American INSIGHT’s international nonpartisan Free Speech Award and Free Speech Film Festival encourage independent filmmakers to exercise their right of Free Speech and the power of their films to address issues that are important to them and to their communities.
American INSIGHT's Free Speech Award is unique in that it showcases FREE SPEECH FILMS, and also provides networking opportunities, a marketing platform, and educational workshops which give our top 6 Official Selection Award-winning filmmakers exposure, connections and visibility.
Championing different perspectives (and understanding other points of view) is vital to the future of Democracy. During the past decade, we have received FREE SPEECH FILMS from hundreds of filmmakers in over 70 countries.
Find FREE SPEECH FILMS and SPEAK EZs here: https://watch.eventive.org/freespeechaward
Find all our Free Speech Award Winners here:
https://freespeechfilmfestival.org/award-winners/
Students enrolled in American INSIGHT's online course “Make History Every Day!” will write about your film for years to come, as they discuss how the core values of Free Speech, Human Rights and the Rule of Law emerge in societies around the world through the lens of independent filmmakers.
Help to educate audiences now, by sharing the wisdom of your experience!
Discover more here:
https://americaninsight.org
https://freespeechfilmfestival.org/award-winners
https://americaninsight.org/course/
ONE film will be selected as the Free Speech Award Winner by audiences of all ages from around the world, as well as by residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: a "cradle of liberty” for decades before the American Revolution.
The Free Speech Award-Winning Director receives the Free Speech Award, a $1,000 honorarium, and the possibility of attending the Free Speech Award Ceremony in person in Philadelphia, PA.
Each Official Selection Winner is showcased for a month in our newsletters, Spotlight Blog posts, social media channels, plus a personalized SPEAK EZ recorded interview that will be seen and studied for years to come.
Past Free Speech Award-winning Directors and their venues include:
Melinda Raebyne, 2023 Free Speech Award WINNER
https://freespeechfilmfestival.org/2023-festival-highlights/
@ PHILADELPHIA CLUB
Eugene Marlow, 2022 Free Speech Award WINNER
https://freespeechfilmfestival.org/2022-festival-highlights/
@ CLIVEDEN OF THE NATIONAL TRUST
Maya Sanbar, 2021 Free Speech Award WINNER
https://freespeechfilmfestival.org/2021-festival-highlights/
@ WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY
Wanjiru Njendu, 2020 Free Speech Award WINNER https://freespeechfilmfestival.org/2020-festival-highlights/
@ ONLINE
Robert Greenwald, 2019 Free Speech Award WINNER https://www.bravenewfilms.org/suppressed
@ CLIVEDEN OF THE NATIONAL TRUST
Team Enough, 2018 Free Speech Award WINNER
https://www.teamenough.org/
@ KISLAK CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Past Free Speech Award SPEAKERS include:
Abby Huntsman, American television personality and former co-host of ABC’s The View.
David Kilgour, human rights defender, author, former lawyer and Canadian politician, remains continuously vocal on many human rights violations around the world
Reggie Shuford, Executive Director, ACLU Philadelphia
Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO of New America; University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University
Ben Wizner, Director, American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
Samuel Zhou, Deputy Director, Global Internet Freedom Consortium
Michael Perlman, Producer/ Executive Producer of American INSIGHT's 2012 Free Speech Film Festival Award winning film “Free China: The Courage to Believe,” and Amnesty International official Artist For Amnesty
Discover more:
https://americaninsight.org