Political Film Society Award for Peace
The Political Film Society Award for Peace is awarded annually by the Political Film Society Award to a film that deals with the struggle for peace in both fictional and non-fictional stories.[1] The award has been made by the Society since 1987.[1][2] The number of films nominated depends on the number of movies that qualify, and has been as low as one and as high as fourteen.
The first recipient was Platoon in 1987. The award, as with any other Political Film Society Award, can go to a mainstream, independent or international film. The Political Film Society looks at a broad selection of movies before it nominates them.
In the following list of nominees and winners of the Political Film Society Award for Peace, the winners are indicated in bold.[3]
1980s
- 1987 Platoon
- 1988 Good Morning, Vietnam
- 1989 Casualties of War
1990s
- 1990 Dances with Wolves[1]
- Dreams Come True[1]
- 1991 Boyz n the Hood
- 1992 Grand Canyon
- 1993 Heaven and Earth
- 1994 The War[4]
- 1995 Beyond Rangoon
- 1996 Michael Collins
- 1997 Seven Years in Tibet
- 1998 Savior
- 1999 Three Kings
2000s
- 2000 Thirteen Days
- 2001 Lumumba
- 2002 The Quiet American
- 2003 Bawandar
- 2004 Tae Guk Gi
- 2005 Munich[6]
- 2006 Joyeux Noël
- 2007 O Jerusalem
- 2008 Stop-Loss
- 2009 The Hurt Locker
2010s
- 2010 The Ghost Writer
- 2011 5 Days of War
- 2012 West of Thunder[7]
- 2013
- Zaytoun
- 2014 Diplomacy
- Cesar Chavez
- Giovanni's Island
- The Railway Man
- 2015 Timbuktu
- Beasts of No Nation
- Tangerines
- 2016
- Eye in the Sky
- Land of Mine
- Tanna
- 2019 Ashes in the Snow
2020s
- 2021 Margrete: Queen of the North
- 2022 All Quiet on the Western Front
- 2023 Aurora's Sunrise
- 2025 Shoshana
- No Other Land
- Palestine 30
See also
- Political Film Society Award for Democracy
- Political Film Society Award for Exposé
- Political Film Society Award for Human Rights
References
- ^ a b c d Haas, Michael (March 1991). "Why a Political Film Society?" (PDF). PS: Political Science & Politics: 70–71.
- ^ "Political Film Society - MovieMaker Magazine". MovieMaker. 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
- ^ "Previous Political Film Society Award Winners". Political Film Society. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
- ^ "TV week from June 12 to 18, 2021". www.jeunecinema.fr. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
- ^ "Coming Attractions". Hartford Courant. 2001-05-20. p. 59. Retrieved 2025-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Political Film Society Marks 20 Years". The Signal. Santa Clarita, California. 2006-10-01. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "West of Thunder wins Political Film Society's Best Film (Human Rights) and Best Film (Peace)". Sadie Kaye. Retrieved 2025-11-30.