Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival

The Workers Cup with special guest Malcom Bidali
2024-10-01 18:30 - 19:58 (Europe/Berlin) | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
COUNTRIES: United Kingdom, Qatar

YEAR: 2017

RUN TIME: 88 min

DIRECTOR: Adam Sobel

LANGUAGE(S): English, Nepali, Malayalam, Twi, Ga, Hindi, Arabic

SUBTITLE(S): German

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Der Menschenrechtspreisträger der Stadt Nürnberg 2023, Malcolm Bidali, kämpfte in Katar für bessere Arbeitsbedingungen und wird nach dem Film unser Gast sein.

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My Stolen Planet, film talk and Concert: Shabnam Zamani and Jean de l' Aire
2024-10-17 18:30 - 19:52 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
Sayyareye dozdide shodeye man

COUNTRY: Germany, Iran

YEAR: 2024

RUN TIME: 82 min

DIRECTOR: Farahnaz Sharifi

LANGUAGE(S): Persian

SUBTITLE(S): German

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Following the screening on Thursday, 17 October, producer Anke Petersen will be present for a film discussion. This will be followed by a concert by Iranian singer Shabnam Zamani (vocals, setar) and Jean de l’ Aire (Iranian santoor) in the salon of the Künstlerhaus.

Sexual Healing
2024-10-18 17:00 - 17:55 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
COUNTRY: Netherlands

YEAR: 2022

RUN TIME: 55 min

DIRECTOR: Elsbeth Fraanje

LANGUAGE(S): Dutch

SUBTITLES: German, English

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If you require a wheelchair space in the cinema, please register in advance by calling 0911/231-5823 or sending an e-mail to filmhaus@stadt.nuernberg.de

Bye Bye Tiberias
2024-10-18 19:00 - 20:22 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
Bye Bye Tibériade

COUNTRIES: France Palestine, Belgium, Qatar

YEAR: 2023

RUN TIME: 82 min

DIRECTOR: Lina Soualem

LANGUAGE(S): Arabic, French

SUBTITLES: English

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Dahomey
2024-10-19 17:00 - 18:08 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
COUNTRIES: France, Senegal, Benin

YEAR: 2024

RUN TIME: 68 min

DIRECTOR: Mati Diop

LANGUAGE(S): French, Fon, English

SUBTITLE(S): German

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Sexual Healing with film discussion
2024-10-19 19:00 - 19:55 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
COUNTRY: Netherlands

YEAR: 2022

RUN TIME: 55 min

DIRECTOR: Elsbeth Fraanje

LANGUAGE(S): Dutch

SUBTITLES: German, English

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Director Elsbeth Fraanje and protagonist Evelien Spreitzer will join us for a film discussion after the screening on Saturday, October 19.

My Stolen Planet
2024-10-20 11:00 - 12:22 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kinoeins, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Deutschland
Sayyareye dozdide shodeye man

COUNTRY: Germany, Iran

YEAR: 2024

RUN TIME: 82 min

DIRECTOR: Farahnaz Sharifi

LANGUAGE(S): Persian

SUBTITLE(S): German

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Bye Bye Tiberias
2024-10-20 17:00 - 18:22 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
Bye Bye Tibériade

COUNTRIES: France Palestine, Belgium, Qatar

YEAR: 2023

RUN TIME: 82 min

DIRECTOR: Lina Soualem

LANGUAGE(S): Arabic, French

SUBTITLES: English

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Dahomey with panel discussion "Postcolonial Perspectives of Nuremberg's Cultural Institutions"
2024-10-20 19:00 - 20:08 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
COUNTRIES: France, Senegal, Benin

YEAR: 2024

RUN TIME: 68 min

DIRECTOR: Mati Diop

LANGUAGE(S): French, Fon, Englisch

SUBTITLES: English

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After the screening on Sunday, October 20, there will be a discussion on postcolonial perspectives with representatives of Nuremberg cultural institutions.

With: Akim Gubara (ISD Nürnberg), Shana Filmore (ISD Nürnberg), Dr. Evelyn Reitz (Stadtmuseum im Fembo-Haus), Dr. Bärbel Reuter (Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg)

Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
2024-10-21 19:00 - 21:43 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii

COUNTRIES: Romania, Luxemburg, France, Croatia

YEAR: 2023

RUN TIME: 163 min

DIRECTOR: Radu Jude

LANGUAGE(S): Romanian, English

SUBTITLE(S): German

CAST: Ilinca Manolache, Ovidiu Pîrșan, Nina Hoss

>>> >>> Please note, we are showing the movie in the Romanian, English original version with GERMAN SUBTITLES, contrary to what was announced <<< <<<

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After the film, there will be an opportunity for discussion in the café as part of the Filmhaus Nürnberg film club.

