Cinema for Peace Gala Nominations 2010


The Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year 2010


Clint Eastwood, Anthony Peckham, John Carlin, Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge

Invictus

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Robert Harris, Roman Polanski, Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams

The ghost Writer

A ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.

Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman, Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson

The Messenger

An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.

Danis Tanovic, Scott Anderson Colin Farrell, Jamie Sives, Paz Vega

Traige

The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.

Walter Kirn, Jason Reitman, George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick

up in the air

Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire.

Michael Showalter, Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter and Ray Romano

Avatar

A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

Gloria La Morte Paola Mendoza, Sebastian Villada, Laura Montana

Entre Nos

A story based on facts which offers a fresh take on the issue of new immigrants in the United States.

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope

District 9

An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology. 

Oliver Hirschbiegel, Guy Hibbert, Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca

5 minutes heaven

The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.


The International Green Film Award 2010


Fredrik Gertten Byron Rosales Romero, Juan J. Dominguez, Duane Miller

Bananas!*

Juan "Accidentes" Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility.

Joe Berlinger, Dan Ashley, Pablo Fajardo, Kent Robertson

Crude

The story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.

Isabelle Delannoy, Yann Arthus-Bertrand Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Glenn Close, Jacques Gamblin

Home

With aerial footage from fifty-four countries, 'Home' is a depiction of how Earth's problems are all interlinked.

Michael Madsen, Jesper Bergmann, Carl Reinhold Bråkenhjelm, Mikael Jensen, Berit Lundqvist

Into eternity

A documentary on the safety of nuclear storage.

 

The Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year 2010


N.C. Heikin, Young Hun Choi, Kang Chol Hwan, Lee Shin

Kimjongilia

North Korean defectors tell their stories of repression, escape and hope.

Nouritza Matossian, Katy Sheppard

Murder File: Hrant Dink 

The murderer of the ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink has been sentenced yesterday to 23 years in prison. Hrant Dink was the editor of a bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper who dedicated his life to advocating the rights of Armenians, Kurds and other minorities in the Turkish Republic.

Sergio

A look at the life and work of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and the rescue operation when he was trapped and injured by a bomb explosion at UN headquarters in Baghdad.

Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Soeren Steen Desperson

reporter

Journalist Nicholas Kristof travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate the growing humanitarian crisis.

Ngawang Choephel

Tibet in Song

A look at the life and struggles of the Tibetan people and their culture told through music.

Dominique Margot, Moussa Ag Keyna, Aminatou Goumar

TOUMAST

Moussa ag Kenya is one of the many young Tuaregs who want to liberate their people by force of arms. He is wounded in a fight and decides to continue the fight for freedom and identity - Toumast - through word and music. The contemporary history of the Tuaregs is reviewed.


The Cinema for Peace Award for Justice 2010


Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith, Lawrence Lerew, Rick Goldsmith, Peter Arnett, Ben Bagdikian, Ann Beeson

the most dangerous man in America

"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "Imperial" Presidency.

Cyrus Nowrasteh, Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel, Mozhan Marnò

the stoning of Soraya

A desperate woman asks for a meeting with a journalist to disclose the cruel and inhumane punishment of her niece.

Elia Suleiman, Menashe Noy, Elia Suleiman, Baher Agbariya

the time that remains

An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.

Mohammad Reza Kazemi, Farid Haerinejad, Asiyeh Amini, Shadi Sadr

Women in shroud

A dedicated group of Iranian lawyers and activists work together to counter the injustice of the death penalty.

Laura Waters Hinson

slaves

Could you forgive a person who murdered your family? This is the question faced by the subjects of As We Forgive, a documentary about Rosaria and Chantal-two Rwandan women

Michael Moore, William Black, Jimmy Carter

Capitalism: A love Story

An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.

Bryan Single

A unique and incandescent documentary which follows a group of former child soldiers as they undergo a process of trauma therapy and emotional healing while in a rehabilitation center.