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The Human Rights Watch Film Festival (HRWFF) bears witness to human rights violations in direct storytelling and exposé form. The festival takes place in 20+ cities around the world, bringing together filmmakers, film participants, human rights leaders, and audiences to uplift voices that are all too often missing from mainstream media. The festival seeks to engage the public with complex issues, and compel communities and policy makers to take an active part in the discussion.

About the project

HRWFF is custom-built on a modern Drupal 9 CMS, informed by decades of experience. The platform boasts the latest industry standard in performance, security, and accessibility. Its flexible authoring experience and various display automations deliver content dynamically across home page promotions, specific festival pages, and search interfaces.

The new HRWFF site is built to last. A bustling Drupal developer community more than a million strong and a Drupal roadmap that stretches far into the future promise stability and ease of long-term maintenance.

The new Human Rights Watch Film Festival elegantly balances technology and design. It boasts the latest in flexible content authoring, meets and exceeds accessibility standards, and embraces the increasingly digital content strategy prompted by post-COVID audiences. The platform delivers streaming and in-person event details through beautiful, intuitive interactions. Its upgraded Drupal 9 framework meets the highest standards of security, performance, and stability — and guarantees easy maintenance for years to come.

Why Drupal was chosen

HRWFF outgrew Drupal 7 and needed to migrate hundreds of  festivals and events to the new Drupal 9 platform. Inflexible content authoring and an aging CMS no longer met their evolving needs. The new website had to embrace modern accessibility standards, sustain the transition to digital and in-person events, and deliver the latest in security and performance standards.

Technical Specifications

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