Freedom for the Wolf
Freedom for the wolf
A documentary feature by Rupert Russell
89 min / GERMANY / 2017 / HD
Website: www.freedomforthewolf.com
Democracy is in crisis. A new generation of elected leaders are dismantling freedom and democracy as we know it.
Filmed over three years in five countries, Freedom for the Wolf is an epic investigation into this new regime of illiberal democracy. From the young students of Hong Kong, to a rapper in post-Arab Spring Tunisia and the viral comedians of Bollywood, we discover how people from every corner of the globe are fighting the same struggle. They are fighting against elected leaders who trample on human rights, minorities, and their political opponents. Philosopher Isaiah Berlin warned against this political hijacking long ago, “freedom for the wolves has often meant death for the sheep.” Now the wolves are on the rise. Can they be defeated?
Awards/Festivals
Winner, Audience Award, Slamdance Film Festival 2018
Winner, Best Political Film, Portobello Film Festival 2018
Nominee, Most Valuable Documentary of the Year, Cinema for Peace 2019
2017
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Sydney Underground Film Festival
Central Scotland’s Documentary Festival
Warsaw Film Festival (WFF)
United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF)
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
2018
Slamdance Film Festival
DocPoint Helsinki
Humans Fest
Atlanta Film Festival
Green Mountain Festival
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) Geneva
Cleveland International Film Festival
Freep Film Festival
Solidarity –Tel Aviv Human Rights Film Festival
Oslo Human International Documentary Film Festival
Human Rights Arts & Film Festival (HRAFF) Melbourne
IDFA by Night
Portobello Film Festival
Human Rights Human Wrongs Documentary Film Festival
Amnesty Hong Kong Film Festival
Wexford Documentary Film Festival
United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF)
Guadeloupe Human Rights Film Festival
Festival Protesta, An International Film Festival
Oslo World
Human Rights Film Festival Lugano
Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival
African Diaspora Film Festival
InScience International Science Film Festival Nijmegen
ACT Human Rights Film Festival
Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
Delai Film
2019
Cinema For Peace