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Annual Selection



The High Note Global 100 is selected each year by the High Note Global Cinema Advisory Board and published every January 1. Inclusion is by invitation only, and to be named is a distinction — recognition that a festival belongs in the highest tier of cinematic significance and human-rights storytelling in the world today.

Once the list is published, filmmakers whose work is officially selected at any High Note Global 100 festival are eligible to submit for the High Note Global Prize in Cinema. Submissions open each year on September 1 and close November 15, with winners presented the following January at High Note Human Rights Cinema.

Each year, festivals may be added, retained, or repositioned in response to programming evolution, regional developments, and the changing landscape of global cinema. The Board honors the world’s most enduring festivals while remaining responsive to the urgent voices emerging from every region.