The Suffering Grasses: Screenings

Below is a list of The Suffering Grasses future and past screenings. As the conflict in Syria continues to deteriorate, we want the voices of those most affected by the violence to be heard as widely as possible. If you are interested in hosting a Syria solidarity event and want to screen the film, please write us at info@culturesofresistancefilms.com to start organizing one of your own!

Upcoming Screenings:

• • • BOLIVIA / Sucre, Festival PUKAÑAWI – Festival Internacional de Cine de los Derechos Humanos, 4 September – 29 August 2022 

    • ETHIOPIA / Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Human Rights Film Festival, December 2022 TBA

Past Screenings:

• • December 10, 2017, Los Otros Muros – El Arte de la Resistencia, Bilbao, Spain
  • April 26, 2017, NÚCLEO, Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico
  • November 7, 2016, CAMPS BREAKERZ CREW, Gaza, Palestine
  • June 20, 2016, CIRCLE OF HEALTH INTERNATIONAL, Austin, Texas, United States
  • June 16, 2016, RIKKYO UNIVERSITY, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
  • May 12, 2016, ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL, Quito, Ecuador
  • May 9, 2016, CHURCH OF THE PRESENTATION, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, United States
  • April 5, 2016, DITSHWANELO HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL, Gaborone, Botswana
  • February 18-20, 2016, CULTURAL DIPLOMACY’S FILMS FOR PEACE, Berlin, Germany
  • February 12, 2016, MEANINGFUL MOVIES PROJECT, Woodinville, Washington, United States
  • February 4, 2016, CINEMA POLITICA, London, Ontario, Canada
  • January 27, 2016, PELOPONNISOS INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, Kalamata, Greece
  • January 25, 2016, CENTER FOR COURAGE AND RENEWAL, PICTOU UNITED CHURCH, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • October 12, 2015, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, REFUGEE STUDIES CENTRE, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • October 6, 2015, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, Southampton, United Kingdom
  • February 26, 2015, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S ACTION CENTRE , West Perth, Australia
  • June 21, 2014, JIM – NET , Tokyo, Japan
  • June 20, 2014, UNHCR REFUGEE FILM FESTIVAL , Hong Kong, China
  • June 16, 2014, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LUXEMBOURG , Luxembourg
  • May 10, 2014, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL KOREA , Seoul, Korea
  • May 7 and 8, 2014, PATRIMOINE FILM FESTIVAL , Tunis, Tunisia
  • May 6, 2014, META-HOUSE , Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • May 2, 2014, FIRST FRIDAY FILM FESTIVAL ,Austin, Texas
  • March 26, 2014, FREEDOM GRASSES , Sapporo, Japan
  • March 19, 2014, SGUARDI ALTROVE FILM FESTIVAL , Milan, Italy
  • March 1, 2014, SYRIA NEEDS YOUR HELP, Odense, Denmark
  • March 1, 2014, UNION DE ORG. SYRIENNES DE SECOURS MEDICAUX , Lusanne, Switzerland
  • February 26, 2014, WE THE PEOPLE FILM FESTIVAL, London, UK
  • February 19, 2014, SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY, Southampton, UK
  • February 6, 2014, BIRKBECK UNIVERSITY, London, UK
  • January 24, 2014, LA PENA CULTURAL CENTER, BERKELY, CA
  • January 20 and 23, 2014, SOFIA MENAR FILM FESTIVAL, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • January 20, 2014, WOMEN LEAD TO PEACE SUMMIT, Montreux, Switzerland
  • December 20, 2013, SYRIA SEMINAR, FORMA CINEMA, Milan, Italy
  • December 14, 2013, FUKK INDEPENDENT ARTIST GROUP, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • December 11, 2013, MANYA HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Kampala, Uganda
  • December 10, 2013, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL GENEVA, Geneva, Switzerland
  • December 7–12, CAMBODIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • December 8, 2013, SYRIAN EXPATRIATES ORGANIZATION, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • December 7, 2013, NAPLES HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL, Naples, Italy
  • December 6, 2013,DANISH MUSLIM AID, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • November 23, 2013, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, London, UK
  • November 16, 2013, REEL AWARENESS FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • November 16, 2013, INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DU BURUNDI, Bujumbura, Burundi
  • November 13, 2013, OXFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENT PEN, Oxford, UK
  • November 8, 2013, STEPS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Kharkov, Ukraine
