Q&A with Barak Heymann, Director of In Your Eyes
Four Israeli YouTube stars give us a look at their lives and families behind the camera in this heartfelt documentary from director Barak Heymann. ...
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2022 Free Speech Film Festival
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Submit your film to the 2022 Free Speech Film Festival. Open submissions start February 1st, 2022. Learn more at the link below.
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SPOTLIGHT BLOG
Articles, announcements, thoughts, interviews and more—
featuring Free Speech Film Festival award-winning directors
from The Filmmaker’s Film Festival©
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Q&A with Eefje Blankevoort and Els van Driel, Directors of Jano & Shiro, a Brothers’ Journey
A timely documentary following two brothers’ journey to seek asylum in the Netherlands. Directors Eefje Blankevoort and Els van Driel tell us how their film came to be. ...
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Interview with Waleska Santiago, Director of Sweet Poison
Sweet Poison (2020) follows the consequences of pesticide usage in Northeast Brazil....
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Interview with Vida Lercari, Director of Means of Expression
The documentary Means of Expression (2020) shows how despite restrictive rules, Yulier P. does all that he can to portray his Cuban reality through murals on abandoned or dilapidated structures across the city, hoping to inspire conversation and change in his country....
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Interview with Andrew Rodney, Producer of UnRepresented
In an interview with UnRepresented writer and producer, Andrew Rodney, we dived deep into what makes his film stand out....
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Meet-The-Directors Series: Eric Stange
The next installment in the Free Speech Film Festival “Meet-the-Directors” Series will feature Activized, directed by Eric Stange....
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Footsteps on the Wind |
2020 |
Boxed |
2019 |
Suppressed: The Fight to Vote |
2018 |
Team ENOUGH |
2017 |
Free Speech Fear Free |
2016 |
I Will Not Be Silenced |
2015 |
Honor Diaries |
2013 |
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview |
2012 |
Free China: The Courage to Believe |
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