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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.

Monday, 28 September 2020

Urgent Call for the Release of Hajooj Kuka

The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) and its founding institutions, the European Film Academy, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and International Film Festival Rotterdam, together with the undersigning, call for the Sudanese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release filmmaker Hajooj Kuka and the four artists imprisoned with him.

Friday, 17 July 2020

Call for the Immediate Release of Moataz Abdelwahab

Moataz Abdelwahab disappeared on 5 May from his office in Cairo, only to re-appear on 11 May for a hearing at the Supreme Court for State Security, where he was accused of “partnering with a terrorist organisation” and “spreading false news” (case 586).

Thursday, 25 June 2020

Drop Charges Against Russian Director Kirill Serebrennikov

On Friday, 26 June, Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court is expected to deliver the verdict in the criminal embezzlement case against Kirill Serebrennikov, a prominent theatre and film director in Russia, and his co-defendants: Sofia Apfelbaum, Alexei Malobrodsky, and Yuri Itin.

Monday, 9 March 2020

Urgent Call for the Freedom of Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof facing Incerceration in Iran

We strongly protest against the summons of Mohammad Rasoulof and urgently call on the Iranian authorities to ensure his safety and health. We also ask for the charges against Mohammad Rasoulof to be retracted and the travel ban against him to be lifted immediately and unconditionally and call on festivals around the world, cinemas and all artists to do the same.