Political Film Society Award for Human Rights

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The Political Society Award for Human Rights is given to films that deal with the violation of human rights by state institutions, social groups or individuals, or that thematize and create awareness for the enforcement of these rights. This prize has been awarded annually by the Political Film Society (PFS) since 1987. Depending on the number of films that qualify for this category, there are years in which only two films were nominated for this award, but in subsequent years up to ten films were nominated in a year, so there is no fixed annual Number of nominees.

Like any other Political Film Society Award (PFSA), the award can be given to a mainstream film, an independent film or an international film.

Excellent films and nominees

2011

2010

My Name Is Khan - Karan Johar

The Ghost Writer (The Ghost Writer) - Roman Polanski
Howl - The Howl (Howl) - Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

Because of the large number of nominations, there were two selection rounds. In the first the following films were eliminated:

Agora - The Pillars of Heaven (Agora) - Alejandro Amenábar
Blood Done Sign My Name - Jeb Stuart
Eichmann - Robert Young
Formosa Betrayed - Adam Kane
Green Zone - Paul Greengrass
John Rabe - Florian Gallenberger
We Want Sex (Made in Dagenham) - Nigel Cole
Princess Ka'iulani - Marc Forby
Shake Hands with the Devil - Roger Spottiswoode

2009

District 9 - Neill Blomkamp

Avatar - Departure for Pandora (Avatar) - James Cameron
The Bay (The Cove) - Louie Psihoyos
Invictus - Unconquered (Invictus) - Clint Eastwood
The Stoning of Soraya M. - Cyrus Nowrasteh

2008

Milk - Gus Van Sant

Battle in Seattle - Stuart Townsend
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas) - Mark Herman
The Strange Son (Changeling) - Clint Eastwood
Hunger - Steve McQueen

2007

Amazing Grace - Michael Apted

The Last Judgment of Bamako (Bamako) - Abderrahmane Sissako
Shooting Dogs - Michael Caton-Jones
Charlie Wilson's War (Charlie Wilson's War) - Mike Nichols
Persepolis - Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi

2006

Babel - Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Last King of Scotland - In the Clutches of Power (The Last King of Scotland) - Kevin Macdonald

Blood Diamond - Edward Zwick
Cautiva - Gastón Biraben
Sophie Scholl - The Last Days - Marc Rothemund

2005

The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener) - Fernando Meirelles
North Country (North Country) - Niki Caro

Innocent Voices - Luis Mandoki
The ninth day - Volker Schlöndorff
The War Within - Joseph Costelo

2004

Hotel Rwanda (Hotel Rwanda) - Terry George

Moolaadé - Ban of Hope - Ousmane Sembène
Osama - Siddiq Barmak
Vera Drake - Mike Leigh
The Yes Men - Dan Ollman , Sarah Price , Chris Smith

2003

The Merciless Sisters (The Magdalene Sisters) - Peter Mullan

The Life of David Gale (The Life of David Gale) - Alan Parker
Lilja 4-ever - Lukas Moodysson
X-Men 2 - Bryan Singer

2002

Ararat - Atom Egoyan

The experiment - Oliver Hirschbiegel
Evelyn - Bruce Beresford
The gray area (The Gray Zone) - Tim Blake Nelson
John Q - Desperate Anger (John Q) - Nick Cassavetes
Long Walk Home (Rabbit-Proof Fence) - Phillip Noyce
To End All Wars - The real hell (To End All Wars) - David L. Cunningham
En la puta vida (Tricky Life) - Beatriz Flores Silva

2001

Focus - Neal Slavin

Atlantis - The Lost Empire (Atlantis - The Lost Empire) - Gary Trousdale , Kirk Wise
Motevalede mahe more (Born Under Libra) - Ahmad Reza Darvish
Bread and Roses - Ken Loach
A man sees pink (Le Placard) - Francis Veber
Greenfingers - Tough guys and tender drives (Greenfingers) - Joel Hershman
The hidden half (Nimeh-ye penhan) - Tahmineh Milani
The Iron Ladies (Satree lek - The Iron Ladies) - Youngyooth Thongkonthun
Journey to the Sun (Günese yolculuk) - Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Lumumba - Raoul Peck

