Human Rights Films

Chris lives at a Berlin S-Bahn station: his life is dominated by drug addiction and homelessness. But his perseverance and a supportive neighbourhood bring new strength for change.

2022 a left-wing activist unexpectedly becomes Colombian Vice President. She challenges not only the status quo but also the narrative of what a Black woman can achieve in her country.

Ella Glendining loves her unusual body without hip joints. Since she doesn’t know anyone who looks like her, she searches online for other people living with this rare disability.

A young student at Kabul University took her own life after been refused to graduate. Her family seeks justice and tells in poetic words about Zahras passion for her homeland’s ecology.

Fifteen-year-old Mediha lives in a tent city in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. In her video diary, the young Yazidi girl processes her trauma of her enslavement by the so-called Islamic State.

In the west Bank Palestinian Basel Adra fights against the displacement of its residents caused by the occupation. With the Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham he develops a film in resistance.

In thousands of analogue pictures Libuše Jarcovjáková documents her quest for freedom in repressive Prague after 1968. A chronicle of a woman’s search for identity and queer self-expression.

Wanjugu Kimathi is searching for the remains of her father, founder of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army. Her activism also includes the remaining freedom fighters, who are still with no land rights.

Activist for the peace movement, environmental conservation and human rights, co-founder of the Green Party and feminist politician: In her strive for change Petra Kelly is still a role model.