{"id":46548,"date":"2026-03-14T13:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/?p=46548"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:56:00","slug":"2026-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/festival\/news\/2026-awards-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Awards winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block block-quote text-center col-xxl-10 mx-auto\">\n  \u201c&thinsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s awards reflect the diversity of voices that FIFDH brings to the fore. These films shed light on realities too often overlooked and open up powerful new perspectives. We are proud to celebrate works that inspire courage and give voice to those too often unheard.<\/span>&thinsp;\u201d      <br>\n    <span class=\"fs-16 lh-xs\">Laila Alonso Huarte and Laura Longobardi, Editorial Co-Directors, FIFDH<\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n  <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-14_Ceremonie-Cloture_ManonVoland_16-1280x852.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-14_Ceremonie-Cloture_ManonVoland_16-1280x852.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-14_Ceremonie-Cloture_ManonVoland_16-480x319.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-14_Ceremonie-Cloture_ManonVoland_16-854x568.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-14_Ceremonie-Cloture_ManonVoland_16-1900x1264.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>  <\/div>  <figcaption><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soraya Akhlaghi co-director and protagonist of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/festival\/program\/2026\/film\/a-fox-under-a-pink-moon\/\">A Fox Under a Pink Moon<\/a> <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>&#8211; FIFDH 2026 \u00a9 Manon Voland<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-accordions\">\n  <div class=\"accordion\" id=\"block_69bbba1dc2f33\">\n    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"block block-accordion accordion-item\">\n  <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n    <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-block_69bbba1dc2f40\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-block_69bbba1dc2f40\">\n      <div class=\"h2 mb-0 d-flex\">\n                Creative Documentary Competition       <\/div>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div id=\"collapse-block_69bbba1dc2f40\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" data-bs-parent=\"\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n      <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Creative Documentary Competition Jury is composed of photographer and filmmaker Zed Nelson, writer and playwright Sarah Schulman, and filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FIFDH Geneva Grand Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/festival\/program\/2026\/film\/a-fox-under-a-pink-moon\/\">A Fox Under a Pink Moon<\/a><\/em> <\/strong>by Soraya Akhlaghi and Mehrdad Oskouei<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>A talented young Afghan artist driven by a powerful desire to transform her reality through art, Soraya Akhlaghi documents her courageous and deeply risky journey through a long-distance cinematic collaboration with Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei. Their connection across technology and geography mirrors an experience shared by millions of migrants in a time of global upheaval. <em>A Fox Under a Pink Moon<\/em> is a deeply personal work: creative, harrowing and enlightening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_DOCU_169-1280x720.webp\" class=\"attachment-md size-md\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_DOCU_169-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_DOCU_169-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_DOCU_169-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_DOCU_169-1900x1069.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>    <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10\u2019000 CHF, Offered by the city and canton of Geneva <br>Awarded by the International Documentary Jury<br><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FIFDH Gilda Vieira de Mello Award<br>in honour of her son Sergio Vieira De Mello<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/festival\/program\/2026\/film\/letters-from-wolf-street\/\" type=\"film\" id=\"41801\"><strong><em>Letters from Wolf Street<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>by Arjun Talwar<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A unique work. Made on a small budget but with great care,<em> Letters from Wolf Street <\/em>is a nuanced, sophisticated and highly accessible film about grief and belonging. Far from his native India, Arjun Talwar confronts his own loneliness by building close relationships with neighbours in Warsaw. Through these encounters, he reveals everyday racism and the barriers to acceptance faced by migrants and long-standing Polish minorities alike. Both revealing and tender.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_DOCU_GILDA_169-1280x720.webp\" class=\"attachment-md size-md\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_DOCU_GILDA_169-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_DOCU_GILDA_169-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_DOCU_GILDA_169-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_DOCU_GILDA_169-1900x1069.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>    <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5\u2019000 CHF, Offered by the Barbara Hendricks Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation <br>Awarded by the International Documentary Jury<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Youth Jury Award &#8211; Documentary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/festival\/program\/2026\/film\/a-fox-under-a-pink-moon\/\" type=\"film\" id=\"41831\">A Fox Under a Pink Moon<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Soraya Akhlaghi and Mehrdad Oskouei<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The Youth Jury for Documentaries chose to award A Fox Under a Pink Moon, a particularly moving film. A strong sense of closeness emerged with Soraya, the protagonist, notably because of her age, but also through shared life experiences. This sense of closeness is reinforced by the film\u2019s distinctive form, which alternates fragments of her daily life filmed on a phone with animated sequences inspired by her drawings and sculptures. Soraya does not film when she wants to, but when she can. This constraint gives the film its sincerity and lends particular weight to every image. Through these fragments emerges the turbulent journey of a resilient young woman who transforms her wounds into creation, and for whom art becomes a means of survival and renewal.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_JEUNE_DOCU_169-1280x720.webp\" class=\"attachment-md size-md\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_JEUNE_DOCU_169-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_JEUNE_DOCU_169-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_JEUNE_DOCU_169-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_JEUNE_DOCU_169-1900x1069.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>    <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3\u2019000 CHF, OFFERED BY PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL (PBI) AND THE HOSPICE G\u00c9N\u00c9RAL<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Awarded by the Youth Jury &#8211; Documentary: Sekouba Camara, Andrea Carrer, Ali Jawadi, Am\u00e9lie Lant\u00e9ri, Elisa Levacher, Hesam Mohammadi and Dario Rizzo<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-accordion accordion-item\">\n  <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n    <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-block_69bbba1dc2f84\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-block_69bbba1dc2f84\">\n      <div class=\"h2 mb-0 d-flex\">\n                Fiction Competition      <\/div>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div id=\"collapse-block_69bbba1dc2f84\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" data-bs-parent=\"\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n      <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Fiction Jury is represented by writer Adania Shibli, director Elie Grappe, programmer Jenny Billeter, and Thierry Oppikofer, representative of the Barbour Foundation.