Physical film festival in New York, United States with submission categories including Short Films and shortfilms.
Festival Organiced by Rights in Action organization with special estatus of consultative estatus in the ECOSOC of the United Nations. This festival is held to screen films that make us think, awaken our consciousness towards a human future, to reflect the social and cultural and ecological diversity of humanity, witness to human rights violations and create a forum for courageous individuals, showing the highlight and talented bright of hope on Human Rights.
This is the goal of our Festival. New York Human Rights Film Festival, last year we celebrate our 9th edition festival.
Our mission is promoting the understanding of every form of expression relevant to cinema and Human Rights. To consolidate the Human Rights Film Festival, the audience can enjoy the films complemented with panel discussions, Q&A’s, master classes and forums on Human Rights.
Festival twinned with the Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival with 22 editions. The Festival is really an independent organization not influenced, or financed or in affiliation to any political or religious entity.
Schedule
Important Dates
Call for Entries Opens
Dec 18, 2025
Final Submission Deadline
Oct 1, 2026
Notification Date
Oct 10, 2026
Festival Starts
Oct 22, 2026
Festival Ends
Oct 25, 2026
Location details
Office & Venue
Venue address
375 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 United States
Recognition
Awards & Prizes
Best Feature fiction FilmBest Feature Documentary FilmBest Fiction Short FilmBest Documentary Short FilmBest Experimental short filmBest Photography filmBest Female director filmBest Environmental filmBest Africa - Afro filmBest Latino - Hispanic filmBest World Feature Film
Eligibility
Rules & Eligibility
General Rules+
In order to submit a film, you must own the rights or have permission from the owner. – All fees are non-refundable. – We will try to select as many films as possible but not all the submissions are selected for the Festival or for the official competition.
Our Judges make their own choices. – Submitting your movie, you authorize New York Human Rights Film Festival to use, distribute and share the film poster, trailer, synopsis and movie stills in our social media and web and screen your film in the Festival. – The entrance in the cinema can be not free entrance depending on each edition. – We give only Awards by Recognition, NO cash prize, No funding. - You understand and agree, that we will not offer you or pay screening fees. – Multiple submissions and multiple category submissions are accepted. – Films must have been completed within the past 5 years. – Shorts must be less than 30 minutes. – As Festival we do not require in any case a film
Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees
Category
Short Films
Short Films currently lists a maximum runtime of 30 minutes. Listed fees include USD 110 early-bird, USD 120 regular, USD 130 late, and USD 140 extended.
Current FeeUSD 110.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 30 minutes
Category
shortfilms
Current Fee—
Category
Long Films
Long Films currently lists a maximum runtime of 31 minutes. Listed fees include USD 140 early-bird, USD 150 regular, USD 160 late, and USD 170 extended.
