Connecting through film 

Since 9/11, 2001 the Cinema for Peace initiative has been aiming to influence through films the perception and resolution of global social, political, and humanitarian challenges of our time - and especially to oppose war and terror.

In 2008, the initiative helped to found the Cinema for Peace Foundation, an international non-profit organization with the goal to foster change through film. We promote films and members of the film community who try to make a difference.

We are also convinced that film plays a significant role in highlighting inequality, injustice, and inhumanity, as well as offers solutions, hope, and a vision for a better future.

We aim to bring humanitarian issues to public attention by partnering with the international film community and the global human rights network as well as influential decision-makers and opinion leaders in media, politics, business, and society in order to showcase cinematic works which emphasize the human condition and values.

In recent years, Cinema for Peace has supported a number of important causes and films with artists like Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and personalities such as The Dalai Lama, Muhammad Ali, Bill and Hillary Clinton and the former Honorary Patron Nelson Mandela.

Jaka Bizilj

Founder of Cinema for Peace