Seven films won awards tonight during Award Night:

The Grand Jury Documentary Award went to Traces. Winning the Grand Jury Documentary Award also makes the film eligible for nomination for the Academy Award® for Best Documentary. Other winners were Aisha Can’t Fly Away (Grand Jury Fiction), Cutting Through Rocks (Activist Lens), This is my Body (Justice Frame), Tussen broers (Dutch Focus), Rahhala: Hayya ala Hayya (Shorts) and TKT (Education).

Almost all award-winning films can still be seen at the festival in the coming days!

On Thursday, in collaboration with the Asser Institute, we present a full-day programme on the intersection of international law and human rights.

16:00 | Masterclass: Venezuela & International Law
An in-depth discussion on recent developments in Venezuela with international criminal law expert Marieke de Hoon and filmmaker Tuki Jencquel.

20:00 | Justice Frame Night: Silenced
Screening of the film Silenced. After #MeToo broke the cultural silence on gendered violence, international human rights  lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights against the weaponization of defamation laws to silence survivors. Following the screening, there will be a virtual Q&A with Jennifer Robinson.

The Queer Night on Friday is back! At 18:15, La Petite Dernière, about French-Algerian Fatima (17), who struggles with her emerging desires and her loyalty to her loving family. And at 20:30, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, in which 11-year-old Chilean Lidia grows up in a queer family on the outskirts of a hostile desert town. After the films, we dance the night away with DJ Calixta. KALEIDOSCOOP will also be there with their glitter bar.

True to tradition, NPO Doc selects a leading documentary from the festival programme. This year, that is MARIINKA. The film follows several young Ukrainians whose lives have been forever shaped by more than ten years of war and conflict in the Donbas. After the screening on Friday 27 March, moderator Sophie Derkzen speaks with director Pieter-Jan De Pue and protagonist Natasha Borodynia.