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A selection from our archive of 500+ films and interviews with human rights defenders from around the globe, including award-winning productions. Made in collaboration with world leading institutions in media and human rights.
For media and human rights professionals, our full archive is available: hundreds of interviews with prominent human rights defenders, and images of human rights issues worldwide.
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Portraits
Films on Human Rights Defenders, especially laureates of awards. Personal stories of courage, dedication, and resilience from defenders around the world.
34 films in this category
Behind Closed Eyes
Four children with war experiences learn how to build a future, despite hauling their past as excess luggage with them. A documentary series about the will power to carry on with their lives. The series received multiple international awards.
4 films in this category
Living Rights
A six part series on the Rights of the Child seen from the perspective of everyday life, with intimate portraits of children living in a situation conflicting with the UN convention. The series received multiple international awards.
6 films in this category
UDHR@70
We collaborated with the United Nations to produce a series of short films on each of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, celebrating its 70th anniversary by showing how it impacted people's daily lives.
30 films in this category
Peace Mediation & Dialogue
When war and violence have destroyed trust between people in a society, the first aim is to restore confidence and dialogue between them. Giving insight into the mechanisms and actors of this process is a recurrent theme in True Heroes Films.
23 films in this category
Torture
One of the most horrible human rights violations is torture. True Heroes Films collaborates with partners such as the UN and major NGOs like OMCT and APT. The films and projects we do are not only meant to give insight into the torture phenomenon but also to document resources for the prevention and treatment.
7 films in this category
HRD Summit Paris 2018
October 2018. The second Human Rights Defenders World Summit took place in Paris. On 18 December the action plan is presented to the United Nations General Assembly. It contains a concrete set of measures and calls for a lasting commitment from States to protect human rights defenders and create a more favourable environment for their work. Watch the video True Heroes Films produced on the Human Rights Defenders and the importance of the Summit.
2 films in this category
Technological Innovation
Besides training and filming human rights defenders in the field we also collaborate with THE Port, GluoNNet and CERN to innovate and find technical solutions for humanitarian issues and human rights work. We take part in the Hackathons with outreach support and visualisation of solutions to bring it back to the people who need it. We share our knowledge of the daily practise of human rights advocacy in the field.
4 films in this category
Freedom Cartoonists
Cartoons have the power to illuminate serious issues in striking images. True Heroes Films supports the work of Freedom Cartoonists, raising awareness about important issues through humour and press cartoons.
9 films in this category
Spotlight
In-depth interviews and portrait films with human rights defenders from around the world — produced by True Heroes Films, often in collaboration with partners who share our mission.
25 films in this category
Other Productions
Additional human rights films and collaborations with various partners including Dovana, HSD, ICJ, GAAMAC, Franciscans International, and independent productions.
8 films in this category
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Human rights, Justice, “Mothers of Manguinhos”, “Brasil”
Human rights, Justice, “SMAW”, “Gender Apartheid”, “Taliban”
Human rights, Justice, “LAP”, “Torture”, “Impunity”
Freedom of expression, Censorship, Risk, Artistic freedom”, “Hongkong”
“Poland”, Biatoweiza Forest”, “Refugees”, “Border Wall”, “Migrants”
