Roman Oleksiv, 11, from Vinnytsia has acquired an award on the annual Cinema for Peace occasion held on the Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition. He was awarded with the Cinema for Peace Honorary Dove 2026 for that includes within the documentary Youngsters within the Fireplace directed by Evgeny Afineevsky.
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Particulars: The documentary tells the story of Roman, who suffered extreme accidents in a Russian missile strike on town of Vinnytsia in July 2022. His mom was killed. Roman sustained in depth burns, underwent dozens of operations and spent an extended interval in rehabilitation overseas. He has returned to highschool, resumed music classes and commenced public appearances by which he shares his story.
Youngsters within the Fireplace was shortlisted within the Most Beneficial Documentary Movie of the 12 months class alongside 2000 Meters to Andriivka by Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov and 9 different works.
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton was among the many company. Afineevsky introduced her with a shawl by a Ukrainian model that includes kids's drawings.
Cinema for Peace has been held since September 2001. Annually it honours movies and people for contributions to reporting on wars and humanitarian crises and for efforts to defend human rights.
In 2008, the initiative led to the creation of the Cinema for Peace Basis, a world non-profit and non-governmental organisation based mostly in Berlin and devoted to "driving change by means of movies able to altering views and bringing hope to its audiences".
In recent times, Cinema for Peace has supported a variety of main initiatives and movies, working with artists comparable to Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron, and Nicole Kidman. It has additionally labored with distinguished figures comparable to The Dalai Lama, Muhammad Ali, Invoice and Hillary Clinton and Nelson Mandela.
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