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With the Fall of the Berlin Wall 36 years ago today, it's the perfect time to rewatch:

1989 by Anders Østergaard & Erzsébet Rácz

The drama from the fall of the Wall to the reunification of Europe.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Welcome Ashleigh 💖

We're happy to announce that following a wonderful cooperation on Impact and Outreach for our theatrical releases in Switzerland we now have this amazing person working with us on international marketing as well!
www.firsthandfilms.com/ashleigh-bell

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October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Honored and excited to present the legendary biopic of Miriam Makeba:

MAMA AFRICA by Mika Kaurismäki
www.firsthandfilms.com/films/Mama+A...

#MiriamMakeba #MamaAfrica #SouthAfrica #PataPata #Anti-Apartheid #Freedom #Justice #Resistance #FirstHandFilms #Library #Documentary
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Proud to present a sneak preview of this brilliant historical testimony by an upcoming filmmaking team from Nazareth:

MAY OF THE COVENANT by Ward Jaraisi

www.firsthandfilms.com/films/May+of...

#Palestine #Nazareth #SaveGaza #FreePalestine #FirstHandFilms #Documentary
October 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Although the war ended in 2006, Devi refuses to let the reality she and others faced during that time fade into the background. Watch DEVI from First Hand Films on Docuseek exclusively for academic streaming: 🔗 conta.cc/41LBIQ1
🎥 #Docuseek #FirstHandFilms #NowStreaming #WomensVoices #WarCrimes
September 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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WHITE BLACK BOY by Camilla Magid

A story about an albino boy from Tanzania, hunted and unwanted.
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#Albino #HumanRights #ChildrenRights #AlbinoTrafficking #Africa #Tanzania #FemaleFilmmaker #FirstHandFilms #Library #Documentary
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In Tanzania albino body parts and blood are used in magic potions created by witch doctors and are sold for huge amounts of money. To protect albino children, the government sends them to boarding sch...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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We're proud to present these outstanding films at the #VeniceFilmFestival

WHO IS STILL ALIVE by Nicolas Wadimoff

ELVIRA NOTARI - BEYOND SILENCE by Valerio Ciriaci

#VeniceFilmFestival #FreePalestine #SaveGaza #ElviraNotari #Venice #Italy #Cinema #FilmFestival #FirstHandFilms #Documentary
August 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Please meet Charlotte Knowles: fabulous super producer of PALESTINE COMEDY CLUB by Alaa 'Regash' Aliabdallah and truly an absolute gem of a person to work and be with.

#Talents in the #FirstHandFilms #Family
July 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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The so called Pride Month is over but Pride doesn't stop there - we're proud to present our queer films all year round. Happy streaming! 🌈

#Pride #Queer #LGBTQIA+ #Trans #FilmFestival #NoPrideinGenocide #PinkWashing #Feminist #Gender #FirstHandFilms #Documentary
July 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Broadcasting today on Al Jazeera English reaching over 440 million households in over 150 countries:

DEVI by Subina Shrestha

Watch the trailer here: www.firsthandfilms.com/films/Devi/1...

#Survivor #Feminist #FemaleFilmmaker #Women #Equality #Nepal #Asia #FirstHandFilms #Documentary
June 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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WOMEN CONQUER THE ART BUSINESS (First Hand Films)
Women taking control of power, meaning and money in the art world. 🔗 docuseek2.com/fh-wcab

🎥 #Docuseek #FirstHandFilms #FineArt #AcademicStreaming #NowStreaming #NewRelease #Documentary #Art #Women #film
June 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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✨Première ! DANS LA CUISINE DES NGUYEN – Entre chansons et rouleaux de printemps.

🎬 Avec le réalisateur Stéphane Ly-Cuong en personne :
03.06 Pully | 04.06 Genève | 14.06 Neuchâtel & La Chaux-de-Fonds | 15.06 Sierre

#InTheNguyenKitchen #Première #firsthandfilms

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May 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Stream this title from #FirstHandFilms on Docuseek today!
1989: A STATESMAN OPENS UP (2014)
🔗 docuseek2.com/if-1989
March 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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@moviesthatmatter.bsky.social Here we come!

THE SREBRENICA TAPE by Chiara Sambuchi

WRITING HAWA by Najiba Noori & Ali Rasul Noori

DEVI by Subina Shrestha

Come and say hi to Danika, our Impact Producer together with Swiss Films!

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#FemaleFilmmakers #FirstHandFilms
March 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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FOOTPRINTS OF WAR by Maximilian Mönch

Military attacks have alarming consequences on our ecosystem. Radioactive contaminated landscapes,☢️ many millions of tons of ammunition in our oceans, toxic landscapes, ten percent of global carbon emissions - the military footprint is huge. 🌍🔥

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March 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Award-winning WRITING HAWA by Najiba Noori & Ali Rasul Noori will have its Swiss premiere in the International Competition for Creative Documentaries @fifdh.bsky.social in Geneva this Sunday!

#FIFDH #Geneva #FemaleFilmmakers #HumanRights #WomensRights #Afghanistan #FirstHandFilms #Documentary
March 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Meet Kata, our gorgeous friend and talented filmmaker from Budapest. She came into our world on a NARROW PATH TO HAPPINESS, a sweet and caring look at a courageous couple following their dreams of writing and producing a musical.
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February 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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The great music revolutions of our times have come from Africa, and the next one is brewing there right now. #BlackHistoryMonth2025 #StreamNow #Docuseek #AcademicStreaming #Africa #Music #documentary #film
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February 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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As their dreams take flight, the Taliban's return threatens to erase decades of progress. Stream it today on Docuseek 🎥✨
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AND STILL I SING (2023)
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#Docuseek #FirstHandFilms #AcademicStreaming #WomensRights #film #documentary #NowStreaming #Afghanistan
February 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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THE HITLER CHRONICLES - BLUEPRINT FOR DICTATORS (2018) #FirstHandFilms
Relates the life of Adolf Hitler as it interacts with and responds to Austrian and German society as well as the national and international political currents during the first half of the 20th century. 
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January 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Filmmaker Batoul Karbijha's MY MAYSOON is about her search for her younger sister, Maysoon, who disappeared at sea while attempting to build a better life. 🔗 conta.cc/3ZWNC9g
#Docuseek #MigrantVoices #FirstHandFilms #MissingMigrants #EducationalStreaming

MY MAYSOON
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December 26, 2024 at 7:59 PM