The 14th edition of the Mobile Film Festival celebrates Human Rights in partnership with YouTube Creators for Change, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for human rights and the European Union as part of the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of  the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Following an international call for films—to make a one-minute film shot with a mobile phone about the theme “Stand Up for Human Rights”—the organizers received 715 films from 81 countries. You can see the 51 finalists by clicking the image below.

The finalists—each running for one minute—come from 19 countries. The human rights issues dealt with include freedom of the press, child marriage, the migration crisis, accessibility for the handicapped, the death penalty, and education. Among the many genres used are thriller, comedy, documentary, and science fiction.

Three Grand Prizes of 20,000 Euros will be awarded: France, International, and Europe.

 

The Festival will come to a close on Tuesday, December 4th during a big awards ceremony at the MK2 Bibliothèque Theater in Paris.

The Finalists Sorted by Topic

1/ Children’s Rights

263| Vinamra PANCHARIA | India

Acá no pasan esas cosas (Those things don’t happen around here.)| Dante ANSELMO |Argentina

AFSAR(Education first)| Deepak CHAUDHARY | India

هیس(Hush)| Hamidzak | Iran

Ink| Sourav NEOGI | India

دوشیزه(Maiden)| Fatemeh SAEEDI & Saeed AGHAKHANI | Iran

Un Enfant seul (A single child)| Philofatma | Guinea

Pourquoi pas moi (Why not me) | Trevis INTAMBA | Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

2/ Women’s Rights

Amado inimigo (Lovely enemy)| Augusto ZIRBES STAUDER & Bruna WEBER CORREA | Brazil

Be a Queen|Tommaso ACQUARONE | Italy

Demain peut-être (Maybe tomorrow)|Nicolas KHAMSOPHA | France

Derrière une porte (Behind a door)|Merryl ROCHE | France

J’avais 9 ans (I was 9 years old)| Mattéo DUGAST | France

KAŞIK (Spoon)|Aydoğan RAYMAN | Turkey

La Belle époque (The Belle époque)| Emilie KADIJEVIC | France

Le Prince charmant (Prince Charming)| Maxime CHEFDEVILLE | France

Nos están matando (They’re killing us)| Carla CASTELLANOS | Mexico

Tina| Talo | Argentina

 

3/ Human Rights

Article 1|Pascal JOUSSE | Morocco

How to clean a window with newspaper| Kiarash ARDESHIRPOUR & Amirhasan NOFELY | Iran

Me?| Alessandro SARTORI & Roberta  PAOLUCCI | Italy

Permis (Permits)| Mathieu RENNESSON | France

Plus Jamais (Never Again)| Michel KHAROUBI | France

Secured by Design| Mike FAULKNER & Matthias KISPERT | United Kingdom

 

4/ LGBTQI+ Rights

Annisa|Barry PUTRA | Indonesia

I just need Love| Jake J Meniani |United Kingdom

Je m’appelle Carla (My name is Carla)| Siham HINAWI | Belgium

Love is Love| Alessia PISCHEDDA | Italy

Silence is deadly| Brice VENEZIANO | France

 

5/ Migrants Rights

Aucune valeur juridique (No legal value)|Alexiane TORRES & Mickael MOUSTACHE | France

Bambù (Bamboo)| Costanza Fraia & Davide GERMANO | Italy

Breath| Mehmet Can MICIK | Turkey

Children of Moria|Javad MOUSAVI | Greece

Dessin mouillé (Wet drawing)| Achraf Maadadi | Morocco

Humane Treatment| Nicolas SEGOVIA | Mexico

Je n’ai pas peur (I am not afraid)| Gohu Merick | France

Mira| Studio Argonaute | France

Root| M H M MUBASSIR | Bangladesh

Trash| Matteo TIBILETTI | Italy

 

6/ Racism

A.O.C. (Arabic of controlled origin)|Benjamin LAPIERRE & Alexandre GAUDOU | France

Bérlők (The tenants)| Ábel Regős | Hungary

La Tirade (The Monologue)| Florent SABATIER | France

Pulpe Fiction (Pulp Fiction)| Janek TARKOWSKI | France

 

7/ Precarity

Cycle| Bálint KLOPFSTEIN-LÁSZLÓ | Hungary

Flu (Lost)|Samad OCENI | Benin

Innocent Words| Maxime TOUROUTE | France

My Story: Paul| Jamillah van der HULST | Netherlands

 

8/ Humor

A.O.C (Arab of controlled origin)| Benjamin LAPIERRE & Alexandre GAUDOU | France

Le Prince charmant (Prince Charming)| Maxime CHEFDEVILLE | France

La Tirade (The Monologe)