Biatoweiza Forest”, “Birds”, “Parrots”, “Izabela Dłużyk”, “Sound recordist”
“Human Rights”, “Ukraine War”, “Child Refugees”, “Romania”, “Mental health Impact”
“Human Rights”, “Ukraine War”, “Child Refugees”, “Poland”, “Mental health Impact”
“Human Rights”, “Ukraine War”, “Child Refugees”, “Romania”, “Mental health Impact”
“Human Rights”, “Ukraine War”, “Child Refugees”, “Romania”, “Mental health Impact”
“Human Rights”, “Ukraine War”, “Child Refugees”, “Mental health Impact”, “UNICEF”
Freedom of expression, Censorship, Risk, Artistic freedom”, “Ukraine”
Freedom of expression, Censorship, Risk, Artistic freedom”, “Hungary”
Human rights, Justice, “Torture” “Treatment”
Human rights, “Justice”, South Africa”, “Indigenous Rights”, “Land rights”
Human rights, Justice, “Yemen”, “Yemenwu”
Human rights, Justice, “Femicide”, “Disappearences”, “Mexico”
Human rights, Justice, “Turkey”, “Kurdistan”, “LGBTQ Rights”
Human rights, “Justice, “Refugees”, “Sudan”, “Manus Island”
Human rights, Justice, “AFRODES”, “Community Rights”, “Colombia”
“Vincent Cochetel”, “Kidnapped”, “Chechnya”, “Victims of Torture”, “Rehabilitation”
Human rights, Justice, “Peace negotiations”, “Congo”, “Resolution 1325”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Human rights, Justice, “Protection”, “Universal Declaration”
Freedom of expression, Censorship, Risk, Artistic freedom”, “Turkey”
Human rights, Justice, “Accountability”, “Slavery”, Contemporary Slavery”
Human rights, Justice, “Torture”, “Accountability”, “Rehabilitation”
Human rights, Justice, “Torture”, Campaign”, “Treatment”
Human rights, Justice, “Accountability”, “Enforced Disappearances”, “Plaza de Mayo”
Human rights, Justice, “Accountability”, “Mass atrocities”, “Prevention”
Human rights, Justice, “Accountability”, “Torture”, “Rehabilitation”
Human rights, Justice, “Philippines”, “Indigenous Rights”, “CPA”
Human rights, “IRFS”, “Azerbaijan”, “Human Rights Lawyer”
Human rights, “Human Rights Activist”, “Singapore”, “healthcare Rights”, “Housing Rights”
Human rights, Justice, “Burundi”, “APRODH”, “Martin Ennals Award”
Human rights, Justice, “Malta”, “Corruption”, “Investigative Journalist”
Human rights, Justice, “ATFD”, “Tunisia”
Human rights”, “ UN Special Rapporteur Human Rights Russia”, “RAW on WAR”, “Journalist”, “Bulgaria”
Human rights, “Bahrain Centre for Human Rights”, “Gender Equality Rights”, “Bahrain”, “Documenting”
Human rights, Justice, “Israel”, BTselem”, “Genocide”
Human rights, Justice, “Human Rights Lawyer, “LGBTQ”, “Feminist”
Human rights, Justice, “Palestinian Centre for human Rights”, “PCHR”, “Deportation”
Human rights, Justice, “Lawyer”, “Togo”, “UN Specila Rapporteur on Rights To Freedom of Assembly”
Human rights, Justice, “Kuwait”, “Bedoon Community”, “Stateless”
Human rights, Justice, “Lawyer”, “International Criminal Justice”, “Nigeria”
Human rights, Justice, “Human Rights lawyer, “Russian Foreign Agents Law”, “Russia”
Human rights, Justice, “LTDH”, “Tunisia”, “Human Rights Lawyer”
Human rights, Justice, Accountability
Human rights, Justice, “Journalist”, “Turkey”, “Kurdish Rights”
Human rights, Justice, “Kashmir”, “AFAD”, “JKCCS”
Human rights, Justice, “LGBTQI”, Kazakhstan”, “FEMINITA”
Human rights, Justice, “Brasil”, “Marielle Franco”, Minister of Racial Equality”
Human rights, Justice, “India”, “Human Rights Lawyer”
Human rights, Justice, “Sudan”, “Darfur”, “SUDO”
Human rights, Justice, “Blogger”, “Democracy Activist”, “Human Rights lawyer”
Human rights, Justice, “Mexico, “Chiapas”, “Otros Mundos Chiapas”
Human rights, Justice, Accountability
Human rights”, “Human Rights Defenders”, “World Summit”, “Paris”
Human rights Defenders”, ‘Animations”
Human rights, Justice, “Cambodia”, “ADHOC”, “Ny Sokha”
Human rights, Justice, “Egypt”, “CIHRS”, “Freedom of Expression”
Human rights, Justice, “LGBTQ”, “ASPIDH”, “Trans”
Freedom of expression, Censorship, Risk, Artistic freedom
Human rights, Justice, “Torture” “Refugees”
Human rights, Justice, “Accountability”, “Peace Mediation”, “Congo”
Human rights, Justice, “Uzbekistan”, “Human Rights Defender”, ” Plammenoe Serdtse”
Human rights, “Justice, “Syria”, “SHRIL”, “VDC”