"German Colonial Genocide in Namibia: Swakopmund" - Film screening and film talk
2024-12-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
German Colonial Genocide in Namibia: Swakopmund

in cooperation with Filmhaus Nürnberg im KunstKulturQuartier and medico international e.V.

Swakopmund was the most important seaport in ‘German South West Africa’. The Hamburg shipping company Woermann set up its headquarters there in 1894. People and goods came ashore there – especially weapons and soldiers for the war against the local population. After the German extermination orders against all Ovaherero and Nama, the survivors of the first genocidal mass killings were herded into concentration camps and subjected to brutal forced labour. Two of these camps were in Swakopmund. Today, mass graves here bear witness to the colonial extermination – but also to the economic profit of German colonists, which continues in today’s Namibia.

SWAKOPMUND is the latest film research by the Forensic Architecture collective, in which they tell the story of the cruel colonial legacy of Germany, Namibia and the OvaHerero and Nama peoples under the title ‘Erased Memories, Disrupted Futures’. Using a unique aesthetic, they combine scientific measurements, historical documents and oral testimonies from the descendants of the survivors of the German genocide to create digital reconstructions of the colonial environment. They bring the landscapes to life and recreate the horror that continues to this day. The films give the descendants a voice that people elsewhere tried to deny them. The films also tell of the conditions that threaten to erase the colonial legacy forever.

On 4 December 2024, Forensic Architecture will be awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize in Stockholm for its artistic-forensic oeuvre.

Following the film, Laidlaw Peringanda (Swakopmund Genocide Museum) and Mark Mushiva (Forensis/Forensic Architecture) will discuss the struggle for justice between Namibia and Germany in the face of German colonial crimes with moderator Julia Manek (medico international).

Countries: United Kingdom/Namibia/GermanyYear: 2024Principal Investigator: Eyal WeizmanRun Time: 29 minLanguage: English with German Subtitles

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Forensic Architecture

From Ground Zero with guests and film talk
2025-02-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kinoeins, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Deutschland
We are very pleased to be able to offer a very special event in February in cooperation with medico international and the Filmhaus Nürnberg.On February 20, 2025 at 6:30 pm we will be showing the official Palestinian entry for the 2025 Oscars: FROM GROUND ZERO. Afterwards, we look forward to a discussion with producer Rashid Masharawi and Irit Neidhardt (mec film).

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FROM GROUND ZERO is a compilation of 22 short films by directors from Gaza. Shot between December 2023 and March 2024, the three- to six-minute short films capture individual perspectives on the current reality of war in Gaza. With a genre mix of feature film, documentary, docu-fiction, animation and experimental cinema, FROM GROUND ZERO presents a variety of stories that reflect the grief, the will to survive, the joy and the hope inherent in life in Gaza. The project was initiated by Rashid Masharawi, an internationally renowned Palestinian filmmaker from Gaza.

What a Feeling with Q&A
2025-04-12 19:00 - 20:50 | Casablanca Nürnberg, Brosamerstr. 12, Nürnberg, 90459
What a Feeling Austria 2024, 110 min, German, directed by: Kat Rohrer

To get in the mood for Lesbian Visibility Week, the warm-hearted lesbian rom-com will be screened in the Casablanca Cinema. This will be followed by an audience discussion with director Kat Rohrer, moderated by Andrea Kuhn.

On her wedding day, Viennese doctor Marie Theres receives a special gift from her husband: He wants to separate from her! To calm her nerves, Marie Theres reaches for a glass. Quite drunk, she stumbles into Bigi’s lesbian bar and simply continues drinking with the commitment-shy regular Fa. The next morning, all she can remember is that Fa walked her home. But did they also…? In any case, she can’t get the exciting woman out of her head. A tempestuous romance takes its course, which even Marie Theres’ bourgeois circle of friends and Fa’s Persian mother are carried away by.

In von Kat Rohrer, Caroline Peters and Proschat Madani shine as two women who only find each other in mid-life – but then they really do. It’s about self-knowledge, the courage to make a new start and decisions that feel right, no matter what anyone else thinks or says. What a feeling!

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Souls Unshackled with film talk
2025-04-16 20:00 - 21:35 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kinoeins, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Deutschland
Souls unshackled – Let us be in a hurry to be human

Germany, Iran 2024, 95 min, Persian, German with Germans subtitles, directed by: Roxana Samadi

On September 16, 2022, Jina Mahsa Amini was arrested by the Iranian morality police for wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Three days later, she died in custody. Her death sparked an outcry, including in Germany. Many Iranian women in exile who fled the regime in Iran in the 1970s showed their protest – but also second-generation German-Iranian women such as Jasmin Shakeri, Pegah Ferydoni, Natalie Amiri and Enissa Amani. Together, they took to the streets for freedom in their distant homeland.

