True Story Festival

TRUE STORY AWARD – 3rd Prize

Germany / 2020-04-30

Sarah A. Topol

The Schoolteacher and the Genocide

بنفشه سام گيس – Banafsheh Samgiss

USA / 2019-08-08

Honorable Mentions

City of the Condemned

Yulia Vishnevetskaya and Misha Yashnov

Iran / 2020-07-07

The Elusive Star of Soviet Art Brut

And Thus We Lost the Generation that Changed Spain

Latvia / 2019-08-05

Pablo de Llano

The Ci Poem on the Burial of Fallen Flowers, the Glue Applicator, and the Love Letter

Spain / 2020-06-28

安小庆 – Xiaoqin An

How did western weapons end up in the hands of ISIS and AQAP in Yemen?

China / 2020-07-20

Nominees 2021

Mohamed Aboelgheit

مها صلاح الدين – Maha Rashed

Jordan / 2019-02-28

The Leader’s Exile: Searching for Saad Zaghloul in Malta

Egypt's Corpseless Coffins

Egypt / 2020-03-08

Samar Medhat

Black beaches: Oil spill in Ras Ghareb destroys marine life and threatens residents’ health

Jordan / 2020-06-29

إيمان منير – Iman Munir

Tao Chongyuan: The Obscured and the Damaged

Egypt / 2020-06-30

葛佳男 – Jianan Ge

The Ci Poem on the Burial of Fallen Flowers, the Glue Applicator, and the Love Letter

China / 2019-03-26

安小庆 – Xiaoqin An

Takeout Delivery Drivers: Caught in the System

China / 2020-07-20

赖祐萱 – Youxuan Lai

China / 2020-08-08

Peter C. Baker

This, Too, Was History

TRUE STORY AWARD – 3rd Prize

USA / 2019-02-07

Sarah A. Topol

The Schoolteacher and the Genocide

What Happened in Room 10?

USA / 2019-08-08

Katie Engelhart

TRUE STORY AWARD – 1st Prize

USA / 2020-08-23

Jacobo Garcia

The Murky Waters of the Caribbean

Spain / 2019-06-22

Colombia / 2020-01-05

Pablo de Llano

And Thus We Lost the Generation that Changed Spain

One Hundred Days of Caskets and Partings

Spain / 2020-06-28

Joseph Zárate

Police screw-up or “That stupid bastard would have ended up in jail anyway”

Peru / 2020-07-27

Maurice Midena

The Cursed Children of Myanmar

France / 2019-01-25

Guillaume Pajot

Mathieu Molard et Christophe-Cécil Garnier

France / 2019-04-12

A Police Officer Exposes Hundreds of Cases of Abuse and Racism in the Cells of the Paris High Court

France / 2020-07-27

Hannes Grassegger

The Finkelstein Formula

TRUE STORY AWARD – 2nd Prize

Switzerland / 2019-01-12

Germany / 2019-11-06

Under The Cross

Bhrikuti Rai and Nishita Jha

Germany / 2020-04-30

How Donald Trump’s anti-abortion rule is creating a dystopia for Nepali women

Caste in Campus: How Dalits are denied an equal education

Nepal / 2019-11-01

Monica Jha

Security forces target women with impunity during Kashmir crackdown

India / 2020-02-12

Safina Nabi

My Life in the Albanian Gulags

USA / 2020-05-26

Matteo Tacconi

Italiano English

Italy / 2019-12-19

صادق امامی – Sadegh Emami

13 Kilometers with Kulbars

بنفشه سام گيس – Banafsheh Samgiss

Iran / 2019-12-25

City of the Condemned

الناز محمدی – Elnaz Mohammadi

Iran / 2020-07-07

The Hidden Side of Captivity

Julia Dolce e Rute Pina – Applicant: Julia Dolce

Iran / 2020-08-16

The Starving: The Hunger the Justice System is Blind to

Caio Barretto Briso – Applicant: Caio Barretto

Brazil / 2019-03-11

Brutality Off the Autopsy Reports

Andrea Dip e Julia Dolce – Applicant: Andrea Dip

Brazil / 2019-03-15

Sexual Violence in Marajó

Yulia Vishnevetskaya and Misha Yashnov

Brazil / 2019-09-24

The Elusive Star of Soviet Art Brut

Нина Назарова – Applicant: Nina Nazarova

Latvia / 2019-08-05

“It’s a prank! Marry me!” Why Russian men plant drugs on their brides-to-be

Светлана Рейтер, Андрей Сошников, Темур Кигурадзе – Applicant: Svetlana Soprunova

Russia / 2019-08-28

A Good Man with No Limits: The Story of the Darknet’s First Contract Killing

How Zohra and Hamza came back home

Russia / 2019-10-31

Koen Greven

Beholden to the Sea: the Orkneys’ Marine-Energy Revolution

Netherlands / 2019-09-04

Ukraine / 2019-12-13

Khadija Sharife and Mark Anderson

Slovenia / 2019-12-14

How Yahya Jammeh Stole a Country

Ian Yee and Shanjeev Reddy

Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2019-03-27

The Malaysian Drug Trade

Ammar Derwish and Annie Slemrod

Malaysia / 2019-06-24

How coronavirus hit Aden: A Yemeni doctor’s diary

Yemen / 2020-07-07

Shortlist 2021

Arabic

Mohamed Aboelgheit

How did western weapons end up in the hands of ISIS and AQAP in Yemen?