  • November 6, 2013, NAZEMI NGO, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • November 2, 2013, MIDDLE EAST: WHAT CAN CINEMA DO?, Paris, France
  • October 26, 2013, AMERICAN RED CROSS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, MA
  • October 22, 2013, DMZ KOREAN INT’L DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, Bucheon-Si, South Korea
  • October 20, 2013, UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL, Palo Alto, CA
  • October 16, 2013, MUSEUM OF IMAGE AND SOUND, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
  • October 10, 2013, CINE MIGRANTE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • October 7-13, 2013, FISAHARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Dakhla camp, Western Sahara
  • October 9, 2013, MUMBAI WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Mumbai, India
  • October 6, 2013, THE STAR AND SHADOW CINEMA, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  • October 2, 2013, SWISS COOPERATION OFFICE, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
  • September 24, 2013, SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL, Syracuse, NY, USA
  • September 23, 2013, TAGORE, Dieren, Netherlands
  • September 21, 2013, BIR DUINO KYRGYZSTAN, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  • September 20, 2013, AUROVILLE FILM FESTIVAL, Auroville, India
  • September 6, 2013, INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR PEACE, INSPIRATION, AND EQUALITY, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • August 24 and 29, 2013, INTERNATONAL IMAGES FILM FESTIVAL FOR WOMEN, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • August 25 and 26, 2013, PBS / CHANNEL 12 KGTF (television broadcast), Guam, Marianas Islands
  • August 22, 2013, MERCURY CAFE, Denver, CO, USA
  • August 11, 2013, HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY, Augusta, GA
  • July 26, 2013, FESTIVAL DE CINE E DERECHOS HUMANOS, Sucre, Bolivia
  • July 23, 2013, GOETHE INSTITUTE, Windhoek, Namibia
  • June 28, 2013, OPEN SHOW INDONESIA-BANDUNG, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
  • June 26, 2013, ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE TOWN, Port Vila, Vanuatu
  • June 21, 2013, RABBIT AND COCOON, Gold Coast, Australia
  • June 19, 2013, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AT CLUB SUTTERAIN, Prague, Czech Republic
  • June 18, 2013, WERKSTATT3 FILM FESTIVAL, Hamburg, Germany
  • June 14, 2013, UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, Anaheim, CA
  • June 14, 2013,WILLIAM WAY COMMUNITY CENTER, Philadelphia, PA
  • May 31, 2013, OPEN SHOW INDONESIA-BANDUNG, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
  • May 30, 2013, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION CENTRE, London, United Kingdom
  • May 3, 2013, THE WAHID INSTITUTE, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • April 30, 2013, CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL, Staten Island, NY
  • April 27, 2013, EUNDEOK CULTURAL CENTER, Seoul, Korea
  • April 27, 2013, 7000 PADAUK ART SPACE, Yangon, Myanmar
  • April 25, 2013, HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDENT ORGANIZATION CENTER, Cambridge, MA
  • April 15, 2013, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA
  • April 10, 2013, ROME INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, Rome, Italy
  • April 6, 2013, GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL, Asbury Park, NY
  • April 6, 2013, BEIT EL RASEEF, Cairo, Egypt
  • April 5, 2013, MEANINGFUL MOVIES, Seattle, WA
  • April 4 & 5, 2013, CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Cleveland, OH
  • March 28, 2013, HALIFAX ACTION CIRCLE, Halifax, Canada
  • March 28, 2013, FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM, Brockton, MA
  • March 26 & 29, 2013 OPEN SHOW INDONESIA-BANDUNG, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
  • March 25, 2013, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, AZ
  • March 22, 2013, MOVIES THAT MATTER FESTIVAL, The Hague, the Netherlands
  • March 20, 2013, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tempe, AZ
  • March 17, 2013, TWIN CITIES ARAB FILM FESTIVAL, Minneapolis, MN
  • March 16, 2013, CLUBE RECREATIVO DOS ANJOS, Lisbon, Portugal
  • March 13, 2013, THE POLY, Falmouth, UK
  • March 10, 2013, PEACE ON EARTH FILM FESTIVAL, Chicago, IL
  • March 8, 2013, FORMAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Lahore, Pakistan
  • March 6, 2013, CSU NORTHRIDGE, Northridge, CA
  • March 2, 2013, BELLINGHAM HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL, Bellingham, WA
