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The Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice went to "I Am Evidence," directed by Trish Adlesic and Geeta Gandbhir.

Filmmakers were celebrated over and over on Sunday at the Hamptons International Film Festival. Mariska Hargitay visited the festival in her capacity as a producer of the film "I Am Evidence," directed by Trish Adlesic and Geeta Gandbhir. 

In its second year spotlighting women filmmakers—and implicitly condemning gender inequality in the film industry—the Women Texas Film Festival will move to the Studio Movie Grill on Northwest Highway for its Aug. 16–20 runtime. The festival is the only one of its kind in the state of Texas. 

After watching a mixture of 20 drama, comedy and documentary films included in the Provincetown International Film Festival line-up, the film that stood out resoundingly to me and Laurie was “I Am Evidence” and the audience agreed as it received the HBO Audience Award for Best Documentary.

The 19th Annual Provincetown International Film Festival concluded Sunday, with the HBO Audience Awards going, for narrative feature, to Courtney Moorehead Balaker's Little Pink House, and for documentary, to I Am Evidence, directed by Trish Adlesic and Geeta Gandbhir.

A rare advocacy film that educates, engages and inspires in equal measure, “I Am Evidence” earned the standing ovation it received following its premiere and as its filmmakers hit the road once more to play festivals across the country, next at AFI Docs in Washington DC, in advance of an eventual premiere on HBO, they spoke about how they developed such a fascinating and comprehensive film, handling the subject with great sensitivity and what they learned from following the entire process of a rape kit being collected.

The film is intense, making for one of the sniffliest audiences in which I’ve ever been included, so viewer discretion is certainly advised. But with that kind of emotional power too comes the intellectual and statistical weight we need to enact change.

I AM EVIDENCE Producer Mariska Hargitay and co-director Trish Adlesic explain why their goal for this movie is that it start a conversation and change the way we treat victims of sexual assault in our society. 

There are documentaries that make you shake your head and go, "How can this be?" I Am Evidence is one of them. Co-directors Trish Adlesic and Geeta Gandbhir discuss the need for action to ensure the existence of state legislation that mandates the testing of all kits, the enhanced training of law enforcement personnel, and ultimately, a cultural shift in the way we perceive victims.

I AM EVIDENCE is a chilling and important film. it is a must see when it finally hits HBO because it will make you see a horrible social injustice that is being inflicted upon the women of this country.