Since January 2009, our FilmTalkUNA series has been promoting the work of the United Nations with screening events that serve a dual purpose: to commend the intelligence of filmmakers who have the courage and passion to address crucial human concerns while presenting important global issues to a culturally aware New York audience. The mission of UNA-NYC is to educate, inspire and mobilize the New York City community and to raise awareness of the vital work of the United Nations.

These screenings are followed by lively discussions with the filmmakers themselves, or experts from the United Nations, about issues illustrated by or dealt with in the films. As seating is limited, and because of this special opportunity for dialogue with our guests, we strongly encourage reservations for these events.

Cinema has long been recognized as one of the most effective ways to educate and motivate a community. We showcase films that represent a wide range of countries and speak out for pressing issues such as human rights, global health, climate change, natural resources and water scarcity, peacekeeping, poverty, nuclear proliferation and international terrorism. In our interdependent world, the resolution of these issues and challenges are crucial to international peace and security.

FilmTalkUNA | Past Events

2025

February 25 | Seed of the Sacred Fig

January 7 | Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat

2024

December 9 | Mediha

June 11 | 20 Days in Mariupol

2023

November 17 | Goodbye Julia

June 15 | Return Date: Unknown

February 2 | The Swimmers

2022

April 21 | Buddhism, Bhutan and Me

2021

January 26 | A Thousand Cuts

2020

December 3 | Faith’s World

October 1 | The Six Triple Eight

May 7 | Against the Current

April 28 | Victors

February 13 | Made in Bangladesh

2019

November 20 | I Could Tell ‘Bout My Life

October 16 | Dawnland

August 15 | Love Sonia

June 12 | Out of Aleppo

March 14 | Walk on My Own

2018

December 6 | On Her Shoulders

September 14 | RBG

February 9 | The Insult

2017

May 16 | Syria's Disappeared

January 13 | The Uncondemned

2016

July 22 | The Crossing

May 20 | Remember Us: The Hungarian Hidden Children

March 11 | Mustang

2015

October 30 | The Trials of Spring

September 18 | The Good Lie

May 21 | Poet Against Prejudice

February 6 | Timbuktu

2014

December 12 |  21st Century Organized Crime - Organ Trafficking and Human Rights

August 21 | Horses of God

June 18 | Home Is Where You Find It

May 9 | Seeds of Time

January 31 | A People Uncounted

2013

August 1 | Displaced But Not Defeated

March 1 | War Witch

February 1 | Portrait of Wally

2012

September 22 | PAD YATRA: A Green Odyssey

July 13 | Under Fire: Journalists in Combat

June 15 | Fire in Our Hearts

March 12 | Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?

March 9 | The Lady

January 17 | Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

2011

September 9 | Budrus

July 29 | Climate Refugees

March 15 | Waste Land

February 18 | Have You Heard From Johannesburg

January 7 | BHUTTO

2010

September 30 | Countdown to Zero

July 30 | Sergio

June 7 | My Country is Tibet

April 9 | Holly

January 26 | As Seen Through These Eyes

2009

December 3 | Afghan Star

August 5 | THE RECKONING: The Epic Story of the Battle for the International Criminal Court

June 25 | The End of Poverty?

April 21 | FLOW: For Love of Water

March 4 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell

January 29 | Fateless