The Amnesty International Film Festival-screening annually in Seattle (as the Seattle Human Rights Film Festival) Salt Lake City, Laramie, Pittsburgh and West Hollywood, along with other special engagements-is proud to present its 12th annual program in Seattle. This year's festival features 17 films by talented filmmakers from around the world who work against long odds, short finances, and threatening politics to bring to the screen these powerful stories of human struggle, sacrifice, and triumph. The Amnesty International Film Festival is dedicated to bringing these stories to our communities so that our colleagues, neighbors, and friends can see for themselves the diverse perspectives and many challenges facing people in every part of the world.

Both because of the tremendous global reach of Amnesty International, and because we have focused on building relationships directly with filmmakers, production companies, television stations, and other film festivals around the world, we are able to offer programming that in many cases is not available anywhere else in the U.S. These include documentary films-some feature length and others shorter-fiction films, animated pieces, and occasionally foreign broadcasts that are otherwise inaccessible to U.S. audiences. In addition, we are also proud to screen some of the most noteworthy and celebrated documentary films made here in the U.S. each year, including some that will go on to air on major television networks.

But most importantly, we hope to offer our communities an opportunity to see, to learn, and to care. And should some who attend be moved to action, Amnesty International is ready to help you get involved.

NOTE: The documentary and feature films and videos presented in the festival are individual works of art and journalism, and have not been produced by Amnesty International. The perspectives or opinions presented in these films and videos are not necessarily those of Amnesty International, and Amnesty International has not necessarily researched or verified any specific facts presented in the films.