The 9th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival opens Wednesday, February 29, 2012 with the screening of director Fernand Melgar’s critically acclaimed documentary Special Flight, which focuses on the plight of refugees seeking asylum in Switzerland’s Frambois Detention Centre. The Festival runs until Friday, March 9, 2012.
All screenings take place at 8 pm at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
Wednesday, February 29th — Special Flight
Thursday, March 1st — Habibi
Friday, March 2nd — The Bully Project
Saturday, March 3rd — Colorof the Ocean
Sunday, March 4th — Burma Soldier
Monday, March 6th — This is my Land…Hebron
Tuesday, March 7th — The Price of Sex
Thursday, March 8th — Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
Friday, March 9th — The Island President
I am interested in helping at the opening night gala.
I would like to know the schedule for submission for documentary for the next season. Thank you.
Gracie, we do not have a submissions schedule for the Toronto festival. I suggest you visit the Human Rights Watch Website for information on deadlines for the international version of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
Its a shame there are no daytime presentations. I would love to be able to bring my Canadian and World Studies students to see a film at some point. However, with the distance in travel it would be very late by the time we got home.
Jeff.
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Will suffering and smiling be showing again during the festival, I would like to see it!
Sorry, Alecia but it won’t. It was a special presentation with the Institute for Contemporary Culture at The ROM.
Can you purchase tickets at the door?
Yes, you can purchase tickets at the door. However, you probably want to check ahead as most of our films sell-out.