Cinema for Peace

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Cinema for Peace is an initiative that was launched by Jaka Bizilj in 2002 in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . It sees itself as an association of philanthropists that offers humanitarian projects and committed filmmakers a platform. In 2008, which was foundation Cinema for Peace Foundation registered and based in Berlin.

The initiative organizes gala events, including the annual Cinema for Peace Gala Berlin since 2002 and one-off events. The donations first went to UNICEF projects, after which the donations were distributed to various organizations. Since 2008, parts of the flow assumed at the gala donations from the Foundation for Cinema for Peace Foundation.

The foundation finances documentary film projects and organizes film screenings and film series on political and social issues. In addition, charitable projects of third parties, especially those by people from the film industry, are supported. In 2011 the Cinema for Peace Foundation started building the Genocide Film Library .

In 2018, Cinema for Peace supported the relocation and medical treatment of the pussy riot activist Pyotr Wersilow because of potential symptoms of poisoning at the Charité in Berlin . At the request of Versilov and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova , the foundation also supported the transfer of the Russian dissident Alexei Navalny from Omsk to Germany and his medical treatment at the Charité in August 2020, which was also due to potential symptoms of poisoning .

One point of criticism of the foundation is that there is no transparency about donors and expenses of the foundation.

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  2. ^ Sabine Flatau: Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt come to Berlin. In: Berliner Morgenpost. July 28, 2019, accessed December 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Elisabeth Binder: Money and good words. In: Tagesspiegel. February 16, 2010, accessed December 5, 2019 .
  4. ^ After symptoms of poisoning: Pussy riot activist released from clinic. In: Monopoly magazine (dpa). September 27, 2018, accessed August 22, 2020 .
  5. ^ A b Cinema for Peace: Filmmakers with humanistic aspirations. In: Deutschlandfunk. August 22, 2020, accessed on August 22, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Christina Hebel: Alexej Navalny: Suspicious tactics in Omsk. In: Der Spiegel. Retrieved August 22, 2020 .