  • February 28, 2013, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Tampa, FL
  • February 28, 2013, BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LC-A, Middlesex, UK
  • February 27, 2013, BIBLIOTECA ALTERNATIVA BUCURESTI, Bucharest, Romania
  • February 26, 2013, SOUTHERN FISHERIES ORGANIZATION, Rathgama, Galle, Sri Lanka
  • February 24, 2013, POLONNARUWA MIRIDIYA FISHERIES ORGANIZATION, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
  • February 22, 2013, SOUTHERN FISHERIES ORGANIZATION, Matara, Dondra Heard, Sri Lanka
  • February 22, 2013, OPEN SHOW INDONESIA-BANDUNG, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
  • February 21, 2013, AMILCAR CABRAL CENTER, Bologna, Italy
  • February 21, 2013, HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM, Rutgers-Newark School of Law, Newark, NJ
  • February 16-19, 2013, KARBI YOUTH FESTIVAL, Taralangso, Karbi Anglong Assam, India
  • February 17, 2013, CULTURAL GROUP, Dankotuwa, Sri Lanka
  • February 14, 15, and 16, 2013, BELOIT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Beloit, WI
  • Feburary 14, 2013, BEAUFORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Beaufort, SC
  • February 11, 2013, NAFSO (SRI LANKAN NATIONAL FISHERIES SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT), Negombo, Sri Lanka
  • February 10, 2013, WOMEN’S CENTRE, Katunayake Free Trade Zone, Sri Lanka
  • February 10, 2013, SC CONUNDRUM MUSIC HALL, West Columbia, SC
  • February 10, 2013, CITY SCREEN PICTUREHOUSES, York, UK
  • February 9, 2013, CENTER FOR CONSIENTIZATION, Negombo, Sri Lanka
  • February 9, 2013, NEW JERSEY FILM FESTIVAL, New Brunswick, NJ
  • January 31, 2013, JAIPUR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Jaipur, India
  • January 30, 2013, GRAND PRARIE ISD BOARD ROOM, Dallas, TX
  • January 26, 2013, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  • January 26, 2013, OPEN SHOW INDONESIA-BANDUNG, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
  • January 24, 2013, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, Portland, OR
  • January 15, 2013, UNIVERSITE DU LAC TANGANYIKA, Bujumbura, Burundi
  • January 14, 2013, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CARDIFF GROUP, Cardiff, UK
  • January 13, 2013, GUWAHATI URBAN WINTER FESTIVAL 2013, Guwahati City, India
  • January 9, 2013, FRESNO CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE & COLLEGE COMMUNITY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH , Fresno, USA
  • December 13, 2012, JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY, Krakow, Poland
  • December 12, 2012, CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE BUILDING, Harrisonburg, VA
  • December 12, 2012, SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES- UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, Mangilao, Guam
  • December 10 & 11, 2012, BLUEM PACIFIC – UNIVERSITY OF GUAM, London, UK
  • December 6, 2012, LEVANTINE CULTURAL CENTER, Los Angeles, CA
  • December 4, 6, & 8, 2012, MIDDLE EASTERN FILM FESTIVAL, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • December 3, 2012, THE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE, New York, NY
  • December 1, 2012, LENS POLITICA FILM AND MEDIA ART FESTIVAL, Helsinki, Finland
  • December 1, 2012, ARPA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Los Angeles, CA
  • November 29, 2012, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – PRESENTED BY NAAP-NY, New York, NY
  • November 29, 2012, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND – CAROLE WEINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL CENTER, Richmond, VA
  • November 29, 2012, LEVANTINE CULTURAL CENTER, Los Angeles, CA
  • November 28 & 29, 2012, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Durham, NH
  • November 28, 2012, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, Southampton, UK
  • November 28, 2012, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD, Yorkshire, UK
  • November 28, 2012, UNIVERSITY OF BATH, Bath, UK
  • November 28, 2012, CAFE MARX – PRESENTED BY SAVE THE CHILDREN, Berlin, Germany
  • November 19, 2012, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL
  • November 21, 2012, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, Burnaby, Canada
  • November 18 – 21, 2012, INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL- AMSTERDAM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • November 18, 2012, MESA FILM FESTIVAL, Denver, CO
  • November 18, 2012, ARABICA CAFE, Davie, FL
  • November 18, 2012, PAPUA NEW GUINEA HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL 2012, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
