Screenings
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Festival | Place | Date | Status |
WORLD PREMIERE: IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam | Amsterdam Netherland | November 16 – 27, 2016 | WINNER – Best Feature Length Documentary |
TIFF Tromsø International Film Festival | Tromsø Norway | January 16 – 22, 2017 Screenings January 17, 18 & 21 | NOMINATED: The Norwegian Peace Film Award |
GFF Gøteborg Film Festival | Gøteborg Sweden | January 27 – February 06, 2017 Screenings January 30, 31 & February 1, 5 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present | NOMINATED: Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary |
Best of IDFA on tour | Netherland | 2017 | |
Human Rights Human Wrongs Documentary Film Festival | Oslo Norway | February 14 – 19, 2017 Screenings February 15, 17 & 18 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present | Read more |
BIFF Boulder International Film Festival | Boulder, USA | March 2 – 5, 2017 Screenings March 5th | Read more |
Thessaloniki International Film Festival | Thessaloniki, Greece | March 2017 Screenings March 8 & 9 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be there! | WINNER: Audience Award |
Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival | Trondheim, Norway | March 6 – 12, 2017 Screenings March 9, 11, 12 | NTNU Seminar: Face of Terror |
One World Human Rights Film Festival | Prague, Czech Republic | March 6 – 15, 2017 Screenings March 9, 12, 13 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present at selected screenings. | WINNER: International Competition |
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights | Geneva, Switzerland | March 10 – 19, 2017 Screenings March 11 & 16 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present | NOMINATED: Creative Documentaries Competition |
Tempo Documentary Festival | Stockholm, Sweden | March 6 – 12, 2017 Screenings March 12 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present | Read more |
Human Rights Watch Film Festival | London UK | March 6 – 17, 2017 Screening March 17 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present | London Closing Night Feature |
CHP:DOX | Copenhagen, Denmark | March 16 – 26, 2017 Screening March 20 & 26 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present at selected screenings | Top Dox Section |
Stavanger Domkirke / Stavanger Cathedral | Stavanger, Norway | March 22, 2017 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present. | Special Stavanger premiere |
Amandusfestivalen | Lillehammer, Norway | March 22 – 26, 2017 Screenings March 24 & 25 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present on the 24th. | |
Eurodok | Oslo, Norway | March 29 – April 2, 2017 Screening March 29 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present | Read more |
Arabiske Filmdager | Bergen, Norway | March 30 – April 2, 2017 Screening March 31 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present at the screening April 1 | Read more |
TIFF Bell Lightbox Human Rights Watch Film Festival | Toronto, Canada | March 31, 2017 Screening March 31s Director Zaradasht Ahmed is holding a Skype presentation | Read more |
Cleveland International Film Festival | Cleveland, USA | March 29 – April 9, 2017 Screening April 1 & 3 | NOMINATED: Greg Gund Memorial Standing up Competition |
Middle East Now Festival | Florence, Italy | April 4 – 9, 2017 Screening April 6 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present | Read more |
CINEMAZERO CULTURAL ASSOCIATION Le voci dell’inchiesta [The voices of the investigative journalism] | Pordenone, Italy | April 5 – 9, 2017 Screening April 7 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present | Read more |
Sarasota Film Festival | Sarasota, Florida, USA | March 31 – April 9, 2017 Screening April 7-9 | NOMINATED: Documentary Feature Competition |
Hádoc | Leiria, Portugal | April 18, 2017 Screening April 18 | NOMINATED: Official Competition |
Bertha DocHouse | London, UK | April 21 – 28, 2017 Nowhere to Hide will screen daily from Friday 21 April. Director Zaradasht Ahmed will have Skype Q&A on opening night. | Read more |
West Lake International Documentary Festival (IDF) | Zhejiang, China | April 20 – 23, 2017 Screening April 21 | Read more |
One World Brussels | Brussels, Belgium | April 24 – May 04, 2017 Screening April 26, discussion with the director afterwards. | Read more |
Dokfilm | Volda, Norway | April 26 – 30, 2017 Screening April 27 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present | WINNER: Best Feature Length Documentary |
