported by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
Co-presented with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and TED