Event: Poland - Warsaw

WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film

When:	5 - 14 Dec 2008 (annual)
Where:	Centre for Contemporary Art
Costs:	Free
Opening Hours:	Various

Warsaw's Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights hosts WATCH DOCS, a festival that explores Human Rights issues in film. Gracing screens in Ujazdowski Castle and across Warsaw, it has also spawned an offshoot that tours Poland and Kyrgyzstan the following year.

Founded in 2001, when around 3500 people watched 17 films, the festival now shows some 70 movies, from documentaries and fiction to shorts, and attracts audiences of 15,000. The films also serve as the starting point for debates conducted by a panel of specialists in the field of human rights, including NGOs from as far away as Africa and, often, directors of the films.

Since 2003, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has awarded the Festival Prize to a director for distinguished achievements in showing human rights in film. This year's deadline for entry submissions is 5 September .

The entrance to all screenings is free. For full details, please visit the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights website.