The 22nd WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film IFF returns to Warsaw on December 2. The event will feature dozens of fascinating documentaries from around the world, addressing key contemporary issues such as migration, armed conflicts, minority rights, discrimination, inequality, ecology, and animal rights. The programme presents both hits premiering at the biggest film festivals, and niche productions made by activists. The programme of this year's edition of the festival includes an exceptionally large number of documentaries by British filmmakers:
Fashion Reimagined, dir. Becky Hutner (2022, premiered at Sheffield Doc / Fest, section - Green Competition). We watch designer Amy Powney at work, while she’s trying to create a truly ecological collection.
The 22nd WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film IFF returns to Warsaw on December 2. The event will feature dozens of fascinating documentaries from around the world, addressing key contemporary issues such as migration, armed conflicts, minority rights, discrimination, inequality, ecology, and animal rights. The programme presents both hits premiering at the biggest film festivals, and niche productions made by activists. The programme of this year's edition of the festival includes an exceptionally large number of documentaries by British filmmakers:
Fashion Reimagined, dir. Becky Hutner (2022, premiered at Sheffield Doc / Fest, section - Green Competition). We watch designer Amy Powney at work, while she’s trying to create a truly ecological collection.
The Oil Machine, dir. Emma Davis (2022, festivals: Sheffield Doc / Fest, Tribeca, section: Green Competition). The film is a brilliant in-depth analysis of our chances of moving away from a fossil-fuel-based economy.
March on Rome, dir. Mark Cousins (2022, premiere at the Venice Film Festival, section: Main Competition). Cousins’ personal, subjective depiction of the history of cinema, in which he turns his gaze onto fascist propaganda from the 1920s.
Happy Worker – or How the Work was Sabotaged, dir. John Webster (2022, festivals: CPH: DOX, IDFA, section: I Want To See). A tongue-in-cheek film investigation: when did work cease to bring us satisfaction, and began to be associated with stress and burnout?
Beirut Dreams in Color, dir. Michael Collins (2022, premiered at Tribeca, section: Watch Shorts). A short documentary depicting the fight for the rights of LGBTQ+ people in the Arab world.
British Council is partner of this festival.