Pope Francis, Hillary Clinton & Ban Ki-Moon To Be Feted At Berlin Cinema For Peace Gala Alongside Works Protecting Jewish Life & Sharon Stone Art

Melanie Goodfellow

12 February 2024 at 10:53 am·4-min read

Pope Francis, Hillary Rodham Clinton and former UN chief Ban Ki-Moon will be honored at the upcoming Cinema for Peace gala in Berlin on February 19.

The long-running gala run by the Cinema for Peace Foundation will be accompanied by the inaugural World Forum on the Future Of Democracy, Tech and Humankind.

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The latter event will run from February 18 to 19 at the Allianz Forum next to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with the aim of promoting the renewal of democracy and freedom at a time when both are under threat.

The Cinema for Peace Foundation was created in 2008 as an international non-profit organization with the goal to foster change through film. Over the years it has worked with a host of stars including Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney.

Clinton and Ban will attend the February 19 gala in person while Pope Francis will be shown receiving his award in a recorded video. They will be presented with their Cinema for Peace prizes by Sharon Stone, Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk, and Irish singer-song writer and political activist Bob Geldof.

The gala will also include the ceremony for the annual Cinema for Peace awards celebrating films that tackle the perception and resolution of global social, political, and humanitarian challenges of our time, with its Cinema for Peace awards.

Nominees this year include The Zone of Interest, Oppenheimer, Barbie and Killers of the Flower. Scroll down for full list.

There will be a special award for filmmakers whose work supports the protection of Jewish life, in remembrance of the Holocaust and the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, in which 1,200 people were killed and another 240 taken hostage.

The evening will also feature an auction with items on offer including artwork by Stone.

The gala guest list features actors Helen Mirren, Omar Sy, Mario Adorf, Veronica Ferres, Thomas Kretschmann, Nastassja Kinski, Didi Hallervorden, Ben Becker, Jan Josef Liefers and the German band The BossHoss.

Further invitees include Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s first ever female Foreign Minister, Finance Minister Christian Lindner and journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who rose to fame after she protested against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on a live news bulletin.

Pope Francis will be honoured together with the film Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom by Evgeny Afineevsky, for his contributions to the freedom of Ukraine and humanitarian efforts to protect civilians and children.

Further events taking place within the frame of the World Forum include the world premiere of Quiet Diplomat: Ban Ki-moon and the Future of the United Nations followed by a discussion with Ban, as well as separate special evenings with Clinton and Stone.

Berlin’s Galerie Deschler will also host Stone’s Art Exhibition Totem featuring works being shown outside of the U.S. for the first time.

Nominees for the 2024 Cinema for Peace Awards

Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Film of the Year 2024

American Fiction by Cord Jefferson
Barbie by Greta Gerwig
Dumb Money by Craig Gillespie
El Conde by Pablo Larrain
Golda by Guy Nattiv
Killers of The Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese
One Life by James Hawes
Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan
Past Lives by Celine Song
The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer

Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year 2024

American Symphony by Matthew Heineman
Hong Kong Mixtape by San San F. Young
In the Shadow of Beirut by Garry Keane and Stephen Gerard Kelly
JFK: One Day in America by Ella Wright
Kiss the Future by Nenad Čičin-Šain
Motherland by Hanna Badziaka and Alexander Mihalkovich

The Cinema for Peace Dove for Women’s Empowerment 2024

The Disappearance of Shere Hite by Nicole Newnham
Four Daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania
Frida by Carla Gutierrez
Invisible Beauty by Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng
Nyad by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Anna Hints

The Cinema for Peace Dove for The Political Film of the Year 2024

Blix Not Bombs by Greta Stocklassova
Bobi Wine: The People’s President by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp
Defiant by Karim Amer
Invisible Nation by Vanessa Hope
January 6th by Jules and Gedeon Naudet
Origin by Ava DuVernay

The Cinema for Peace Dove for Justice 2024

Justice by Doug Liman
Lakota Nation vs United States by Jesse Short Bull
Stamped From the Beginning by Roger Ross Williams
Theatre of Violence by Lukasz Konopa and Emil Langballe
War and Justice by Michelle Gentile, Marcus Vetter

International Green Film Award 2024

Common Ground by Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell
The Green Planet by Paul Williams, Peter Bassett, Elisabeth Oakham & Rosie Thomas
Life on Our Planet by Adam Chapman, Sophie Lanfear, Nick Shoolingin-Jordan, Barny Revill & Gisele Sverdrup
Secrets of the Elephants by Glenn Barden, Fleur Bone, and Josh Helliker
Whale Nation by Jean-Albert Lièvre
We Are Guardians by Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, and Edivan Guajajara

Cinema for Peace Dove on Global Health 2024
Our Body by Claire Simon
Pay or Die by Rachael Dyer and Scott Alexander Ruderman
Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food by Stephanie Soechtig
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie by Davis Guggenheim
The Walls of Bergamo by Stefano Savona

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