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Tuesday, 3 May 2022
Release Ma Aeint!
Urgent Call for the Release of Myanmar filmmaker Ma Aeint
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk calls for the Myanmar authorities to immediately and unconditionally release filmmaker Ma Aeint.
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Release Çiğdem Mater!
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) calls for the Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release film producer Çiğdem Mater.
On Monday, 25 April 2022, Çiğdem Mater was sentenced to 18 years in prison, together with six co-defendants, in what Amnesty International describes as “a travesty of justice of spectacular proportions”. The main accusation against Çiğdem is that she was trying to raise financing for a documentary project about the Gezi Park movement – a film which was never made.
Monday, 7 March 2022
Emergency Fund for Filmmakers
ICFR Emergency Fund
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk has set up a special "Emergency Fund for Filmmakers" for film practitioners directly in danger due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Coalition and the Fund have been canvassing for funding and donations as soon as war broke out.
Monday, 28 February 2022
Solidarity with Ukraine
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Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Release Moataz Abdelwahab!
Renewed Call for the Immediate Release of Egyptian Producer
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) calls for the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release film producer Moataz Abdelwahab.
Friday, 23 July 2021
Solidarity with FreedomFilmFest
Global film community urges Malaysian authorities to drop all investigations and acts of intimidation on FreedomFilmFest
On 2nd June, Anna Har the festival director of the FREEDOMFILMFEST, and cartoonist Amin Landak, were called in for questioning by the Indonesian police over the production and online screening of a short animated film on police torture entitled, “Chili Powder and Thinner”. On the same day, the police raided the office of FreedomFilmFest and Amin’s home, and confiscated computers, modems and other related equipment. Subsequently, on 6 July, four more activists were called in for questioning. Three of them are members of SUARAM, a human rights organisation that co-produced the film, and the other was a guest speaker at the screening event.
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Urgent Call for the Release of Myanmar filmmaker Ma Aeint
We call for the Myanmar authorities to immediately and unconditionally release filmmaker Ma Aeint.
Friday, 16 April 2021
In Solidarity with Artists And Cultural Actors in Myanmar
We condemn the violations of basic human rights in Myanmar and stand in solidarity with the artistic community and cultural actors in the country.