The 23rd International Film Festival WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film will start on 1 December. This year's event features over 50 outstanding documentaries combining the art of film with social sensitivity, both by acknowledged masters and film experiments setting new trends in documentary filmmaking. The programme includes films screened and awarded at the world's largest film events, and those yet to premiere.
The Main Competition section comprises ten documentaries, including a new film by Kim Longinotto, an icon of British documentary (awarded at WATCH DOCS in 2003). 'Dalton's Dream', co-directed by Longinotto and Franky Murray-Brown, is the story of a Jamaican pop star struggling with a creative crisis and a wave of homophobic heckling. The filmmakers will attend the festival and meet the audience after the screenings.
As part of Big Docs, the classic documentary retrospective, we will present five masterpieces of socially engaged European documentaries. It will recall the groundbreaking works of filmmakers who have influenced the understanding of documentary cinema today. The UK will be represented by Nick Broomfield's 'Juvenile Liaison' - a legendary documentary revealing details of police interrogations of minors, which the censors held back for a dozen years after its premiere in 1971.
The 23rd WATCH DOCS IFF will be held in Warsaw from 1 to 10 December. The screenings will be taking place at Muranów and Kinoteka cinemas and online throughout Poland. Part of the programme will also be available online on the MOJEeKINO.pl platform.
Detailed information about the programme, tickets, prices and festival events can be found at www.watchdocs.pl/en.