Human Rights Watch, in cooperation with The Film Society of Lincoln Center, presented the 23rd edition of its film festival from June 14 – 18.  Headquartered in New York City the Human Rights Watch is a global non-governmental independent organization considered to be the leading force in   protecting human rights and identifying their violations. By shifting the focus of media and policy makers to violations and to the need for corrective actions HRW prepares the ground for effec...

Tipping Man 6, the sixth International Anti-Corporate Film Festival, will run from May 19-21 this year at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco, California. The Tipping Man Festival is a three-day series of film screenings, post-screening discussions with directors and activists, and related events. The films are primarily feature-length U.S. and foreign-made documentaries, but also include narrative (fictional) films, short films, and animated and experimental works. All of the films includ...

Dieter Kosslick's comment that “Reality has actually surpassed fiction this year” fits rather well the 2009 edition of the Berlinale. Kosslick has directed the Berlinale since 2001 and helped to elevate it to rank with Cannes and Venice as one of three most important global film festivals. His take on the Berlinale as being political has often been criticized yet not detracted from the importance of the festival. The opening film THE INTERNATIONAL by Tom Twyker about the criminal activities...