Ambulante | Mexico City & Oaxaca, Mexico | March 23 – May 25, 2017 | Read more |
DOK.fest München | Munich, Germany | May 3 – 14, 2017 Screening May 7 – 9, May 11 – 14 | WINNER: Best Documentary |
Nordic Docs | Fredrikstad, Norway | May 11 – 14, 2017 Screening May 12 & 13 Director Zaradasht Ahmed will be present | WINNER: Special Jury Award |
TRT Documentary Days | Turkey, Istanbul | May 11 – 15, 2017 Screening May 12 & 13 | |
Human Rights Arts and Film festival | Melbourne, Australia | May 4 – 18, 2017 Screening May 13 | NOMINATED: HRAFF Impact Award for best feature film |
Docs Against Gravity | Warsaw, Poland | May 12 – 22, 2017 Screening May 14, 17 & 21 | Read more |
Doc Aviv | Israel, Tel Aviv | May 11 – 20, 2017 Screening May 16 & 17 | Read more |
Seattle International Film Festival | Seattle, USA | May 19 – June 11, 2017 Screening May 19 & 20 | Read more |
Berkshire International Film Festival | Massachusets, USA | May 31 – June 4, 2017 Screening June 2 | WINNER: Best Documentary |
Human Rights Watch Film festival NY | New York, USA | June 9 – 18, 2017 Screening June 9. Followed by discussion with filmmaker Zaradasht Ahmed and producer Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas | Opening Night screening
WINNER: Director Zaradasht M. Ahmed & Nori Sharif won the 2017 Nestor Almendros Prize for courage in filmmaking |
San Diego International Documentary Film Series | San Diego, USA | June 13, 2017 Screening June 13 | Read more |
Sydney Film Festival | Sydney, Australia | June 7 – 18, 2017 Screening June 15 & 18 | Read more |
The Norwegian Short Film Festival | Grimstad, Norway | June 14 – 18, 2017 Screening June 15 & 16 | Honorable Mention |
AFI Docs Silverdocs | Washington, USA | June 14 – 18, 2017 Screening June 16 | Read more |
Village East Cinema | New York city, USA | June 23 – 29, 2017 Screening every day from 23 – 28 Q & A with director Zaradasht Ahmed after some of the screenings, | Read more |
Laemmle Music Hall | Los Angeles, USA | June 30 – July 6, 2017
Director Zaradasht Ahmed will participate in Q&A’s at the Music Hall opening weekend June 30-July 2nd following the 7:30 PM shows. A different special guest will join him for each screening. | Read more |
Roxie Theater | San Francisco, USA | June 30 – July 6, 2017 | More info here: |
Vancity Theatre | Vancouver, Canada | June 30 – July 6, 2017 | More info here: |
Carlton Cinemas & Kingsway Theatre | Toronto, Canada | Starts June 30, 2017 | More info here: |
Angelika Pop-up at Union Market | Washington DC, USA | Starts July 7, 2017 | More info here: |
Facets Cinematheque | Chicago, USA | Starts July 14, 2017 | More info here: |
New Zealand International Film Festival | Auckland, New Zealand | July 14 – August 10, 2017 Screening July 25 – 26 | Read more |
Traverse City Film Festival | Traverse City, Michigan, USA | July 25-30, 2017 Screening July 27 & 29 | WINNER: Nori Sharif SPECIAL FOUNDERS PRIZE FOR CITIZEN JOURNALISM |
Lemesos International Documentary Festival | Limassol, Cyprus | August 1-8, 2017 Screening August 2 | Read more |
Dokufest | Prizren, Kosovo | August 4 – 12, 2017 Screening August 4, 6 & 11 | Read more |
Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Art Center | New Orleans, USA | August 11 – 17, 2017 | More info here: |
Broadway Theatre | Saskatoon | August 13 – 16, 2017 | More info here: |
Clinton Street Theater | Portland, Oregon | August 19 – 20, 2017 | More info here: |
‘Arabian Nights’ – The Cinematheque | Copenhagen, Denmark | August 19 – September 10, 2017 Screening August 26 and September 10 | Read more |
Haugesund Film Festival | Haugesund, Norway | August 19 – 20, 2017 | WINNER: Amanda for Best documentary |
The Palace Theater | Hilo, Hawaii | August 25 – 29, 2017 | More info here: |
Freedom Film Fest | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | September 2 – 9, 2017 Screening September 6 | Read more |
Kunstnernes Hus Kino | Oslo, Norway | September 10, 2017 Screening with the director present | Read more |
Europe Orient Documentary Film Festival | Tangier, Morocco | September 19 – 23, 2017 Screening September 22 | WINNER: Best Director Zaradasht Ahmed |
DMZ Docs | Right next to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, a buffer zone between North and South Korea | September 21 – 28, 2017 Screening September 22 & 24 | Read more |
Nordisk Panorama | Malmö, Sweden | September 21 – 26, 2017 Screening September 24 & 25 | HONORARY MENTION |
