Cinema for Peace Dove Awards 2023
The Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Film of the Year 2023
WINNER: ALL QUIET ON THE wESTERN fRONT
Directed by Edward Berger
A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.
NOMINEES:
CLOSE
DIRECTED BY LUCAS DHONT
The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.
TAR
DIRECTED BY TODD FIELD
Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and first-ever female music director of a major German orchestra.
THE FABELMANS
DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelmans aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
THIRTEEN LIVES
DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD
A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.
THE WHALE
DIRECTED BY DAREN ARONOFSKY
A reclusive English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.
KLONDIKE
DIRECTED BY MARYNA ER GORBACH
The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war.
THE GOOD NURSE
DIRECTED BY TOBIAS LINDHOLM
An infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients.
TRIANGLES OF SADNESS
DIRECTED BY RUBEN ÖSTLUND
The hypocritical suffering of the super rich
The Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year 2023
WINNER: 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
DIRECTED BY MYSTLAV CHENOV
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
NOMINEES:
FIRE OF LOVE
DIRECTED BY SARAH DOSA
Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded.
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS
DIRECTED BY SIMON LERENG WILMON
An institution for children who have been removed from their homes while awaiting court custody decisions, as result of east Ukrainian war.
THE REBELLIOUS LIFE OF MRS. ROSA PARKS
DIRECTED BY JOHANNA HAMILTON, YORUBA RICHEN
The unexpected story of Parks and her life beyond the historic bus boycott, revealing the intent behind her activism, her radical politics and her courage.
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
DIRECTED BY LAURA POTRAS
Following the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.
RADIOGRAPH OF A FAMILY
DIRECTED BY FIROUZEH KHOSROVANI
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
DIRECTED BY JOEL BAKAN, JENNIFER ABBOTT
Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms.
The Cinema for Peace Dove for Women’s Empowerment 2023
winner: THE SWIMMERS
DIRECTED BY Sally El Hosaini
Two Syrian sisters flee their war-torn home in Damascus, swim for hours in choppy Mediterranean seas to reach Greece as asylum seekers before going on to compete at the Rio Olympic Games.
winner: THE jANES
DIRECTED BY Tia Lessin | Emma Pildes
Police arrested seven women who were part of a clandestine network. Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions calling themselves JANE
winner: Pray for our sinners
DIRECTED BY Sinéad O'Shea
Ireland’s recent history of brutality against children and women ranging from corporal punishment to state-sanctioned mother and baby homes
NOMINEES:
in her hands
DIRECTED BY Tamana Ayazi, Marcel Mettelsiefen
Before Taliban takeover Afghanistans youngest female mayor Zarifa Ghafari deals with danger and uncertainty
Valeria is getting married
DIRECTED BY Michal Vinik
Ukrainian arranged marriage brides' effort to marry her sister to an Israeli man
The Cinema for Peace Dove for The Political Film of the Year 2023
WINNER: The corridors of power
DIRECTED BY ALON SCHWARZ
Journalist and activist Masih Alinejad is the voice of millions of Iranian women rebelling against the forced hijab on social media.
NOMINEES:
FREEDOM ON FIRE: UKRAINE'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
DIRECTED BY EVGENY AFINEEVSKY
The film depicts the horrible realities of this unprovoked war instigated by Vladimir Putin. It is an exploration of the courage of the Ukrainian people, fiercely determined to stand their ground until 'the last drop of blood'.
TANTURA
DIRECTED BY ALON SCHWARZ
In the war of 1948 hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated. Israelis call it 'The War of Independence. Palestinians call it 'Nakba"'. The film examines one village- Tantura and why "Nakba" is taboo in Israeli society.
WHILE WE WATCHED
DIRECTED BY VINAY SHUKLA
How independent news reporting in India and beyond is increasingly under threat by budgetary cuts and especially, extremists leveraging alternative platforms to spread misinformation
FIFA UNCOVERED
DIRECTED BY MILES COLEMAN
Rom power struggles to global politics, an exploration of FIFA reveals the organization's checkered history and what it takes to host a World Cup.
ETERNAL SPRING
DIRECTED BY JASON LOFTUS
An adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s eponymous novel, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
The Cinema for Peace Dove for Justice 2023
WINNER: Argentina, 1985
Directed by Santiago Mitre
Politthriller about the investigation and prosecution of the military dictatorship in Argentina by Strassera and Ocampo
NOMINEES:
Blanquita
Directed by Fernando Guzzoni
Blanca lives in a foster home for minors run by father Manuel. A sexual scandal involving businessmen and politicians puts Blanca and Manuel in the eye of the press, turning Blanca into a feminist martyr and key witness of the case
Descendants
Directed by Margaret Brown
Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story
EMANCIPATION
Directed By Antoine Fuqua
A runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him
TO KILL A TIGER
Directed by Nisha Pahuja
Indian family's quest for justice after a teenage girl is brutally assaulted
752 Is Not A Number
Directed by Babak Payami
A Canadian dentist's quest for justice in the aftermath of an airlines flight shot down by the Iranian military
The International Green Film Dove 2023
Winner: the territory
Directed by aLEX pritz
When a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, Indigenous people fight back in defense of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest
Winner: all that breathes
Directed by SHAUNAK SEN
The darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times, a bird
NOMINEES:
Fashion Reimagined
Directed by Becky Hutner
Amy Powney, a daughter of environmental activists, from outsider to industry leader creating a fashion collection that's ethical and sustainable
patrick and the whale
Directed by Mark Fletcher
Using stunning underwater footage, Patrick explores the fascinating nature of the sperm whale, attempting to shine a light on its intelligence and complexity, as well as highlighting its current and past relationship with humankind.
eo
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Jury Prize Cannes film about a donkey's experience of humankind
delikado
Directed by Marc Bauder
Palawan appears to be an idyllic tropical island. But for a tiny network of environmental crusaders and vigilantes trying to protect its spectacular natural resources, it is more akin to a battlefield
The Cinema for Peace Dove on Global Health 2023
Winner: HOW TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC
Directed by David France
Chronicles the global race to research, develop, manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in the most enormous coordinated public health effort ever undertaken
Nominees:
OF MEDICINES AND MIRACLES
Directed by ross kauffman
Chronicles the monumental task of curing cancer, as seen through the harrowing experiences of one young girl, her family, and a doctor on a mission
BEHIND THE SWEDISH MODEL
Directed by Viktor Nordenskiöld
Behind the scenes of the first corona wave in Sweden, where state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell went solo on a global scale - and became an involuntary public figure overnight.
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
Directed by Alek Keshishian
After years in the limelight, Selena Gomez achieves unimaginable stardom. But just as she reaches a new peak, an unexpected turn pulls her into darkness.
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Directed by John HoffVerena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Up-close look into the human body at several hospitals with specially designed cameras