SOULS UNSHACKLED shows the tireless struggle of these exiles for the feminist revolution in Iran (2022-2023) with the aim of helping their homeland to freedom from the diaspora. And makes it clear how important the struggle of each and every individual is for a world that thinks and acts freely.

Wed, 16.4. at 8 p.m., with Roxana Samadi (director), Moderator: Andrea Kuhn (NIHRFF)

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Seven Days - Preview and Film Talk
2025-05-07 20:15 - 22:10 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kinoeins, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Deutschland
Seven Days

SEVEN DAYS, Germany 2024, 115 Min., English, Persian, German with German subtitles, directed by: Ali Samadi Ahadi

Iranian human rights activist Maryam is released from the notorious Evin prison for seven days. She is looking forward to seeing her family again. But she is faced with the most difficult decision of her life: together with Maryam’s husband, who lives in Germany, the family has secretly devised a plan to smuggle her out of Iran. But does Maryam really want to stay in safe exile – or should she return to her prison cell to continue the fight for equality and democracy?

Ali Samadi Ahadi’s (LOST CHILDREN, THE GREEN WAVE, etc.) gripping drama about an Iranian human rights activist, based on a screenplay by Mohammad Rasoulof, tells a highly topical and intense story about the price of freedom, the courage to resist and the power of family.

Preview on Wednesday, May 7 at 8:15 pm, film talk with Ali Samadi Ahadi (director) and Vishka Asayesh (actress), Moderation: Andrea Kuhn (NIHRFF)

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Moria Six with film talk
2025-05-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
Moria Six

MORIA SIX, Germany 2024, 82 min, Greek, English, Persian, German with German subtitles, directed by: Jennifer Mallmann

After a fire completely destroyed the Moria refugee camp in 2020, the debate about the inhumane conditions at Europe’s external borders and the regular pushbacks in the Mediterranean fell silent, both locally and in public discourse. The questionable conviction of six young people accused of arson in Moria also went largely unnoticed. Jennifer Mallmann’s film takes a second look at this situation and focuses on her correspondence with Hassan, one of the convicts. In quiet, precisely framed images, she shows the mechanisms of European compartmentalisation – a policy that treats people seeking protection like criminals and banishes them to modern high-security camps.

Tue, 27.5., 7 pm, with: Jennifer Mallmann (director), Moderator: Andrea Kuhn (NIHRFF)

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Reading: Behzad Karim Khani and Simone Atangana Bekono in conversation about anger
2025-07-11 20:00 - 21:30 | Katharinenruine, Am Katharinenkloster 6, Nürnberg, 90403, Germany
as part of texttage.nuernberg

The ten-year-old protagonist of the novel ‘When We Were Swans’ beats up another boy so brutally after school that he falls to the ground unconscious. The sixteen-year-old first-person narrator of the novel ‘Salomés Zorn’ takes out her anger on a boy so brutally that she ends up in a juvenile detention centre. The anger felt by Reza in Germany and Salomé in the Netherlands has similar structural causes. Both books show growing up in the midst of a society that is hostile and racist and tell in a powerful way how strongly the feeling of being foreign can dominate a life. The humiliation, which also extends to one’s own parents, leaves devastating consequences, turns into anger and seeks a release. How do you find your place in a hostile society – and do you even want to?

Moderation: Andrea Kuhn (Leiterin Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival)Dolmetscherin: Ulrike Seeberger

Venue: Katharinenruine, In very bad weather in the neighbouring Katharinensaal Price: 15 Euro / Remaining tickets at the box office

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14th Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival
2025-10-15 00:00 - 2025-10-22 23:59

Opening Ceremony of the 14th Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival
2025-10-15 19:15 - 20:00 | Tafelhalle, Äußere Sulzbacher Str. 60-62, Nuremberg, 90491, Germany
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Opening Film: Queendom

We invite you to our festival opening at Tafelhalle Nuremberg. Here we offer you a quick overview of our programme and the guests we are expecting at the festival.

Nuremberg’s Lord Mayor Marcus König will open the festival before festival director Andrea Kuhn places this year’s edition in its current political, cultural and social context. Christina Wolf from Bayerischer Rundfunk will moderate the event.

