Thursday, 18 December 2025, 15.30 CET, online
registration link: https://forms.gle/egHo7EhNbX8dZsvg8
What is human rights cinema?
What market implications does this concept have?
How does the involvement of potential partners from the human rights sector look in practice?
Does it go beyond human rights-oriented funders, film festivals, and NGOs as creators and implementers of impact campaigns?
How to position your human rights film project in today’s documentary market?
Join our Ask About session with Maciej Nowicki, to learn about the practicalities of the steadily developing enhanced cooperation between documentary filmmakers and human rights defenders. Ask questions, share experiences, and gain insights into positioning your projects across development, pitching, festivals, and distribution.
Don't miss this opportunity to engage with a genuine expert and insider.
Maciej Nowicki is President of the Board of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Poland – one of the largest human rights NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe, and the Chair of the European Implementation Network based in Strasbourg. Co-founder of the International Film Festival WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film, established in 2001, and to 2021 its Director. Lawyer, expert on human rights, the rule of law, and documentary film.
He has conducted training sessions, gave lectures, mentored in documentary industry programs (including e.g. Future Docs at WATCH DOCS, Civic Society Pitch at One World Romania, Civil Pitch at CinéDOC Tbilisi, Civil Pitch at Docusayds.UA, Movies that Matter Rough Cut Service in the Hague, MEDIMED AntiPitch), and served on several juries at international film festivals.
Read more: https://pitchthedoc.com/article/Is-Your-Doc-a-Human-Rights-Doc
This session is supported by Polish Film Institute (PISF).
Pitch the Doc is an initiative committed to fostering a more democratic and accessible documentary market. Combining documentary expertise with digital solutions, it offers support for the market activity of emerging and established professionals.
Ask About is an online session format created by Pitch the Doc for documentary filmmakers. It features an expert introduction by an invited industry professional, followed by an open Q&A where participants can ask any question, exchange views, and engage in discussion with market practitioners.
