International Film Festival on Human Rights

International Film Festival on Human Rights

"In Geneva, Human Rights Watch co-founded the International Film Festival on Human Rights (FIFDH) in March 2003. Its goal is to “establish a dialogue between the various worlds of film, academia, and field workers in touch with political decision-makers.” The FIFDH has a central concept: each movie deals with one topic and gives rise to a debate. Since 2004, HRW hosts a special event by showing a film selected for its connection to the organization’s work and organizing a debate including several of its experts."


 * CO-DIRECTION : Director General (Léo Kaneman); Director of Programmes (Yaël Reinharz Hazan)

Steering Committee
Accessed November 2008:


 * Leo Kaneman, Co-director of the FIFDH, founding member
 * Yael Reinharz Hazan, Co-director of the FIFDH, founding member
 * Annick Stevenson, Journalist, founding member
 * Eric Sottas, Director of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT), founding member
 * Pierre Hazan, Doctor es Political Science and author of « Juger la guerre, juger l’histoire », founding member
 * Antoine Bernard, Executive director of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
 * Daniel Bolomey, General secretary of Amnesty International Switzerland (AI)
 * Laurence Fabry-Lorenzini, Director, Development&Outreach, Human Rights Watch (HRW)
 * Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor, Law Faculty, Université de Genève
 * Francois Sergent, Editorial Board co-director, Libération
 * Marie Heuze, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva
 * Sylvie Cohen, Director of External Affairs Service – Territory Dpt.(DT), Geneva
 * Andrew Clapham, Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.
 * Jean-Christophe Rufin, Writer
 * Abderrahmane Sissako, Film maker
 * Afsane Bassir-Pour, Director of the United Nations regional information center in Brussels Richard Werly, Journalist

Patrons
Accessed November 2008:


 * Late Sergio Vieira de Mello, First patron of the Festival
 * Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
 * Robert Badinter, Lawyer, former president of the French Constitutional Court, former French minister of Justice
 * Ruth Dreifuss, Former president of the Swiss Confédération
 * Amos Gitai, Film maker
 * Barbara Hendricks, Singer, ambassador for UNHCR
 * William Hurt, Actor
 * Ken Loach, Film director
 * Hubert Nyssen, Writer and publisher
 * Jorge Semprun, Writer
 * Philippe Val, Charlie Hebdo’s Director

Jury
Accessed November 2008:


 * Ousmane Sow (president of the Jury)
 * Nancy Huston
 * Adam Michnik
 * Freddy Buache
 * Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

Contact

 * Web: http://www.fifdh.org//