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Cinema for Peace awards
Established2008 (22 years ago)
FoundersJaka Bizilj
Legal statusGerman foundation under civil law
HeadquartersBerlin
CountryGermany
Revenue135,507 euro (2020)
Websitewww.cinemaforpeace-foundation.org 
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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 ceremony in Berlin 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]

History

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]

Activities

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 Land by Danis 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.

Committee and supporters

Among the Cinema for Peace speakers have been: Buzz Aldrin, Antonio Banderas, Deepak Chopra, George Clooney, Catherine Deneuve, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bob Geldof,[10] Richard Gere, Dustin Hoffman,[11] Elton John, Nicole Kidman, Sir Christopher Lee, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Hilary Swank, Wim Wenders, Ban Ki-Moon,[12] Luis Moreno-Ocampo and Fatou Bensouda as well as Mikhail Gorbachev.

Award winners

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References

  1. ^ "Das ist das obszönste Foto meines Lebens" [This is the most obscene photo of my life]. stern.de (in German). 2016-02-18. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  2. ^ Moore, Tristana (12 February 2007). "BBC NEWS - Entertainment - Film awards aim for better world". News.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  3. ^ http://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/cannes_market_dailies/cinema_for_peace_cannes_2015_indias_daughter?page=4
  4. ^ "Cinema for Peace Awards Celebrate Real Heroes". 21 February 2015.
  5. ^ https://asp.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/asp_docs/RC2010/Invitation_SpecialEveningOnJustice.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Schikaneder - Kino - Bühne - Bar - Schwerpunkt Detail".
  7. ^ "Russia: Pussy Riot Releases Music Video Showing Cossack Beating". Time. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Can Pussy Riot Conquer Hollywood?". LA Weekly. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Pussy Riot asks U.S. To sanction more Russian officials - the Washington Post". www.washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Deirdre Corley"
  11. ^ "Look to the Stars"
  12. ^ "UN"
  13. ^ "Experimental Witch Videos". Paulo Coelho's Blog. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  14. ^ "The Experimental Witch". Paulo Coelho's Blog. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Receiving the Cinema for Peace Award". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  16. ^ "Cinema for Peace 2015 — Cinema for Peace Foundation". cinemaforpeace-foundation.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  17. ^ "Cinema for Peace Foundation". Archived from the original on 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  18. ^ "Nominations 2017". Cinema for Peace Foundation. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  19. ^ "Nominations 2018". Cinema for Peace Foundation. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  20. ^ "Nominations 2019". Cinema for Peace Foundation. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  21. ^ "Nominations 2020". Cinema for Peace Foundation. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  22. ^ "Awards 2021". Cinema for Peace Foundation. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  23. ^ "Awards 2022". Cinema for Peace Foundation. Retrieved 2022-12-29.

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