FREE SPEECH FILM FESTIVAL

The FREE SPEECH FILM FESTIVAL is designed to showcase today’s Free Speech Movement and invites filmmakers to join the global revolution by submitting films about Free Speech, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law. FREE SPEECH: You Define it! The objectives of the 2021 FREE SPEECH FILM FESTIVAL are to facilitate speaking out against injustice through the medium of film; to build social awareness through the promotion of these films; and to inspire communities to redress injustice around the world through the power of film and social media. Celebrating the passionate innovations of independent filmmakers, and championing the ideas, perspectives and voices that prove vital to the future of Free Speech, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law, only one FREE SPEECH AWARD-winning film is selected each year by audiences online, and locally, by citizens of Philadelphia, PA: home of the Liberty Bell's "Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof" since 1752. Discover more: www.FreeSpeechFilmFestival.org The Free Speech Film Festival is unique in several respects: - American INSIGHT awards a cash prize of $1,000 to the Free Speech Award-winning filmmaker. - The FREE SPEECH FILM FESTIVAL culminates in an onsite and online multimedia Free Speech Award Ceremony that showcases "Official Selection" trailers, the final Free Speech Award-winning film, and an in-depth interview with the Free Speech Award-winning filmmaker. - The Moderator of our annual Free Speech Award Ceremony is former NBC News London Bureau Chief and CNN New York Bureau Chief, Karen Curry. - American INSIGHT’s 2021 FREE SPEECH FILM FESTIVAL Award-Winner, as well as all of the “Official Selection” filmmakers, are interviewed on camera for our Meet-the-Director Series, and their films are featured on the festival's website in perpetuity. - Free Speech Award-winning films and their filmmakers are also promoted over American INSIGHT’s daily Newsfeed, Festival Spotlight Blog, and across all of our social media outlets for a period of one year. - American INSIGHT broadcasts its annual multimedia Free Speech Award Ceremony to audiences online, and that recording is placed in Free Speech Archives that date back to 1983. - The FREE SPEECH FILM FESTIVAL focuses exclusively on deepening the understanding of Free Speech, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law, with the goal of promoting and preserving these principles worldwide. - Every year, the Free Speech Award-winning film is linked in perpetuity to American INSIGHT’s interactive educational Free Speech Storyline, which traces the history of individuals who fought for their rights back to the signing of the Magna Carta in England in 1215. Make History Everyday! Discover more: www.AmericanINSIGHT.org