Cinema for Peace Awards are prizes awarded by the Cinema for Peace Foundation, a Berlin-based initiative that claims to raise awareness for the social relevance of films. Since 2002, Cinema for Peace has been inviting film makers, humanitarian and human rights activists, and public figures to its annual awards ceremonyinBerlin to honor a selection of cinematic works on humanitarian and environmental issues. The event occurs at the same time as (but not as part of) the Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, Jaka Bizilj launched the Cinema for Peace initiative with the annual gala as a platform for communicating humanitarian, political and social issues through the medium of film. Bob Geldof described the awards gala as "the Oscars with brains".[2]
Cinema for Peace as global initiative regularly acts in many countries. Cinema for Peace screenings, campaigns, advocacy events, and galas have been taking place for example at the Filmfestival in Cannes,[3] in Los Angeles on the occasions of the Golden Globes [4] and on Oscar weekend, in Uganda at the conference of the International Criminal Court,[5] and in Berlin, where Cinema for Peace annually highlights the most valuable films of the year at the Cinema for Peace Gala.
The Cinema for Peace Foundation organizes various monthly screenings, mainly through partnering cinemas, such as the Schikaneder in Vienna [6]
Cinema for Peace distributed the Bosnian Oscar-winning war satire No Man's LandbyDanis Tanovic.
In 2014, Jaka Bizilj as the Founder of Cinema for Peace invited Pussy Riot to the Olympic Games in Sochi[7] and brought them to Hollywood[8] and to Washington[9] in order to promote global human rights responsibility and advocate a global Sanction List for human rights offenders.
The Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Film of the Year: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
The Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: Trouble - Teatime in Heiligendamm by Mind Pirates Community
The International Green Film Award: Earth by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield
Special Award: the makers of The Experimental Witch, initiated by Paolo Coelho and created with the original work of 14 filmmakers[19] from around the world.[20][21]
The Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: Skateistan: Four Wheels and a Board in Kabul by Kai Sehr
The Cinema for Peace Dove for Justice: Blood in the Mobile by Frank Piasecki Poulsen
The International Green Film Award: Message from Pandora by James Cameron, Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World by Julie Bergman, Sender Stuart Sender; Jane's Journey by Lorenz Knauer
The Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Film of the Year: CODAbySian Seder
The Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: FleebyJonas Poher Rasmussen
The Cinema for Peace Dove for The Political Film of the Year: Not Going QuietlybyNicholas Bruckman;[49] Courage by Aliaksei Paluyan; The Caviar Connection by Benoit Bringer
The Cinema for Peace Dove for Women’s Empowerment: Four Daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania
The International Green Film Award: We Are Guardians by Chelsea Greene, Edivan Guajajara and Rob Grobman; Common Ground by Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell[57]
The Cinema for Peace Dove for Global Health: Pay or Die by Scott Alexander Ruderman
