The HRW festival in London is still running (https://ff.hrw.org/london) but others have finished and here is a selection of the wining films:
ONE WORLD FESTIVAL
The film Heart of Stone has taken the Best Film prize at this year’s edition of the One World festival of human rights documentaries in Prague. The winning documentary is about an Afghan refugee in France. The Best Director award went to Denmark’s Mads Brugger, maker of Cold Case Hammarskjold.
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The 2019 FIFDH [see: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2019/01/20/17th-edition-of-the-geneva-international-film-festival-and-forum-on-human-rights-from-8-to-17-march-2019/]. The awards list is as follows (extract):
Grand Prize of Geneva
Endowed with CHF 10,000 – Offered by the City and State of Geneva: Delphine et Carole, Insoumuses, by Callisto McNulty Learn more
Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize in tribute to her son Sergio Vieira de Mello
Endowed with CHF 5,000 – Offered by the Barbara Hendricks Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation: On her Shoulders, by Alexandria Bombach Learn more
Youth Jury Prize
Endowed with CHF 500 – Offered by Peace Brigades International (PBI): Still Recording, by Ghiath Ayoub and Saeed Al Batal Learn more
Endowed with CHF 500 – Offered by the Eduki Foundation: Carmen y Lola by Arantxa Echevarría Learn more
Grand Prize for Fiction
Endowed with CHF 10,000 – Offered by the Hélène and Victor Barbour Foundation: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, by Chiwetel Ejiofor Learn more
Prize of OMCT
Endowed with CHF 5,000 – Offered by the World Organization Against Torture: Congo Lucha, by Marlène Rabaud Learn more
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The poster for the film Cargo.
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https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/french-doc-heart-of-stone-takes-top-prize-at-one-world-festival
https://fifdh.org/en/edition-2019/news/article/le-palmares-integral-du-fifdh-2019-349874
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/03/18/award-winning-bahamian-film-cargo-for-tt/
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 
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