The Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival (NIHRFF) is Germany’s largest and oldest human rights film festival. Every two years, NIHRFF presents international and committed film art.

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Una Banda de Chicas with DJ set and film talk

A Girl’s Band (Una Banda de Chicas) was screened at NIHRFF in 2019 and was an absolute festival favorite. We are delighted that Casablanca and the Frida Radikalo collective are now showing the film again in Nuremberg. Admission is free!

7 pm, Brosamerie, DJ Set and drinks with frida radikalo

8:30 pm, start of film, after the screening there will be a Q&A with director Marlinia Giménez and Andrea Kuhn

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Special Screening: SOULEYMANE’S STORY

Winner of the Open Eyes Youth Jury Award 2025

SOULEYMANE’S STORY FR 2024, 93 min, French, Fulani, Maninka with German subtitels, directed by: Boris Lojkine

Thursday, November 27, 6 pm at LUISE – Raum für Jugendkultur

free admission

(from left to right) Farahnaz Sharifi (International Jury), festival director Andrea Kuhn, Kumjana Novakova (Winner International Human Rights Film Award Nuremberg), Borjana Gaković (International Jury), Alisa Kovalenko (Winner Audience Award), Damien Ounouri (International Jury) Photo: Uwe Niklas

NIHRFF 2025 Award Winners

International Human Rights Film Award Nuremberg

THE SILENCE OF REASON BA, MK 2023, 63 min, directed by: Kumjana Novakova

Audience Award 2025

MY DEAR THÉO PL, CZ, UA 2025, 98 min, directed by: Alisa Kovalenko

Open Eyes Youth Jury Award

SOULEYMANE’S STORY FR 2024, 93 min, directed by: Boris Lojkine

This was NIHRFF 2025

We would like to thank all sponsors, supporters, supporting members, volunteers, international guests and all visitors for an unforgettable 14th edition of the Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival.

Photo Review 2025

Recorded Q&As and panel discussions on YouTube

The NIHRFF Programme 2025

We present this year’s NIHRFF programme with 41 films from as many countries and three German premieres.

Have fun expoloring the programme!

Programme Overview

Calendar 2025

Infos in German Sign Language

Accreditation for Industry and Press

Accreditation for the 14th Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival is open now for press and industry representatives.

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Open Eyes – School Film Programme

Our Open Eyes school film programme presents eight feature films and documentaries for human rights education in schools, aimed at children and young people of different age groups.

Programme and registration

Join the NIHRFF Team

We are looking for volunteers!
Are you interested in helping us with flyer distribution, programme mailing, selling tickets at the box office, admission, set-up, and many other tasks?
We offer you a team badge that gives you access to all film screenings and lots of unforgettable festival moments!

Please contact:
team@filmfestival-der-menschenrechte.de

Save the date 2025!

The next big festival edition will take place from October 15 – 22, 2025.

The programme will be published on this website on September 30.

No Film Submission

We curate our program exclusively. Please understand that we do not accept film submissions.

Perfect Gifts in the NIHRFF Webshop!

Our upcycling bags from the mudra Kreativwerkstätten Nuremberg
and our merch are now available in our webshop!

NIHRFF Webshop

Support NIHRFF

Support the festival and committed film art with a sponsoring membership or a donation to our supporting association Internationale Filmtage der Menschenrechte e.V.

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