International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival INCONVENIENT FILMS

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INCONVENIENT FILMS is the largest international documentary film festival in Lithuania and the Baltic States. Since its foundation in 2007, the festival has aimed to be a bold and influential platform for showcasing artistic documentary films, offering film-based education on both film literacy and human rights. It brings a diverse range of content and activities to audiences across the country, using hybrid and innovative outreach methods and its elaborated digital tools. The festival aims to reflect the most important topics of public discourse, promoting the power of documentary filmmaking to raise awareness, challenge perceptions, inspire and drive social change. Through its year-long programming, established educational VOD platform, and innovative digital community distribution tools that focus on European documentary films, the festival aims to mainstream the documentary genre and raise the profile of the documentary film industry. In doing so, it shines a spotlight on the diversity and richness of the documentary genre. By fostering cross-cultural dialogue and recognising the vital role that documentary films play in shaping people's understanding of the world and their place in society, the festival encourages societal engagement and awareness. As the leading documentary film festival in Lithuania it has been collaborating with key local industry partners to ensure that the festival not only provides value for its audience, but also contributes to the development of documentary film and new media industry.