And with the last day of the festival, the winners of the Best Short Film Award and Best Feature Award were announced by Mélissa Delmée Malétras, Danielle Guirguis, and Dr. Sudeep Dasgupta (Humans of film festival 2022 jury). On Monday, the winner of the Audience Award for Best Feature was revealed. Best Feature Award Winner “In And I Was There, … Read More
Jury 2022
We have the pleasure of introducing Humans of Film Festival’s 2022 jury. Dr. Sudeep Dasgupta Sudeep Dasgupta is Associate Professor in Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam. His research and teaching focuses on the politics of visual culture in the fields of migration, gender and sexuaity and globalisation. Mélissa Delmée Malétras Mélissa Delmée Malétras is a … Read More
Festival Theme 2022: Spaces
Our 2022 festival revolves around the theme Spaces: Make Room! We sincerely hope this year’s films and talks encourage you to reflect on and question your immediate surroundings, social (and environmental) issues around the world, and your assumptions and beliefs about others. How do you feel about the way you and your surroundings are represented in the (mainstream) media? Are … Read More
Prejudice and Pride (2021) by Dato Koridze
25 September, 14:00 – 15:50h | Get your tickets right here! Location: Podium Mozaïek, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Click HERE for more info Film director: Dato Koridze | Year: 2021 | Runtime: 56 min | Genre: Short documentary | Subtitle(s): N/A | Language(s): Georgian DUTCH PREMIERE Synopsis NL | Prejudice and Pride (2021) gaat over hoe de Georgische regering LGBTQ-activisten en journalisten in de steek laat en hen onbeschermd achterliet voor gewelddadige … Read More
A Space in Time (2021) by Riccardo Servini, Nick Taussig
Friday | 24 Sept 2021 | 21:00 – 22:20 | Get your tickets right here! Saturday | 25 Sept 2021 | 17:45 – 19:45 | + Panel discussion Location: Het Ketelhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Click HERE for more info Film director: Riccardo Servini, Nick Taussig | Year: 2021 | Runtime: 88 min | Genre: Documentary | Country of Production: UK, USA | Subtitle(s): English Language(s): English Dutch Premiere Synopsis NL … Read More
A Boy Named Freedom (2020) by Job van Aken
25 September, 14:00 – 15:50h | Get your tickets right here! Location: Podium Mozaïek, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Click HERE for more info Film director: Job van Aken | Year: 2020 | Runtime: 22 min | Genre: Short documentary | Subtitle(s): N/A | Language(s): Nederlands, English, Uyghur DUTCH PREMIERE Synopsis NL | Een persoonlijk portret van een Oeigoerse jongen in Nederland. Opgegroeid in een verscheurd gezin, heeft Alerk te maken met de … Read More
#StopAsianHate (2021) by Floor van Lent, Emma Kemperman
25 September, 20:45 – 22:15h | Get your tickets right here! Location: Podium Mozaïek, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Click HERE for more info Film director: Floor van Lent, Emma Kemperman | Year: 2021 | Runtime: 13 min | Genre: Short documentary | Subtitle(s): N/A | Language(s): Nederlands DUTCH PREMIERE Synopsis NL | Al jaren is de haat tegen Aziatische Nederlanders en anti-Aziatisch racisme in Nederland ongehoord gebleven. Maar door recente haatmisdaden jegens Oost-Aziatische Nederlanders zal … Read More
Masel Tov Cocktail (2020) by Arkadij Khaet, Mickey Paatzsch
24 September, 19:10 – 20:40h | Get your tickets right here! Location: Podium Mozaïek, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Click HERE for more info. Film director: Arkadij Khaet | Year: 2020 | Runtime: 30 min | Genre: Short fiction | Subtitle(s): English | Language(s): German, Russian DUTCH PREMIERE Synopsis NL | DIMITRIJ Liebermann (18) is joods en sloeg Tobi in het gezicht. Nu moet hij zijn excuses aanbieden. Maar Dimitrij heeft niet bepaald … Read More
Joe and the Shawl (2020) by Nicole Ballivian
Saturday | 25 Sept 2021 | 16:30 – 18:50h | Get your tickets right here! Location: Podium Mozaïek, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Click HERE for more info Film director: Nicole Ballivian | Year: 2020 | Runtime: 11 min | Genre: Short fiction | Subtitle(s): N/A | Language(s): English DUTCH PREMIERE Synopsis NL | Joe Potay, een aandoenlijke sleepwagenchauffeur, vindt Kelli leuk, een medebewoner van North Carolina, wanneer hij haar ontmoet terwijl hij … Read More