German film on globalisation wins One World festival
March 7th, 2007 by Zsofia
A German documentary on globalisation, “Losers and Winners” by Ulrike Franke and Michael Loeken, has won the main award at the 9th One World international human rights documentary film festival in Prague. The documentary follows 400 Chinese workers as they pull down a coke factory in Germany’s Ruhr Valley and ship the parts for re-assembly in China.
The Best Director award went to the “Cemetery Club” from Israel, a film about elderly people, directed by Tali Shemesh. The jury also awarded a special mention to a Danish documentary on human courage, “Enemies of Happiness” by Eva Mulvad. Meanwhile, Russian film-maker Svetlana Gannushkina was presented with the Homo Homini award for an outstanding achievement in human rights.
This year’s festival, which has offered some 120 documentaries from 40 countries, has attracted a record high number of 35,000 viewers. For more info, visit the One World website, or see our previous item on One World.
