HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

After receiving a letter and questioning everything he took for granted, Rufus prepares to leave everything behind when a chance meeting with Amelia, his childhood love, forces both of them to come to terms with the end of their young adult lives. Watch this film here from July 9th to 15th 2024 https://vimeo.com/945744505 William Georges-Garcia Director, Writer,…

A group of experts analyze "The 1550 Valladolid Debate" which is considered to be the first reflection in History on Human Rights. In 1550, in Valladolid, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, advisor to Charles V, debate before a theological-legal court about where the rights of the Spanish colonizers end, and…

A very short film about the legendary Danish-American Jacob A. Riis who was one of the 19th century’s most innovative journalists and the father of modern documentary photography. Tormented by unrequited love, Jacob Riis emigrated from Denmark to the United States in 1870 and ended up as the very definition of the American dream. His…

The new documentary film "Tane Voivodata" explores the life and work of Bulgarian revolutionary Tane Nikolov who played an important role in Bulgarian history in the beginning of the 20th century. His story was covered up shortly after the communist coup in 1944 and has been forgotten to this day. Tane Nikolov spent several decades…

"Sanctimonious” is an intense and impactful film that delves into the themes of religious fanaticism, abuse of power and submission. The story unfolds from the moment a Bible falls to the floor, symbolizing the breaking of paradigms and the possibility of questioning. While the male character is tormented by his own depression and insecurities, he…

Birth and death, origin and future, happiness and suffering, right and wrong actions, war and peace - whether 30,000 years ago or in our time, people are always looking for answers to the same questions, whether at the equator or in the Arctic. Spirituality seems to be inherent in people. And time and again, it…

Larksong is an exploratory documentary that journeys through a landscape on the edge of Pennine Moors in Northern England. With an 18th century nonconformist chapel as a central motif, the film captures a distinctive history and topography, laced with the imprints of the traditional textile workers, mills and industries that shaped the environment. Watch this…

For Our Freedom and Yours – one of the unofficial mottos of Poland, brings to mind Polish soldiers on battlefields all over the world, when, exiled from the partitioned Poland, it brought them hope and resilience when fighting in various independence movements. It’s been connecting patriots, war heroes and people across generations ever since. Watch…

According to our nation’s birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence, our rights come from God. We have been endowed by our Creator with these rights. “Endowed by Their Creator” features a brief history of the Declaration; of Thomas Jefferson; of the sources Jefferson drew from; and what the founders intended on religious liberty---including a contrast…

"Diakos" is a feature film shot over a period of six months on the mountains of Greece with the participation of over 300 amateur actors, workers, seamstresses and crew. The script is based on the true events of a dark historical period, during which the subjugated Nation of the Greeks went through unimaginable trials! Aiming…

In Hindi, “cheenee” means sugar—the resource behind the forced relocation of thousands of Indians to Trinidad and Tobago as indentured servants in the nineteenth century. Cheenee is the story of how Indian immigrants struggled, and later flourished, building communities and developing distinct architectural styles in the Caribbean. Cheenee, is a documentary researching and exploring the…