awareness-raising
ONGOING PROJECTS
CINEMA AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Humans Fest Film Festival
DEFENDERS OF THE SOUTH
Defenders of
Human Rights
EUROPE
YEDR
The Humans Fest International Human Rights Film Festival It's our main awareness-raising activity. A film festival concerning in the city and one of the most prestigious in Spain in its field, which has established itself as a showcase for the defense of human rights.
Future freedom, human rights defenders, seeks weave alliances solid between organizations from the Global South and Valencian entities, fostering a citizenry committed to social justice and respect for fundamental rights. Because defending those who defend is defending us all.
Can the historical memory and the defense of human rights to be the starting point for the European youth Take the floor? That's exactly what the project is looking for. YEDR — Young Europeans between Decolonization and Rights.
PROJECTS THAT LEFT THEIR MARK
We address armed conflicts in the South to generate peace from the North
Living and intercultural neighborhoods
A thousand stories to tell
Open Government
Human Rights Award
MEDIA AWARENESS
Opinion articles
Stable collaboration with Levante on special dates.
Master's Degree in Justice
Weekly radio programme with Manuela Carmena.
Publications
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Humans Fest will bring Oscar winner Pavel Talankin to Valencia as the recipient of the 2026 Peace and Justice Award.
The most recent winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, will visit Valencia to receive the Peace and Justice Award from the Foundation for Justice and present his film 'Mr. Nobody vs. Putin' at the Humans Fest. It will be screened on May 29th...
Humans Fest will bring Oscar winner Pavel Talankin to Valencia with the 2026 Pau i Justícia Prize
The last winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Award, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, will visit Valencia to open the Pau i Justícia Award of the Foundation for Justice and present the new film 'Mr. Nobody against Putin' at l'Humans Fest On May 29th it will be projected,...
Call for volunteers for the 17th Humans Fest
The 17th edition of Humans Fest, the Valencia International Film and Human Rights Festival organized by the Foundation for Justice, will take place from May 28th to June 6th. Registration opens in April for those interested in participating...
Humans Fest opens registration period to participate in the Jurat Jove of the 2026 edition
Young people aged 18 to 25 studying at any center in the Valencian Community are eligible to apply. The Youth Jury will watch all the films in the Official Feature Film Section (both fiction and documentary) and will award a prize for Best Feature Film.
Journalism in Central America. Defending press freedom in a context of disinformation and curtailment of rights.
In Central America, practicing journalism has become a high-risk activity. In countries like El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras, journalists and human rights defenders face media closures, criminalization, and harassment.
Humans Fest opens registration for its 17th edition with a focus on the rights of children and young people
The festival will take place from May 28 to June 6, 2026 in Valencia. It will include competitive categories for feature films and short films, both documentary and fiction, and the award for best Valencian short film. The festival opens its classic category “One minute a….