After this official opening act, you will have the opportunity to refresh yourself briefly in the foyer of the Tafelhalle before we present our opening film QUEENDOM. In this stirring documentary, you will get to know Gena Marvin – an extraordinary and courageous artist who puts her life on the line in Putin’s Russia with her bizarre costumes and public performances. The equally courageous director Agniia Galdanova (Russia) will be our guest and talk to us about this extraordinary film. We will also be joined by Evi Chayka from EQUAL PostOst, a European human rights organization that supports LGBTIQ+ people in countries of the former Soviet Union.

The Openig Ceremony will be interpreted into German Sign Language and English.

The Opening Film will be screened in Russian with English subtitles and German subtitles with sound descriptions (SDH).

Free Admission Ticket required.

Our Guests:

Agniia Galdanova, Director

Evi Chayka, Aktivistin EQUAL PostOst

Opening Film: Queendom with Q&A
2025-10-15 20:30 | Tafelhalle, Äußere Sulzbacher Str. 60-62, Nuremberg, 90491, Germany
Queendom, France, United States 2023, Language(s): Russian, Subtitles: German, 91 min, Directed by: Agniia Galdanova

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There will be a talk with Agniia Galdanova and Evi Chayka from Equal Post-Ost after the film.

The Q&A will be interpreted into German Sign Language.

Further dates: 18.10., 4:00 pm, Festsaal

Evidence
2025-10-16 16:30 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
Evidence, United States 2025, Language(s): English, Subtitles: German, 76 min, Directed by: Lee Anne Schmitt

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Furhter dates: 19.10., 8:30 pm, kinoeins, with Q&A

Queer as Punk
2025-10-16 17:00 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kinoeins, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Deutschland
Queer as Punk, Malaysia, Indonesia 2025, Language(s): English, Malay, Subtitles: German, 88 min, Directed by: Yihwen Chen

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Further dates: 17.10., 9:15 pm, kinoeins

Kontinental '25
2025-10-16 18:00 | Festsaal Künstlerhaus, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
Kontinental ’25, Romania 2025, Language(s): Romanian, Subtitles: German, 109 min, Directed by: Radu Jude

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Further dates: 19.10., 7:15 pm, kommkino with Q&A

Only on Earth
2025-10-16 18:00 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
Only on Earth, Denmark, Spain 2025, Language(s): Spanish, Subtitles: English, 93 min, Directed by: Robin Petré

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Further dates: 21.10., 6:45 pm, kinoeins

Mambar Pierrette
2025-10-16 18:45 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kinoeins, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Deutschland
Mambar Pierrette, Belgium, Cameroon 2023, Language(s): French, Creole, Bamileke, Pidgin, Subtitles: English, 93 min, Directed by: Rosine Mbakam

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Further dates: 18.10., 11:30 am, kommkino

Yalla Parkour
2025-10-16 19:45 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kommkino, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
Yalla Parkour, Sweden, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine 2025, Language(s): Arabic, Swedish, Subtitles: English, 89 min, Directed by: Areeb Zuaiter

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Further dates: 19.10., 3:15 pm, kommkino

Black Box Diaries presented by Filmhaus Filmclub
2025-10-16 20:00 | Festsaal Künstlerhaus, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
Black Box Diaries, United Kingdom, Japan, United States 2024, Language(s): Japanese, Subtitles: English, 102 min, Directed by: Shiori Itō

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The Filmhaus Filmclub invites you to a casual film talk after the screening.

Further dates: 18.10., 3:15 pm, kinoeins

Reading Lolita in Tehran
2025-10-16 20:00 | Cinecittà, Kino 8, Gewerbemuseumsplatz 3, Nuremberg, 90403, Germany
Reading Lolita in Tehran, Italy, Israel 2024, Language(s): Persian, English, Subtitles: German, 108 min, Directed by: Eran Riklis

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Tales of Oblivion with Introduction and Q&A
2025-10-16 20:30 | Filmhaus Nürnberg, kinoeins, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Deutschland
Contos do esquecimento, Portugal 2023, Language(s): Portuguese, Subtitles: English, 63 min, Directed by: Dulce Fernandes

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There will be an introduction before the film by Dr. Michael Kraus, custodian of the ethnographic collection of the Georg-August-University Göttingen.

After the screening, there will be an online Q&A with director Dulce Fernandes.

Our guests

Dulce Fernandes, director

Dr. Michael Kraus, Georg-August-UniversityGöttingen

Radio Z Live Talk
2025-10-16 21:00 | Festival Lounge, Deck 1, Königstraße 93, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
LIVE RADIO TALK from Thu., 16.10. until Wed., 22.10. from 9:00 to 10:00 pm live from the Festival Lounge with international guests.

Announcements via www.radio-z.net and from 2:00 pm on 95,8 Mhz