Bergen Internasjonale Film Festival | Bergen, Norway | September 26 – October 4, 2017 | WINNER: Best documentary |
Twin Cities Arab Film Festival | Minneapolis, USA | September 27 – October 1, 2017 Screening September 29 | WINNER: Audience award |
Zurich Film Festival | Zurich, Switzerland | September 28 – October 8, 2017 Screening September 29 & 30 + October 5. The director will be present at the first two shows. | Read more |
Nuremberg International Human Rights | Nuremberg, Germany | September 27 – October 4, 2017 Screening September 30 & October 3 | Read more |
UNHCR Refugee Film Festival | Tokyo,Sapporo,Nagoya,Osaka,Fukuoka,Hiroshima – Japan | September 30 – November 12, 2017 Screening October 3 & 10 | Read more |
Document Film Festival | Glasgow, UK | October 2017 Screening October 12 | Read more |
Inconvenient Films | Lituania | October 12 – November 5, 2017 Screening and Q & A with the director on the following dates: October 16, 18 and 19. Also screening October 25 and November 3. | Read more |
Human Rights Film Festival at University of California | Davis, California, USA | October 19 – 22, 2017 Screening October 20 | Read more |
The international film competition of the Festival des Libertés | Brussels, Belgium | October 19 – 28, 2017 Screening October 28 | WINNER: Honorable mention AND SMart Award Press release |
Georgetown University | Washington DC, USA | November 8, 2017 | Read more |
Vancouver Cares about Refugees | Vancouver, Canada | November 11, 2017 Free screening | Read more |
Montreal International Documentary Festival | Montreal, Canada | November 9-19, 2017 Screening November 11 & 13 | Read more |
Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival | Budapest, Hungary | November 14-18, 2017 Screening November 14 | Opening night screening. The director will be present. |
MOVE IT! Filmfestival | Dresden, Germany | November 7-15, 2017 Screening November 14 | Read more |
Human Rights Watch and The German Film Museum | Frankfurt, Germany | November 14, 2017 Screening November 14 | Read more |
KinderDocs | Athens & Thessaloniki, Greece | Screening November 15, 16, 18 & 19, 2017 | Read more |
Meisei University | Tokyo, Japan | Screening November 18, 2017 | |
Cinepänz | Köln, Germany | November 18-26, 2017 Screening November 23 | Read more |
15° Internacional Festival Signos de la Noite | Lisbonne, Portugal | November 23 – December 3, 2017
Screening Novemer 24 | SPECIAL MENTION for the SIGNS AWARD |
All Lights India International Film Festival | Hyderabad, India | December 1-4, 2017 Screening December 2nd | Nominated in the selection: International Competition for Feature Film |
Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, USA | December 3-16, 2017 Screening December 3, 7, 10, 14, 15, 16 | Read more |
Human Rights Film Festival in Zagreb/Croatia | Zagreb, Croatia | December 4-10, 2017 Screening December 7 | Read more |
Which Human Rights? Film Festival | Istanbul, Turkey | December 13-17, 2017 | |
Festival of Equality | Ghent, Belgium | December 14-16, 2017 Screening December 15 | Read more |
Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival | Kalamata, Greece | January 24 – February 7, 2018 Screening January 31 | Read more |
44th Internationales Filmwochenende in Würzburg | Würzburg, Germany | January 25-28, 2018 Screening January 25 & 26 | WINNER: AUDIENCE AWARD |
Segreteria Doc / It, Il Mese del Documentario | Italy | January 15 – February 11, 2018 | Read more |
Re-Verzio | Budapest, Hungary | February 7 – March 7, 2018 Screening February 7 | Read more |
Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival | Bellingham, Washington, USA | February 15-24, 2018 Screening February 17 | WINNER: JURY AWARD |
Norges Sosiale Forum i Oslo, Universitetet i Oslo | Oslo, Norway | February 22, 2018 | Read more |
Saladindagene 2018 | Oslo, Norway | March 5-7, 2018 Screening March 6 | Read more |
The Gund Gallery at Kenyon College | Ohio, USA | Screening March 20, 2018 | Read more |
KINOKINO Filmklubb | Sandnes, Norway | Screening March 21, 2018 | Read more |
Cineteca Madrid | Madrid, Spain | Screening March 23-29, 2018 | Read more |
International Film Festival of Panama | Panama City, Panama | April 5-11, 2018 Screening April 8 & 9 | Read more |
ACT Human Rights Film Festival | Colorado, USA | April 5-14, 2018 Screening April 10 | Read more |
Artículo 31 Film Fest | Madrid, Spain | April 13-15, 2018 Screening April 14 | Read more |
ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival | Paris, France | May 4-6, 2018 Screening TBA | Read more |