Spotlight Blog

23 Feb Raheel Raza, participant in 2015 Free Speech Award-winner Honor Diaries, to appear at March SPEAK EZ Workshop

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Honor Diaries profiled nine women who all experienced firsthand the hardships and gender-based violence women endure in Muslim-majority societies....

16 Feb Interview with Andrew Serban, 2022 Official Selection winner for Urania Leilus

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Andrew Serban is the award-winning director of Urania Leilus and the the featured guest at the March SPEAK EZ Workshop....

Speak out against injustice by submitting your film to American INSIGHT's 2023 Free Speech Film Festival! The Free Speech Film Festival honors filmmakers who create films that promote Free Speech, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law. Championing different perspectives and listening to other opinions is vital to the future of Democracy - and is at the core of American INSIGHT’s mission. JOIN US now by submitting your film to the 2023 Free Speech Film Festival before April 30 on Film Freeway. One film from the six “Official Selection” Winners is selected as the Free Speech Award-Winner by audiences of all ages from around the globe, including those in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a “cradle of liberty” for decades before the American Revolution. American INSIGHT is a nonpartisan, educational nonprofit and its annual Free Speech Film Festival that has a unique focus on education. The annual Free Speech Award Ceremony showcases the six “Official Selection” winners and features a screening of the final Free Speech Award-Winning film, plus an in-depth discussion with its Director. The six “Official Selection” films will be featured on the Free Speech Film Festival website in perpetuity, as well as on our distribution platform, Eventive, and all Directors will be interviewed for the Free Speech Spotlight Blog. The Free Speech Award-Winning film and its Director will also be promoted over American INSIGHT’s social media channels in perpetuity. In addition to entertaining and enlightening audiences, your film also educates them. Students enrolled in American INSIGHT's “Make History Every Day!” online course will write Free Speech Spotlight Blog posts about your film for years to come! Each Free Speech Award-Winning Director is also invited to participate in a SPEAK EZ hybrid gathering with students enrolled in "Make History Every Day!" These events are recorded and featured in perpetuity on the American INSIGHT and Free Speech Film Festival websites. Submit your film before April 30 on Film Freeway! For complete rules and regulations, including judging criteria and submission guidelines, visit our Free Speech Film Festival page on Film Freeway.

19 Jan FREE SPEECH: You Define it! Submit your film to the 2023 Free Speech Film Festival today!

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Submit your film for the chance to be selected as the 2023 Free Speech Award Winner in a vote by audiences of all ages from around the globe, as well as by residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: a "cradle of liberty” for decades before the American Revolution....

09 Jun Q&A with Spotlight Judge Shay Zak

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Shay Zak believes that freedom of speech is the spirit that every filmmaker needs. Here, she talks about the importance of expressing free speech in films....

11 Apr FREE SPEECH: You Define It! 5 Reasons to be a Free Speech Film Festival Judge

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Join our 2022 Free Speech Film Festival – watch and judge films, learn of global issues and explore free speech and human rights with our community. ...

28 Feb Q&A with Director Rachel Razor and Writer & Performer Dr. Nia Nunn of Deep Breath

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Art meets activism in this epic short film on Black consciousness. Director Rachel Razor and Writer/Performer Dr. Nia Nunn describe the project’s origin....

08 Feb New Year, New Opportunities for Free Speech

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Opportunities for Free Speech and Expression are growing as we kick off our 2022 Free Speech Film Festival. ...

17 Jan Q&A with Barak Heymann, Director of In Your Eyes

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Four Israeli YouTube stars give us a look at their lives and families behind the camera in this heartfelt documentary from director Barak Heymann. ...

06 Dec Q&A with Eefje Blankevoort and Els van Driel, Directors of Jano & Shiro, a Brothers’ Journey

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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. ...

16 Feb Interview with Waleska Santiago, Director of Sweet Poison

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Sweet Poison (2020) follows the consequences of pesticide usage in Northeast Brazil....

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