Background:

In 2005 the first Jersey Human Rights Film and Photographic Festival took place. This event was organized by Amy Allen, Matthew Winpenny from the Jersey Arts Centre and photojournalist Richard Wainwright, in association with the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice at Oxford Brookes University.  

This event was a great success, receiving an amazing response and confirmed a desire by the Jersey public to engage with human rights issues from around the world. Since then the event has grown year on year and Jersey Amnesty International now continues to be the main organising partner. The Festival is dedicated to showcasing some of the world’s best documentary films and photographic exhibitions relating to human rights with each evening complemented by a specialist guest speaker.

A key aim is to reach a wide ranging cross section of the community by hosting school events including film screenings, workshops and seminars for students from all the Islands schools.

Through committed and inspirational filmmakers and photographers we hope to bring to Jersey the reality of human rights abuses suffered, endured and overcome by the people of the world.