The Artivist Film Festival & Awards is an international film festival and awards ceremony dedicated to recognizing activist efforts of filmmakers, specifically in the areas of human rights, child advocacy, environmental preservation, and animal rights.

[citation needed] The festival is produced by Artivist Collective, a nonprofit organization founded in August 2003 by Diaky Diaz, Bettina Wolff, and Christopher Riedesel.

[2] The first Artivist Film & Awards Festival was held April 27, 2007, at Hollywood's Egyptian Theater.

[1][5][6] The third annual festival was held in Los Angeles on November 9, 2006, and premiered the film Fast Food Nation.

[8] Past honorees include Ted Danson, Alyssa Milano, Claes Nobel,[citation needed] James Cromwell, Mira Sorvino, Ed Begley, Jr., Tippi Hedren, Mike Farrell, France Nuyen, Joaquin Phoenix, Daryl Hannah, and Matthew McConaughey, among others.