Human Rights Through the Lens of Water: Short Film Screening

Water, Memory, and Political Realities

Cinemata is presenting Rising Waters, Raising Rights: Human Rights Through the Lens of Water to Kota Kinabalu, a film program connecting Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia through stories shaped by water, memory, and political realities.

Come along this Saturday for an in-person screening at Ruang Tamu Ekosistem in Alamesra. The program features seven short films, followed by a discussion led by Nadira Ilana, a community curator from CineBah and the Cinemata team.

This screening is part of a larger hybrid program featuring nearly 30 short films, documentaries, and music videos exploring water and human rights. Themes include climate warming, coastal communities, queer currents, home and statelessness, and youth and exclusion.

The full program is available online from 10 to 23 December 2025, across the Asia-Pacific region.

Event Details

• Saturday 13 December 2025
• 8pm to 10pm
• at Ruang Tamu Ekosistem, Alamesra, Kota Kinabalu
• Free Entrance

Programme curators

Eunice Helera (Philippines) and Nadira Ilana (Borneo, Malaysia) curated this program with Cinemata.

About Cinemata

Cinemata is a video platform dedicated to independent films from the Asia-Pacific region. The platform focuses on social issues, community storytelling, and human rights advocacy through curated programs and collaborations with grassroots partners.
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