Open Eyes – School Film Programme
Open Eyes – Human Rights Films for Schools is the educational school film project of the International Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival in cooperation with the Filmhaus Nürnberg. The programme combines cultural and political education in an innovative way. In contrast to NIHRFF, the
Open Eyes has been supported by Stabilo International GmbH since 2007.
Save the Date: Open Eyes 2026 from 12. to 23.10. at Filmhaus Nürnberg
Information about the programme and registration will be available here on the website at the beginning of the 2026/27 school year.
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If you are interested in a special film screening with your school class outside of our Open Eyes Program, please send an email to team(at)filmfestival-der-menschenrechte.de. We will be happy to advise you!
Profil
The most important component of the project is the Open Eyes school screenings with film discussions: as a low-threshold offering, the medium of film and the cinema as a place of learning are intended to sensitize young people to human rights issues and at the same time strengthen their media literacy. All film screenings take place in the morning or early afternoon and are accompanied by educational activities.
Each screening is preceded by a brief introduction to the film and its theme. This is followed by a discussion with filmmakers and/or experts on the film, providing an opportunity to reflect on what has been seen, ask questions, and engage in discussion with the guests.
All films that are not available in German are translated and subtitled or narrated live during the screening to ensure maximum comprehension for all young people.
In this way, Open Eyes combines cultural and political education and sees itself as a project that opens young people’s eyes to the diverse problems and human rights violations in the world, but also to possible solutions and peaceful coexistence.
Open Eyes-Jugendjury
Open Eyes offers interested young people the opportunity to engage intensively with selected festival films as members of the Open Eyes Youth Jury and to independently select the festival entry that they believe is best suited for human rights education in schools. During the festival’s award ceremony, the jury then reads out its own laudatory speech and presents the Open Eyes Youth Jury Award, which is endowed with 1,000 € and donated by Stabilo International GmbH. The work of the youth jury is also supported by educational guidance throughout.
Open Eyes-Jugendreporter*innen
Since 2009, the
In cooperation with the editorial team of the Nürnberger Nachrichten newspaper’s extra pages, young people have been able to publish film reviews of festival films in the newspaper in the past.
We are currently cooperating with the local radio station