<br><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FIFDH Fiction Grand Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/festival\/program\/2026\/film\/cotton-queen\/\" type=\"film\" id=\"41503\">Cotton Queen<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Suzannah Mirghani<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The film portrays its characters with delicacy and ambiguity, blending tenderness with moments of humour. Here humour becomes a way of confronting cruelty &#8211; and surviving it. At the same time, the story invites us to imagine paths other than those already laid out.&nbsp; Reimagining the past becomes a way of reclaiming a place in history for those who have been erased.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the film reveals an understanding of feminism that is embedded in colonial experiences. Last but not least, it brings the question of human rights close to the question of nature, where the abuse of land and plants is not separate from the abuse of humans.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_169-1280x720.webp\" class=\"attachment-md size-md\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_169-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_169-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_169-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_169-1900x1069.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>    <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10\u2019000 CHF, OFFERED BY THE H\u00c9L\u00c8NE AND VICTOR BARBOUR FOUNDATION<br>Awarded by the Fiction Jury<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special Mentions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/festival\/program\/2026\/film\/lost-land\/\">Lost Land<\/a><\/em> <\/strong>by Akio Fujimoto<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For portraying play as a vital way of resisting pain and despair, and for showing how those who have lost everything are often the first to help others, remaining undefeated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/festival\/program\/2026\/film\/between-dreams-and-hope\/\" type=\"film\" id=\"41475\">Between Dreams and Hope<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Farnoosh Samadi<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For its exploration of the strength of non-normative love as a force against social constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-gallery \">\n  <div class=\"row justify-content-center my-5\">\n          <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n        <div class=\"block block-image\">\n        <figure>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_MENTION2_169-1280x720.webp\" class=\"attachment-md size-md\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_MENTION2_169-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_MENTION2_169-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_MENTION2_169-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_MENTION2_169-1900x1069.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>                    <figcaption><p><em>Lost Land by <\/em>Akio Fujimoto<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>        <\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n        <div class=\"block block-image\">\n        <figure>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_MENTION_169-1280x720.webp\" class=\"attachment-md size-md\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_MENTION_169-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_MENTION_169-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_MENTION_169-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FICTION_MENTION_169-1900x1069.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>                    <figcaption><p><em>Between Dreams and Hope<\/em> by\u00a0 Farnoosh Samadi<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>        <\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Youth Jury Award\u2013 Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/festival\/program\/2026\/film\/laundry\/\">Laundry<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Zamo Mkhwanazi<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The jury was deeply moved by this rich and complex film, which subtly portrays the repression of racialised communities under South Africa\u2019s apartheid regime. The film\u2019s remarkable use of music offers both escape from and contrast with the omnipresent violence endured by its protagonists. Through the actors\u2019 performances, the narrative and thematic variations, and many other elements, all executed with great skill, this film unquestionably stood out.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_JEUNE_FICTION_169-1280x720.webp\" class=\"attachment-md size-md\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_JEUNE_FICTION_169-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_JEUNE_FICTION_169-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_JEUNE_FICTION_169-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_JEUNE_FICTION_169-1900x1069.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>    <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3\u2019000 CHF, OFFERED BY THE HOSPICE G\u00c9N\u00c9RAL<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Awarded by the Youth Jury &#8211; Fiction: Laura Bapst Apst, Julien Chapiteau, Alice K\u00fcndig, Charles Massicote, Askadirou Nfankue, Dimitrios Sofologis and Mohammad Yousufi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-accordion accordion-item\">\n  <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n    <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-block_69bbba1dc2fce\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-block_69bbba1dc2fce\">\n      <div class=\"h2 mb-0 d-flex\">\n                Focus Competition      <\/div>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div id=\"collapse-block_69bbba1dc2fce\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" data-bs-parent=\"\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n      <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Focus Jury is composed of Judith Fiss (Amnesty International Switzerland), Elise Golay (International Service for Human Rights \u2013 ISHR), Spring Gombe (Policy\/Strategy Group), Kibrom Mehari (HEKS\/EPER) and Sharon Oseku-Frainier (Ramsar Convention on Wetlands).<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vision for Human Rights Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/festival\/program\/2026\/film\/yurlu-country\/\" type=\"film\" id=\"41295\">Yurlu | Country<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Yaara Bou Melhem<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>This film stands out for the quiet force of its perspective and its clear call for accountability. Yaara Bou Melhem\u2019s hypnotic cinematography portrays Banjima Country with tenderness and dignity, while offering an uncompromising critique of colonial exploitation of land, labour, sovereignty and cultural heritage. Its consequences are still felt today in the deadly legacy of asbestos, which continues to claim lives. <em>Yurlu | Country<\/em> shows how environmental destruction and human rights abuses intersect through corporate impunity and government complicity. At a time of renewed global expansion in mining and resource extraction, its urgency is unmistakable.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FOCUS_169-1280x720.webp\" class=\"attachment-md size-md\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FOCUS_169-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FOCUS_169-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FOCUS_169-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_FOCUS_169-1900x1069.