  • November 14, 2012, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD, Yorkshire, UK
  • November 13, 2012, THE WASHINGTON CENTER, Washington, D.C., USA
  • November 12, 2012, WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C., USA
  • November 11, 2012, BUSBOYS AND POETS, Arlington, VA
  • November 7, 2012, EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Lagos, Nigeria
  • November 5, 2012, MOVE IT! FILM FESTIVAL, Dresden, Germany
  • November 5, 2012, PRESENTED BY MIT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, Boston, MA
  • November 2, 2012, THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY, Toronto, Canada
  • October 30, 2012, BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Minsk, Belarus
  • October 30, 2012, GLOBAL EXCHANGE, San Francisco, CA
  • October 30, 2012, KOTA BHARU, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
  • October 26-November 1, 2012, SAO PAULO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • October 25, 2012, BABEL FILMKLUBB, Oslo, Norway
  • October 24, 2012, KENYA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Nairobi, Kenya
  • October 24, 2012, DOCLISBOA FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Lisboa, Portugal
  • October 23, 2012, THE GATE ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, Cardiff, UK
  • October 22, 2012, MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIBRARY,Palos Hills, IL
  • October 20, 2012, ARAB FILM FESTIVAL,Los Angeles, California
  • October 20, 2012, ARAB FILM FESTIVAL, Berkeley, California
  • October 19, 2012,UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII – MAUI COLLEGE, Hawaii, USA
  • October 18, 2012, HUMAN RIGHTS NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL, Bologna, Italy
  • October 18, 2012, SAO PAULO FILM FESTIVAL, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • October 16, 2012, HOT SPRINGS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, Hot Springs, Arkansas
  • October 14, 2012, ARAB FILM FESTIVAL, San Francisco, California
  • October 13, 2012, ARAB FILM FESTIVAL, San Jose, California
  • October 8, 2012, COTTON COLLEGE CONFERENCE HALL, Guwahati, India
  • October 4, 2012, CINEMA POLITICA WITH CONCORDIA UNIVERISTY’S SYRIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION, Montreal, Canada
  • October 4, 2012, RIO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
  • October 4, 2012, BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Iraq, Baghdad
  • October 2, 2012, RIO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
  • October 2, 2012, RIO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
  • October 1, 2012, UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA-PRESENTED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, Victoria, Canada
  • October 2012, ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL, Alexandria, Egypt
  • September 29, 2012, ASSAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE, Assam, India
  • September 29, 2012, BRITISH SOLIDARITY FOR SYRIA, Birmingham, UK
  • September 29, 2012, DOCKANEMA, Maputo, Mozambique
  • September 25, 2012, PALATE PALETTE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • September 25, 2012, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, Fairfax, VA
  • September 19, 2012, MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY, New Brunswick, Canada
  • September 3-24, 2012, CENTRAL KINO, ABATON KINO, & ORFEO’S ERBEN SCREENINGS, Berlin, Hamburg, & Frankfurt, Germany
  • September 8-22, 2012, TRI CONTINENTS HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL, Johannesburg,Soweto, Cape Town, Tshwane, South Africa
  • September 16, 2012, BUSBOYS AND POETS,Washington, D.C.
  • September 8, 2012, SATELLITE (AL SERKAL), Dubai, UAE
  • September 7, 2012, FRONTLINE CLUB, London, UK
  • September 1, 2012, YOLE! CINECLUB, Goma, DRC
  • August 28, 2012, TOWNHOUSE GALLERY, Egypt, Cairo
  • August 26, 2012, 1Oth LEBANESE FILM FESTIVAL, Beirut, Lebanon
  • August 26-30, 2012, DURRES INTERNATIONAL FILM SUMMERFEST, Durres, Albania
  • August 15, 17, 24, and 31, 2012, WES FILM INSTITUTE, Manila, Philippines
  • August 22, 2012, CAIR – CHICAGO GALLERY, Chicago, IL
  • August 22, 2012, HOSTYNNYI DVIR, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • August 20, 2012, TAMERA PEACE RESEARCH CENTER, Colos, Portugal
  • August 14, 2012, SANFORD HOUSING COOPERATIVE, London, UK
  • August 12, 2012, CITIZENS REPORTING, A COLLECTIVE MEMORY, Berlin, Germany
  • August 9, 2012, MAKE A POINT, Bucharest, Romania
  • August 4 & 5, 2012, Mbale, Lira, & Mbarara, Uganda
  • June 27, 2012, Kuwait