Cinema for Peace Gala Nominations 2014
The Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year 2014
12 Years a slave
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
dallas buyers club
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
an episode in the life of an iron picker
A Roma family lives far from the urban centres of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The father Nazif salvages metal from old cars and sells it to a scrap-dealer. The mother Senada keeps the house tidy, cooks, bakes and cares for their two small daughters. One day, she feels a sharp pain in her abdomen.
Philomena
A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
Lee daniels' the butler
The Butler is a movie starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, and John Cusack. As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
wadjda
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
Mandela
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Walesa man of hope
The depiction of the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Poland's Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa, as events in the 1970s lead to a peaceful revolution.
The International Green Film Award 2014
big men
The film's central story follows a small group of American explorers at Dallas-based oil company Kosmos Energy.
the human experiment
A documentary that explores chemicals found in everyday household products.
black fish
A documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.
Tracks
A young woman goes on a 1,700-mile trek across the deserts of West Australia with four camels and her faithful dog.
The Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year 2014
alias ruby blade
Documentary exploring the role of an Australian filmmaker turned revolutionary in the independence movement in Timor-Leste.
Syria: children on the frontline
Syria: Children on the Frontline is a TV movie starring James D'Arcy. The story of five young children whose lives have been changed forever by the civil war in Syria.
dirty wars
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.
everyday rebellion
Everyday Rebellion is a movie starring Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, and Srdja Popovic. A documentary about modern and creative forms of non-violent protest and civil disobedience.
The family
The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the Witness Protection Program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging, as their old habits die hard.
Ground zero syria
Ground Zero Syria is a series where we've compiled photojournalist and videographer Robert King's footage into a series of raw, largely unedited vignettes that present a snapshot of the ancient city as it crumbles and burns while its citizens are killed indiscriminately.
the kill team
A documentary that unveils the moral tensions that tear at soldiers' psyches through the lens of one highly personal story.
the missing picture
Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
Pussy riot: a punk prayer
Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial in a case that has gripped the nation and the world beyond, three young artists or the society they live in?
the square
A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.
The Cinema for Peace Award for Justice 2014
#chicagogirl
From the Chicago suburbs, an American teenager helps run the Syrian revolution. With social media, she helps her network expose regime atrocities. But as the violence rages everyone must choose their weapon: Facebook or AK-47s.
Ai Weiwei: the fake case
A documentary reflects on artist Ai Weiwei's battle against the lawsuit thrust upon him by the Chinese government in an effort to silence him.
outlawed in pakistan
When a Pakistani teenager Kainat Soomro accused four men of gang rape, the courageous young woman did not put her suffering behind her.