Human Rights Film Festival Award

The year 2007 saw the introduction of our Human Rights Film Festival Award recognising the human rights work and involvement of personalities and institutions from the film world. Since then, it has been awarded to filmmakers (and a film school) from around the world.

• 2025 Helena Taberna
• 2024 Fernando León de Aranoa
• 2023 Carmen Castillo
• 2022 EFA Abidin Kaid Saleh
• 2021 Montxo Armendáriz & Pui Oria
• 2019 Annemarie Jacir
• 2018 Laurent Cantet
• 2017 Deepa Mehta
• 2016 Tony Gatlif
• 2015 Lourdes Portillo
• 2014 Robert Guédiguian
• 2013 Patricio Guzmán
• 2012 Iciar Bollain
• 2011 Kim Longinotto
• 2010 Goran Paskaljević
• 2009 José Luis Borau
• 2008 Elías Querejeta
• 2007 Pilar Bardem