Willy Brandt Documentary Film Award

An illustrator in India creates political comics for social media – often from a feminist perspective. However, the Hindu nationalist government is cracking down on critical voices.

A family lives a nature-oriented life on the Polish border with Belarus when their home becomes a focal point of migration policy: people seek entry into the EU. A story about humanity.

2022 a left-wing activist unexpectedly becomes Colombian Vice President. She challenges not only the status quo but also the narrative of what a Black woman can achieve in her country.

A young student at Kabul University took her own life after been refused to graduate. Her family seeks justice and tells in poetic words about Zahras passion for her homeland’s ecology.

Fifteen-year-old Mediha lives in a tent city in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. In her video diary, the young Yazidi girl processes her trauma of her enslavement by the so-called Islamic State.

In Spain, eighteen musicians have been sentenced to prison for making political statements in their lyrics. The Catalan music scene performs their songs and fight for freedom of arts and expression.

Years of drought are bringing an Argentinian cattle breeder to the brink of ruin. Within the small cosmos the world’s big problems are reflected: resignation and optimism, life and death.