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Please note that the 2008 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival New York dates are June 13 to June 26, 2008. Download a PDF of this schedule (2 pages, 254 kb) Sign up to receive our email newsletter! June 14
6:00pm Mon Colonel Benefit Screening
Laurent Herbiet, Director; Costa-Gavras & Jean-Claude Grumberg, Screenplay; Michèle Ray-Gavras, Producer, France/Belgium, 2006, 110m Discussion with filmmaker and reception to follow June 15
6:30pm Strange Culture Opening Night
Lynn Hershman Leeson, USA, 2007, 76m Discussion with filmmaker and artist Steve Kurtz and reception to follow
9:00pm Mon Colonel Opening Night
Laurent Herbiet, Director; Costa-Gavras & Jean-Claude Grumberg, Screenplay; Michèle Ray-Gavras, Producer, France/Belgium, 2006, 110m Discussion with filmmakers to follow June 16
3:30pm Enemies of Happiness
Eva Mulvad, Director; Anja Al-Erhayem, Co-Director, Denmark, 2006, 58m Preceded by
Sari’s MotherJames Longley, USA/Iraq, 2006, 21m Discussion with filmmaker of Enemies of Happiness to follow
6:15pm Manufactured Landscapes
Jennifer Baichwal, Canada, 2005, 87m Discussion with filmmaker to follow
8:45pm New Visions: A Sundance Documentary Film Program "Work-in-Progress" Screening
*Program & discussion – 120m June 17
3:30pm Everything’s Cool
Daniel B. Gold, Judith Helfand, USA, 2006, 100m Discussion with filmmakers and reception to follow
6:15pm Enemies of Happiness
Eva Mulvad, Director; Anja Al-Erhayem, Co-Director, Denmark, 2006, 58m Preceded by
Sari’s MotherJames Longley, USA/Iraq, 2006, 21m Discussion with filmmaker of Enemies of Happiness to follow
8:45pm The Railroad All-Stars
Chema Rodriguez, Spain, 2006, 90m *Sign language interpretation will be provided for the introduction to this program June 18
4:00pm Enemies of Happiness
Eva Mulvad, Director; Anja Al-Erhayem, Co-Director, Denmark, 2006, 58m Preceded by
Sari’s MotherJames Longley, USA/Iraq, 2006, 21m June 19
6:30pm Carla’s List
Marcel Schüpbach, Switzerland, 2006, 100m *Special Guest - Carla Del Ponte in conversation with Richard Dicker, Director, International Justice Program, Human Rights Watch Reception to follow June 20
6:30pm Lumo
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Nelson Walker III, Directors; Louis Abelman and Lynn True, Co-Directors, Democratic Republic of Congo/USA, 2007, 72m Discussion with filmmakers and reception to follow June 21
1:30pm Lumo
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Nelson Walker III, Directors; Louis Abelman and Lynn True, Co-Directors, Democratic Republic of Congo/USA, 2007, 72m June 22June 23
1:30pm A Lesson of Belarusian
Miroslaw Dembinski, Poland/Belarus, 2006, 51m Preceded by
Pizza Surveillance FeatureMicah Laaker, Director; American Civil Liberties Union, Producer, USA, 2005, 3m and
Virtual FreedomGef Senz and Maung Maung Aye, Australia, 2006, 5m Discussion with filmmaker of A Lesson of Belarusian to follow
6:30pm Cocalero
Alejandro Landes, Argentina, 2007, 94m Discussion with filmmaker to follow *Sign language interpretation will be provided for the introduction and post-film discussion June 24
3:30pm Lumo
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Nelson Walker III, Directors; Louis Abelman and Lynn True, Co-Directors, Democratic Republic of Congo/USA, 2007, 72m Discussion with filmmakers to follow *Sign language interpretation will be provided for the introduction and post-film discussion June 25
4:00pm A Lesson of Belarusian
Miroslaw Dembinski, Poland/Belarus, 2006, 51m Preceded by
Pizza Surveillance FeatureMicah Laaker, Director; American Civil Liberties Union, Producer, USA, 2005, 3m and
Virtual FreedomGef Senz and Maung Maung Aye, Australia, 2006, 5m
6:30pm Hot House
Shimon Dotan, Israel, 2006, 89m Discussion with filmmaker and reception to follow *Sign language interpretation will be provided for the introduction and post-film discussion
9:00pm We’ll Never Meet Childhood Again
Sam Lawlor and Lindsay Pollock, Romania/UK, 2007, 75m Discussion with filmmakers to follow June 26
6:30pm A Lesson of Belarusian
Miroslaw Dembinski, Poland/Belarus, 2006, 51m Preceded by
Pizza Surveillance FeatureMicah Laaker, Director; American Civil Liberties Union, Producer, USA, 2005, 3m and
Virtual FreedomGef Senz and Maung Maung Aye, Australia, 2006, 5m Discussion with filmmaker of A Lesson of Belarusian to follow June 27
9:00pm We’ll Never Meet Childhood Again
Sam Lawlor and Lindsay Pollock, Romania/UK, 2007, 75m Discussion with filmmakers to follow June 28
1:30pm A Lesson of Belarusian
Miroslaw Dembinski, Poland/Belarus, 2006, 51m Preceded by
Pizza Surveillance FeatureMicah Laaker, Director; American Civil Liberties Union, Producer, USA, 2005, 3m and
Virtual FreedomGef Senz and Maung Maung Aye, Australia, 2006, 5m
6:30pm The Devil Came on HorsebackClosing Night
Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, 2006, USA, 85m Discussion with filmmakers to follow |
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