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.
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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, 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.
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Release Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska!
In an open letter, the global film community expresses concern over Hatsura-Yavorska's arrest, along with that of other Belarusian human rights defenders.
The Human Rights Film Network, other film festivals from around the world and the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk joined a global call for the release of Belarusian cultural activist and human rights defender Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska, Director of the International Film Festival WATCH DOCS Belarus, who was arrested in Minsk on the 5th of April, along with several other human rights defenders.
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
ARC Presents Safety Guide for Artists
Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) at PEN America released its first-ever Safety Guide for Artists. While comparable tools exist for practitioners like journalists, human rights defenders, and cartoonists, no such guide currently exists for artists at large, and we hope it will fill a crucial gap in resources available for artists to learn about and better respond to risks related to their work.