WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film International Film Festival

ABOUT WATCH DOCS WATCH DOCS is one of the largest human rights film festivals in the world presenting documentaries in which commitment to social issues and individual rights is combined with film art. Each year the festival shows over fifty world-class documentary films. At the international festival in Warsaw, travelling festival organized in more than thirty Polish localities and at the online festival, the total of over one hundred fifty thousand viewers take part in screenings each year. WATCH DOCS is the oldest documentary film festival in Warsaw, Poland - the first edition of the festival took place in 2001. ORGANIZER The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) is a non-governmental organization established in 1989 and based in Warsaw, Poland. It originated from an underground movement of civil rights protection during the communist era. The HFHR is one of the most experienced, professional and influential non-governmental organizations operating in the field of human rights in Poland and Eastern and Central Europe. The mission of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights is to foster the culture of human rights and freedoms in Poland and abroad. The Foundation acts for liberty, rule of law and equality before the law as well as respect for human dignity. The Foundation shares its national and regional experience with stakeholders outside its most immediate part of the world.