2000

Against All Rule (Remember the Titans) - Boaz Yakin

Before Night Falls (Before Night Falls) - Julian Schnabel
Because I'm a girl (But I'm a Cheerleader) - Jamie Babbit
Character Assassination - Beyond Morals (The Contender) - Rod Lurie
Erin Brockovich - A True Story (Erin Brockovich) - Steven Soderbergh
Hurricane (The Hurricane) - Norman Jewison
It starts today (Ça commence aujourd'hui) - Bertrand Tavernier
A touch of sunshine (Sunshine) - István Szabó
X-Men - Bryan Singer

1999

The Green Mile - Frank Darabont

Boys Don't Cry - Kimberly Peirce
Defenseless - The General's Daughter - Simon West
Hard - John Huckert
Naturally Native - Jennifer Wynne Farmer , Valerie Red-Horse
Riley's Final Battle (One Man's Hero) - Lance Hool
Three Kings - It's Nice to be King (Three Kings) - David O. Russell
Tian yu (Xiu Xiu) - Joan Chen

1998

A Civil Action (A Civil Action) - Steven Zaillian

Enemy of the State # 1 - Tony Scott
State of Emergency (The Siege) - Edward Zwick
Oscar Wilde (Wilde) - Brian Gilbert

1997

Rosewood - John Singleton

LA Confidential - Curtis Hanson
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil) - Clint Eastwood
Seven Years in Tibet (Seven Years in Tibet) - Jean-Jacques Annaud

1996

The Assassination (The Ghosts of Mississippi) - Rob Reiner

Witch Hunt (The Crucible) - Nicholas Hytner
Dead Man Walking - His Last Walk (Dead Man Walking) - Tim Robbins
Get on the Bus - Spike Lee
Larry Flynt - The Naked Truth (The People Vs. Larry Flynt) - Miloš Forman

1995

Murder in the First - Marc Rocco

Rangoon - In the Heart of the Storm (Beyond Rangoon) - John Boorman
The Secret of the Bride (Picture Bride) - Kayo Hatta
The Scarlet Letter (The Scarlet Letter) - Roland Joffé

1994

Go Fish - Rose Troche

On Deadly Ground (On Deadly Ground) - Steven Seagal

1993

Schindler 's List - Steven Spielberg

Dragon : The Bruce Lee Story - Rob Cohen
Geronimo : An American Legend - Walter Hill
In the Name of the Father - Jim Sheridan
Indochine - Régis Wargnier
Orlando - Sally Potter
Philadelphia - Jonathan Demme

1992

The Power of One (The Power of One) - John G. Avildsen

Hitler Youth Salomon (Europe, Europe) - Agnieszka Holland
Sarafina! - Darrell Roodt
The Outsider (School Ties) - Robert Mandel
Half-Blood (Thunderheart) - Michael Apted

1991

Boyz n the Hood - Boys in the quarter (Boyz n the Hood) - John Singleton

Come See the Paradise (Come See the Paradise) - Alan Parker
Guilty by Suspicion (Guilty by Suspicion) - Irwin Winkler
Jungle Fever - Spike Lee
The Long Way (The Long Walk Home) - Richard Pearce

1990

Miss Daisy and Her Chauffeur (Driving Miss Daisy) - Bruce Beresford

Glory - Edward Zwick
Friendship for life (Longtime Companion) - Norman René
Quigley the Australian (Quigley Down Under) - Simon Wincer
Romero - John Duigan

1989

Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hate (Mississippi Burning) - Alan Parker

A Dry White Season (A Dry White Season) - euzhan palcy
The Big Challenge (Listen to Me) - Douglas Day Stewart
Talk Radio - Oliver Stone

1988

Cry Freedom (Cry Freedom) - Richard Attenborough

Accused (The Accused) - Jonathan Kaplan
Two Worlds (A World Apart) - Chris Menges

1987

Matewan - John Sayles

Project X - Jonathan Kaplan

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