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Screenings & Events
Festivals
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Past Screenings & Events
- March 2, 2010 @ 9:00 PM: Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in Toronto
- Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 7:00 PM: ScreenPeace Film Festival / University of Notre Dame
- Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, University of Notre Dame »
All films are FREE, but ticketed.
Call the DPAC Ticket Office at 574.631.2800 to reserve tickets, or pick them up at the door.
- November 28th, 2009: International Images Film Festival for Women (IIFF) in Harare, Zimbabwe
- "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo” won in the category "Best Documentary"
- March 3rd-15th, 2009: International Human Rights Film Festival Paris
- FIFDH »
Official Selection
- December 4th-10th, 2008: One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Prishtina
- One World Prishtina »
- Prishtina, Kosovo
The Best Documentary Award
- November 12th-30th, 2008: Human Rights Arts & Film Festival
- HRAFF »
- Canberra-Melbourne-Sydney, Australia
Canberra - Fri 21 November, 2008 @ 6:30pm
Melbourne - Sat 22 November, 2008 @ 3:00pm
Sydney - Tues 25 November, 2008 @ 6:15pm
- November 21st, 2008: Dunia Moja - One World Human Rights Film Festival in Nairobi
- Dunia Moja
- Nairobi, Kenya
Official Selection
- November 13th-16th, 2008: Aarhus Film Festival
- Aarhus Film Festival »
- Aarhus, Denmark
Official Selection
- November 13th-16th, 2008: Pravo Ljudski Human Rights Film Festival in Sarajevo
- Pravo Ljudski »
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
“The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo” was chosen for the opening night screening
- November 12th-16th, 2008: One World International Documentary Film Festival, Bratislava
- One World Bratislava »
- Bratislava, Slovakia
Official Selection
- November 13th-16th, 2008: REEL AWARENESS - Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival in Toronto
- Reel Awareness »
- Toronto, Canada
Best Documentary
- November 7th-9th, 2008: Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival
- RMWFF »
- Colorado Springs, CO
- October 16th-26th, 2008: Festival of Liberties
- Festival of Liberties »
- Brussels, Belgium
Official Selection
- October 15th-22nd, 2008: Bergen International Film Festival
- BIFF »
- Bergen, Norway
Official Selection
- October 14th-18th, 2008: St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival
- St. John's International Women's Film Festival »
- Newfoundland, Canada
- September 25th-October 4th, 2008: International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City
- DOCSDF »
- Mexico City, Mexico
Official Selection
- September, 2008: San Francisco Human Rights International Film Festival
(Opening Night film.)
- September 13th-28th: Take One: Action! Film Festival
- Take One: Action! »
- Edinburgh, UK
Official Selection
- September 18th-20th, 2008: International Black DocuFest in Atlanta
- IBDF »
- Atlanta, GA
Best Human Rights Watch Documentary
- July 11th-20th, 2008: Zanzibar International Film Festival
- ZIFF »
- Zanzibar, Tanzania
Official Selection
- June 12th-24th, 2008: Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York
- HRWIFF »
- New York, NY
Official Selection
- May 23rd-26th, 2008: Film Festival for Woman Rights in Seoul
- FIWOM
- Seoul, South Korea
Official Selection
- May 8th-15th, 2008: Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival
- FBIWFF »
- Ankara, Turkey
Official Selection
- April 24, 2008: Rome Independent Film Festival
- RIFF Awards »
- Rome, Italy
Winner: Best Documentary Award
- April 3-6, 2008: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
- Full Frame Documentary Film Festival »
- Durham, NC
- March 21-30, 2008: The 2nd Addis International Film Festival
- Addis International Film Festival »
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- March 28- April 3, 2008: Montreal Human Rights Film Festival
- Montreal, Quebec
- March, 2008: International Film Festival & Forum on Human Rights
- Geneva, Switzerland
(Screening on International Women’s Day in conjunction with the United Nations Council on Human Rights conference: The Role of Women in the Struggle Against Impunity.)
- Geneva, Switzerland
- March 16-30, 2008: London Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
- HRWIFF »
- London, England
Best of Fest
- March 7-16, 2008: International Film Festival on Human Rights (FIFDH)
- FIFDH »
- Geneva, Switzerland
- March 7-16, 2008: Rwanda Hillywood Film Festival
- Rwanda Film Festival »
- Kigali, Rwanda
- March 5-13, 2008: One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Prague
- One World Prague »
- Prague, Czech Republic
(Opening Night film; entire festival dedicated to raising donations for rape survivors in the DRC.)
- February 15-18, 2008: Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival in Seattle
- Seattle, WA
- : Women’s Film Festival, VT 2008
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Official Selection
- : Indianapolis International Film Festival 2008
- »
Official Selection
- : High Falls Film Festival 2008
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Official Selection
- January 17-27, 2008: Sundance Film Festival 2008
- Sundance »
- Utah
Winner: Special Jury Prize for Documentaries
- 2007: Amnesty International Film Festival
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Winner: Movies That Matter Distribution Award 2007. (Screened as a work-in-progress.)