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The ACT Human Rights Film Festival, produced by CSU’s Department of Communication Studies in the College of Liberal Arts, goes beyond the powerful films that it features to take real ACTion in support of human rights around the world. ACT brings together the CSU and northern Colorado community to witness human rights stories from around the […]
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ACT is excited to announce the addition of the first-ever All Festival Pass to its 2018 ticketing options. All Festival Passes are on sale now! Snag yours for $90 here. Here’s what you need to know about the All Fest Pass and how it works: The pass grants patrons access to all ACT events taking place during opening and […]
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The Armstrong Hotel in the heart of downtown Fort Collins is the ACT Human Rights Film Festival’s official hotel partner for 2018. From its beginnings as a home away from home for many, to its rundown days in the 1970s and 80s, to its rebirth in the early 2000s, this historic hotel has long been […]
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The 2018 festival is on the horizon! Tickets will be on sale beginning Thursday March 8th, 2018 on the Lincoln Center ticketing site. This year’s program, which takes place from April 5th-April 14th, 2018, will feature a variety of films from a total of 6 different continents. Films from the continents of Asia, Africa, Oceania, […]
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We are so excited for the 2018 ACT Human Rights Film Festival, so we are kicking things off early. Our 2018 festival kickoff party will take place on Tuesday March 20th from 7pm-9pm at Odell Brewing Co. This FREE event will feature the release of Odell Brewing Co.’s 2018 Screening Session IPA, a festival ticket […]
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ACT will host its Lyric kickoff on Tuesday March 27th, 2018 at 6:30p.m. with a screening of Ai Weiwei’s 2017 film, Human Flow, followed by a Q&A with a guest to be determined and moderated by Dr. Scott Diffrient. Tickets are $12, $3 of which will go to Rams for Refugees, a Colorado State University […]
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Colorado State University will hold Northern Colorado’s first annual Human Trafficking Symposium at the Lory Student Center on Thursday February 22nd, 2018 from 8 a.m. – 5p.m. The event is a collaboration between A Face to Reframe, Free Our Girls, Rescue: Freedom, and the CSU College of Business. The symposium, which is open to students, […]
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Join Our Team The ACT Human Rights Film Festival is looking for experienced and dedicated individuals to join the ACT operations team for its 2018 festival. Previous film festival experience required. Please click on the position announcements for full details and contact information. Application materials for both positions due by Feb. 1. Technical Manager You know everything […]
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Eleanor Roosevelt, chair of the drafting committee, holding a Universal Declaration of Human Rights poster in English. UN Photo (1949) Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1948, representatives from all regions of the world drafted the declaration, which was signed during the United […]
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Cedric Tchante of Born This Way Talks Cameroon, LGBTQIA Activism, and Living in California In 2016 the first ACT Human Rights Film Festival screened Born this Way, a film that follows four young gay Cameroonians as they navigate the politics of life in Cameroon where being gay is against the law. Cédric Tchante, whose day-to-day life in Cameroon is […]