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>    <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5\u2019000 CHF<br>Awarded by the Focus Jury<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-accordion accordion-item\">\n  <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n    <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-block_69bbba1dc2fea\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-block_69bbba1dc2fea\">\n      <div class=\"h2 mb-0 d-flex\">\n                Impact Days      <\/div>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div id=\"collapse-block_69bbba1dc2fea\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" data-bs-parent=\"\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n      <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">StoryBoard Impact Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>OLIMBI &#8211; Mother Courage<\/em><\/strong> by Karlo Mlinar<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n  <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS2-1280x720.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS2-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS2-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS2-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS2-1900x1069.webp 1900w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS2.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>  <\/div>  <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10\u2019000 CHF awarded to a project from the Impact Days 2026 International Selection.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Another Story Foundation x Impact Social Club Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>\u200b\u200bThis is Not A Civil War<\/em><\/strong> by Hnin Thet Hmu Khin and Oliver Petrie<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n  <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS3-1280x720.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS3-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS3-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS3-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS3-1900x1069.webp 1900w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS3.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>  <\/div>  <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2\u2019500 EUR and a consulting session awarded to a project from the International Selection or Swiss Focus.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Swiss Focus Impact Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>\u200b\u200bTo the Moon and Back<\/em><\/strong> by Elisa G\u00f3mez Alvarez<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n  <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS4-1280x720.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS4-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS4-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS4-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS4-1900x1069.webp 1900w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS4.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>  <\/div>  <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>2\u2019500 CHF awarded to a project presented in Swiss Focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sublimages Impacts Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Gaza Sunbirds<\/em><\/strong> by Flavia Cappellini<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n  <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS-1280x720.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS-1900x1069.webp 1900w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>  <\/div>  <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Translation and subtitling for a project from the International Selection or Swiss Focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Working Films Impact Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>The Quiet Part<\/em><\/strong> by Rachel Lauren Mueller<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n  <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS5-1280x720.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS5-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS5-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS5-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS5-1900x1069.webp 1900w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_169_IMPACTS5.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>  <\/div>  <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Consulting workshop for a project from the International Selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-accordion accordion-item\">\n  <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n    <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-block_69bbba1dc303e\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-block_69bbba1dc303e\">\n      <div class=\"h2 mb-0 d-flex\">\n                Cultural mediation      <\/div>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div id=\"collapse-block_69bbba1dc303e\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" data-bs-parent=\"\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n      <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>IN HOSPITALS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Convergences Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Life is Beautiful <\/em><\/strong>by Mohamed Jabaly<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The jury was moved by the film\u2019s luminous energy and its moments of genuine joy : an approach still rarely seen in stories about transition. <em>Ni\u00f1xs <\/em>invites empathy and highlights the importance of recognising each person\u2019s journey on their own terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIFDH collaborates with the Maison de l\u2019enfance et de l\u2019adolescence (MEA) through a Convergences Jury workshop bringing together adolescents from different units.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n  <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_CONVERGENCES_169-1280x720.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_CONVERGENCES_169-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_CONVERGENCES_169-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_CONVERGENCES_169-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_CONVERGENCES_169-1900x1069.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>  <\/div>  <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Champ-Dollon Jury Award and Prix La Brenaz Jury Award <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Before There Was Nothing<\/em> <\/strong>by Yvann Yagchi<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>A Swiss filmmaker of Palestinian origin travels to the West Bank to make sense of the break-up with a childhood friend who became a Jewish settler. While trying to understand why their friendship has not held up in the face of the political situation, he reveals his own tragic family history in Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n  <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_CARCERAL_169-1280x720.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_CARCERAL_169-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_CARCERAL_169-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_CARCERAL_169-854x480.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FIFDH_26_PALMARES_CARCERAL_169-1900x1069.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>  <\/div>  <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":46507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,28],"class_list":["post-46548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festival","category-fifdh"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46548"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46668,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46548\/revisions\/46668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}