True Heroes Films

2011
We produced the portrait on Kasha Jacqueline Nebagasera - the 2011 winner of the Martin Ennals Award - like we did since 2007. Watch the film here or go to our TV Channel: True Heroes Films Vimeo Channel

We also recorded the ceremony in October 2011 and made a summary for the Martin Ennals Foundation.

2010
The Dutch Government's human rights award, the Human Rights Defenders Tulip has since 2008 been presented to an individual who has shown exceptional courage in protecting and promoting the rights of fellow human beings.
True Heroes Films produced a portrait of the 2010 winner of the Human Rights Defenders Tulip, Bertha Oliva from Honduras. The portrait was shown during the presentation of the prize on Friday 10 December 2010, International Human Rights Day in The Hague. Watch the film here or go to our TV Channel: True Heroes Films Vimeo Channel

True Heroes Films produced the portrait of the 2010 Martin Ennals Award winner, the Syrian Laywer Muhannad Al-Hassani. The portrait was shown on 15 October 2010 in Victoria Hall in Geneva during the award ceremony and streamed on the internet.

On 29 and 30 May the documentary 'Through the Looking Glass: The Andijan Massacre' produced by True Heroes Films in association with Faction Films and the BBC was shown on BBC World. If you are interested in the documentary please contact Linda Kuipers: administrator@trueheroesfilms.org

World sales: Faction Films - 26 Shacklewell Lane - London E8 2EZ - phone +44 (0)20 7690 4446 - fax +44 (0)20 7960 4447 - faction@factionfilms.co.uk

On 19-20 April 2010 True Heroes Films organised the conference Human Rights and (new) Media, in The Hague, the Netherlands in close cooperation with and substantial funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Human Rights and (new) Media was above all a hands-on conference. Several known and unknown human rights activists from around the world came to The Hague and sharpened in two days time their knowledge of appropriate media technologies.
When air traffic was severely disturbed by the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull, the conference was successfully transformed into a virtual conference for those participants who were forced to stay at home. The power of new media could not have been shown more clearly.
Several prominent figures and organizations participated in the conference such as former Prime Mjnister Ruud Lubbers and human rights defender Professor Theo van Boven Hivos, Amnesty International, Movies that Matter, Oxfam Novib, Human Rights Watch, WITNESS, Ushahidi and Tactical Tec.

You can see a short impression of the ceremony here.

2009
This year we once again produced the film of the winner of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders: Emad Baghi in Iran. The premiere took place on 2 November in the Victori Hall in Geneva during the presentation of the prize.

For savety reasons we haven't made the portrait on Emad Baghi (Iran) public. You can watch here a short part of the film and the award ceremony, focussing on the death penalty.

2008
This year we organised a thematic evening "Human Rights Defenders in the Picture" that was organised with support from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, various human rights organizations and the Eden Babylon Hotel Den Haag.
We also produced a portrait about Uzbek human rights activist Mutabar Tadjibaeva, the winner of the 2008 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. This portrait was show in Geneva on 20 November during a live TV show. We also showed the film in the United Nations in Geneva on the eve of a debate on human rights violations in Uzbekistan in the Human Rights Council.

Portrait on Mutabar Tadjibaeva (Uzbekistan), Laureate Martin Ennals Award 2008:

2007
The first assignment for the new Foundation came from a request to produce the portraits on the Martin Ennals Award Laureates of 2007 which were announced on 2 May 2007. The ceremony took place on 2 October 2007 in Geneva:

Portrait on Rajan Hoole & Kopalasingham Sritharan (Sri Lanka):

Portrait onPierre Claver Mbonimpa (Burundi):