Cinema for Peace Gala Nominations 2021
The Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year 2021
Dear comrades
When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.
Quo Vadis Aida?
Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Bosnian Serb army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
The Father
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Broken Keys
A pianist tries to escape his persecuted Middle-eastern town where modern ways of living and music have been banned by an extremist group.
The Mauritanian
A detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Follow-up film to the 2006 comedy centering on the real-life adventures of a fictional Kazakh television journalist named Borat.
Nomadland
A woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Sound of Metal
A heavy-metal drummer's life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing.
Judas and the Black Messiah
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panther Party per FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Party Chairman Fred Hampton ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary en route, a battle wages for O'Neal's soul
The Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year 2021
Welcome to Chechnya
A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.
Television Event
An archive-based feature documentary viewing the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of the ABC network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, THE DAY AFTER (1983).
The Social Dilemma
The destructive influence of social media and the internet on our lives and society, in a frightening and clear-sighted film.
Love, It was Not
The incredible but true love story between an SS officer and a Jewish girl. A story that starts in Auschwitz but ends in a courthouse in Vienna 30 years later.
Apocalypse '45
Documentary Presents Never-Before-Seen Footage of the Grisly End of World War II.
The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.
Radiograph of a Family
Director Firouzeh Khosrovani is the daughter of a secular father and a devout Muslim mother, co-existing under one roof in Tehran. The Islamic Revolution took place in their home, affecting every corner of their family life.
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms.
Crip Camp
Down the road from Woodstock, a revolution blossomed at a ramshackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, transforming their lives and igniting a landmark movement.
The Cinema for Peace Award for Women’s Empowerment 2021
9 Days at Raqqa
On April 17, 2017, while the 'Anger of the Euphrates' offensive continues to progress to liberate #Raqqa from the black claws of Daesh, a few kilometers away, in Aïn Issa, the Raqqa Civil Council is officially created, co-chaired by an Arab man and a Kurdish woman, engineer by training, Leila Mustapha.
Saudi Runaway
A young woman in Saudi Arabia documents her attempt to flee the country before her arranged marriage.
Nasrin
An immersive portrait of one of the world's most courageous human rights activists and political prisoners, Nasrin Sotoudeh, and of Iran's remarkably resilient women's rights movement.
Lift Like a Girl
From a scrappy, vacant-lot training site in Alexandria, Egypt to the Olympic Games, 14 year-old Zebiba ("raisin" in Arabic) stands at the precipice between childhood and weightlifting champion - guided only by her dedicated yet relentless coach, Captain Ramadan, and her own competitive edge. Can she make the leap?
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
An action-documentary about the evolution of stunt women from The Perils of Pauline (1914) and beyond.
Athlete A
Filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk delve into the world of elite competitive gymnastics and the toxic culture within that allowed sexual abuse to go on for decades unchecked.
The Cinema for Peace Award for the Political Film of the Year 2021
Mayor
At work with the mayor of Ramallah in a beautiful and topical film, which provides a fresh look at Palestine and what it means to run a society.
Softie
Political activist Boniface "Softie" Mwangi runs for office in a regional Kenyan election, which puts pressure on his young family and his convictions.
Kingdom of Silence
An in-depth look at Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's life, work, and murder. Featuring interviews and footage that explore his personal and professional relationships with Saudi rulers, jihadists and fellow global journalists.
The Dissident
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world piece together the clues to a murder and expose a global cover up.
Cockroach
COCKROACH is a work about the Hong Kong uprising in 2019. The year-long protests were sparked by the proposal of a bill that allowed for the extradition of criminal suspects to China. Many in the semi-autonomous city felt the bill would erode what was left of the freedoms promised under the “One Country, Two Systems” framework.
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
While the country was embroiled in a divisive election with racial tensions flaring, civil rights activist Harry Belafonte guest hosted The Tonight Show for one week in 1968 transforming it into a multicultural political experience.
The Cinema for Peace Award for Justice 2021
Collective
Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
The Dissident
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world piece together the clues to a murder and expose a global cover up.
Stateless
In 2013, the Dominican Republic stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, rendering over 200,000 people without nationality, identity or homeland. Stateless explores this complex history and politics through one young woman’s fight to protect the right to citizenship for all people.
Aggie
A documentary that tackles the ideological conflicts surrounding the December 21 election in the country, to the push for sovereignty and subsequent parliamentary declaration of independence and the aftermath.
Truth to Power
The Grammy-winning lead singer of System of a Down, Serj Tankian helps to awaken a political revolution on the other side of the world, inspiring Armenia's struggle for democracy through his music and message.
Cockroach
COCKROACH is a work about the Hong Kong uprising in 2019. The year-long protests were sparked by the proposal of a bill that allowed for the extradition of criminal suspects to China. Many in the semi-autonomous city felt the bill would erode what was left of the freedoms promised under the “One Country, Two Systems” framework.
The International Green Film Award 2021
Arica
In the mid-80's the Swedish mining giant Boliden dumped 20000 tonnes of hazardous waste in Arica in Northern Chile. Thousands of 'Ariqenos' were affected with cancers and other serious illness. Now a group of survivors are seeking justice.
The Cost of Silence
An industry insider exposes the devastating consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, uncovering coordinated efforts by government and industry to silence the victims of a growing public health disaster.
Kiss the Ground
A revolutionary group of activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians band together in a global movement of “Regenerative Agriculture” that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world, narrated by Woody Harrelson
Seaspiracy
Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species - and uncovers alarming global corruption.
My Octopus Teacher
A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
The 17-year-old's environmental campaigning and her journey into adulthood.
Jozi Gold
Grandmother and environmental activist Mariette Liefferink is up against the richest mining corporations in Africa. The golden era has left 1,6 million people living on radioactive grounds, but she is on a mission to force the gold industry to clean up.
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.