Amnesty International Film Award
The Amnesty International Film Prize is awarded by the human rights organization Amnesty International . Films are awarded that convincingly portray the human rights situation today.
history
The prize was first awarded at the Berlinale in 2005 and has been annually since then . It is currently endowed with 5,000 euros (2016), previously with 2,500 euros.
Amnesty International writes: “Films can help to explain human rights and to publicize and denounce human rights violations.” At the same time, the award recognizes the sometimes life-threatening commitment of filmmakers.
The Amnesty International Film Prize is also awarded at international film festivals in The Hague (Netherlands), Copenhagen (Denmark), Pesaro (Italy) and Thessaloniki (Greece).
Previous winners
| year | Movie | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Welcome to Chechnya | David France |
| 2019 | Espero tua (re) volta | Eliza Capai |
| 2018 | THF Central Airport | Karim Ainouz |
| 2017 | La libertad del diablo - Devil's Freedom | Everardo González |
| 2016 | Fuocoammare | Gianfranco Rosi |
| 2015 | Tell spring not to come this year | Saeed Taji Farouky and Michael McEvoy |
| 2014 | Al Midan | Jehane Noujaim |
| 2013 | The Rocket | Kim Mordaunt |
| 2012 | Just the wind | Bence fly out |
| 2011 | Barzakh | Mantas Kvedaravicius |
| 2010 |
Son of Babylon Waste Land |
Mohammed Al-Daradji Lucy Walker |
| 2009 | Storm | Hans-Christian Schmid |
| 2008 | Sleep dealer | Alex Rivera |
| 2007 | When it gets dark | Unlike Nilsson |
| 2006 | U Nergiz Biskivin | Masoud Arik Salih and Hussein Hassan Ali |
| 2005 | Paradise Now | Hany Abu-Assad |