Human rights, Justice, “Torture”, Campaign”, “Treatment”
Human rights, Justice, “Torture”, “Campaign”, “Treatment”
“Unicef”, “Better Care Network”, “Kenya”, “Child Care institutions”
“Unicef”, “Better Care Network”, “Kenya”, “Child Care institutions”, “Extended Family”
Human rights, Justice, “UAE”, UAEHewar.net, “UAE5”
Human rights, Justice, “Accountability”, “Guinea”, “APIVA”
Human rights, “Justice, “BHCR”, “Nabeel Rajab”, “Abdulhadi Al Khawaja”
Human rights, Justice, “Human Rights Lawyer”, Myanmar”, “Peter Linn Bin”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“LGBT persons in detention, Justice, “Protection”, “Jean Jacques Gautier Symposium”
Freedom of expression, Censorship, Risk, Artistic freedom”, “New York Times”
Human rights, Justice, “Accountability”, “Enforced Disapearences
Human rights”, “Witness”, “Drone Programme”, “Afghanistan”
Human rights, Witness, “Archbishop Romero”, “Assassination”, “El Salvador”
Human rights, “KLA”, “Adem Jashari”, “Kosovo”, “Serb Police”
Human rights, “Refugees”, “Child Refugees”, “War Syria”, “Lesvos”
Human rights, “Refugees”, “Child Refugees”, “War Syria”, “Lesvos”
Human rights, Justice, “Mexico”, “ProDESC“, “Impunity”
Human rights, “Justice, “Reprisal”, “China”
Human rights, Justice, “China”, “Uyghur”, “uyghurbiz.net”
Human rights, Justice, “Odhikar”, “Bangladesh” “Freedom of Speech”, “ Enforced Disappearences”
“Children in detention, Justice, “Protection”, “Jean Jacques Gautier Symposium”
“Prevention of Torture, Justice, “Protection”, “Jean Jacques Gautier Symposium”, “Brazil”
Freedom of expression, Censorship, Risk, Artistic freedom”, “Syria”
“Unicef”, “Child Rights”, “Education”, “Girls”, “Nepal”
“Unicef”, “Child Rights”, “Education”, “Girls”, “Nepal”
“Human Rights”, “Malnutrition”, “Poverty”, “Nepal”, “Stunting” “Early Marriage”
“Unicef”, “Child Rights”, “Education”, “Girls”, “Madagaskar”
“Unicef”, “Child Rights”, “Education”, “Girls”, “Nepal”
“Human Rights”, “Malnutrition”, “Poverty”, “Bangladesh”, “Stunting” “Early Marriage”
“Russia”, “Pussy Riot”, “Nadya Tolokonnikova”, “LGBTQ
“Human Rights, “Child Rights”, Child Marriage”, “Malawi”, “Forced Marriage”
Human rights, Justice, “Right Livelihood Award”, “Pakistan”, “Martin Ennals Award”
Human rights, Justice, “Accountability”, “Haiti”, “Impunity”
Human rights, Justice, “Chechnya”, “Enforced Disappearences”, “Torture”
Human rights, Justice, Torture, “Blog”, “Social Media”
“Kyrgyzstan”, “Uzbekistan”, “Osh”, “Border”, “Conflict”
Human rights, “Refugees”, “Child Refugees”, “Child Labour”, “Lebanon”
Human rights, “Refugees”, “Child Refugees”, “War Syria”, “Lebanon”
Human rights, “Refugees”, “Child Refugees”, “Lebanon”, “War Syria”
Human rights, “Refugees”, “Child Refugees”, “Lebanon”, “Mia Farrow”
Human rights, “Refugees”, “Child Refugees”, “Lebanon”, “War Syria”
Human rights, “Refugees”, “Child Refugees”, “Education”, “War Syria”
Human rights, “Justice, “BHCR”, “Nabeel Rajab”, “Abdulhadi Al Khawaja”
Human rights, Justice, “Iran”, “Human Rights Lawyer”, “Shirin Ebadi”
Human rights, Justice, “Monk”, “Forced Evictions”, “Multimedia Monk”
Human rights, Justice, “Uganda”, “LGBTQ”, “Roam Uganda”
“Kenya”, “Post Election Violence”, “Justice”, “SLDF”, “Enforced Diasappearences”
Human rights, “Military Regime”, “Honduras”, “Enforced Disappearances”, “COFADEH”
Human rights, “Justice”, ”Syria”, “Swasiya”, “Exile”
Human rights, Justice, “Iran”, “Death Penalty”, “Prisoners Rights”
Human rights, Justice, Accountability
Children's rights, Child soldiers, War, Reconciliation
Children's rights, Refugees, War, Displacement
Children's rights, Landmines, Disability, Education
Children's rights, Genocide, Sexual violence, War
Children's rights, Family, Child protection, Mental health
Children's rights, Health, HIV/AIDS, Stigma
Children's rights, Child marriage, Girls, Family
Children's rights, Disability, Education, Inclusion
Children's rights, Adoption, Foster care, Chernobyl
Children's rights, Child labour, Mining, Education
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
“Armed Conflict”, “Protection”, ‘Non State Armed Groups”, “Human Rights”, “Humanitarian Rules”
Human rights, Justice, “Indigenous”, “IFP”, “UN-Mechanisms”