كتيب العائلة الليبية... تلاعب موسع بالتركيبة السكانية للبلاد

Jordan / 2019-02-28

Ahmed Al Khamissi

خانة الديانة.. إسلام الأزواج يحرم أمهات مسيحيات من حضانة الأطفال

Libya / 2019-03-25

Mahmoud El Shal

Egypt / 2019-06-20

Aseel Sarih

اغاثة فاسدة بإشراف اممي

Mohammed Abo Leila and Ahmed Gamaleddin

UAE / 2019-07-02

طفايات قاتلة

مها صلاح الدين – Maha Rashed

Egypt / 2019-11-30

The Leader’s Exile: Searching for Saad Zaghloul in Malta

الطريق الوعر... شهادات لاجئين في رحلتهم بين تركيا وأوروبا

Egypt / 2020-03-08

Afaf Alhajji

Lebanon / 2020-03-14

Samar Medhat

Egypt's Corpseless Coffins

Jordan / 2020-06-29

إيمان منير – Iman Munir

Black beaches: Oil spill in Ras Ghareb destroys marine life and threatens residents’ health

"لا نريدكم بعد اليوم": الداعمون ينفقون مليارات الدولارات لإبقاء أبوابهم مقفلة وليبقى اللاجئون السوريون بلا مأوى.

Egypt / 2020-06-30

Hazm Almazouni

Tao Chongyuan: The Obscured and the Damaged

Lebanon / 2020-08-24

Chinese

China / 2019-02-12

China / 2019-02-19

The Ci Poem on the Burial of Fallen Flowers, the Glue Applicator, and the Love Letter

China / 2019-03-26

Minjie Dai

报道 | 逐梦童模镇：妈妈，我们明天几点拍照？

China / 2019-04-01

China / 2019-06-17

China / 2019-09-09

China / 2020-03-14

China / 2020-06-16

China / 2020-07-20

赖祐萱 – Youxuan Lai

Takeout Delivery Drivers: Caught in the System

China / 2020-08-08

English

Peter C. Baker

This, Too, Was History

Secrets of the World's Greatest Art Thief

USA / 2019-02-07

Michael Finkel

The Untold Story Behind the Mysterious Disappearance of Fan Bingbing

USA / 2019-02-28

May Jeong

Guantánamo's Darkest Secret

USA / 2019-03-26

Ben Taub

How the U.S. Became a Haven for War Criminals

USA / 2019-04-15

Annie Hylton

TRUE STORY AWARD – 3rd Prize

USA / 2019-04-29

Sarah A. Topol

Awarded

The Schoolteacher and the Genocide

Mysterious Kidney Illness is Killing Undocumented Workers

USA / 2019-08-08

Alessandra Bergamin

Golden Dawn: the rise and fall of Greece's neo-Nazis

USA / 2019-11-22

Daniel Trilling

“When can we really rest?”

United Kingdom / 2020-03-03

Nadja Drost

USA / 2020-04-02

Katie Engelhart

What Happened in Room 10?

Paula Mónaco Felipe, Wendy Selene Pérez y Miguel Tovar

USA / 2020-08-23

Spanish

Los jornaleros forenses

Español

Mexico / 2019-05-15

Jacobo Garcia

Awarded

TRUE STORY AWARD – 1st Prize

The Murky Waters of the Caribbean

Xavier Aldekoa y Alfons Rodríguez

Spain / 2019-06-22

Serie Indestructibles: Margaret aún quiere jugar.

Spain / 2019-08-03

Colombia / 2020-01-05

Diego Fernández Romeral y Cintia Kemelmajer

Kike Ferrari, el escritor proletario

Español

Mexico / 2020-02-01

Pablo de Llano

Finalist

And Thus We Lost the Generation that Changed Spain

Tras el represor de Rodolfo Walsh

Spain / 2020-06-28

Tali Goldman

Español

Mexico / 2020-07-17

Joseph Zárate

One Hundred Days of Caskets and Partings

Peru / 2020-07-27

French

Maurice Midena

Police screw-up or “That stupid bastard would have ended up in jail anyway”

France / 2019-01-25

Guillaume Pajot

The Cursed Children of Myanmar

Simon Clair et Grégoire Belhoste

France / 2019-04-12

Auto-tuné

L'horizon perdu des Sioux

France / 2019-05-29

Camille Laffont

Fin du Monde? Les Suisses survivront

France / 2019-06-30

Ghalia Kadiri

Repentis - Renaître après la haine

Switzerland / 2020-02-15

Sophie Boutboul

France / 2020-04-01

France / 2020-04-09

Centrafrique : La guerre au nom de la nature

France / 2020-05-10

Belgium / 2020-06-01

Les villages sans utérus

Mathieu Molard et Christophe-Cécil Garnier

France / 2020-07-09

A Police Officer Exposes Hundreds of Cases of Abuse and Racism in the Cells of the Paris High Court

France / 2020-07-27

German

Hannes Grassegger

The Finkelstein Formula

Wenn das Herz versagt ... und es nur eine Rettung gibt

Switzerland / 2019-01-12

Margherita Bettoni

Liebe mich oder stirb

Deutsch

Switzerland / 2019-02-07

Dominik Stawski

Germany / 2019-03-21

Germany / 2019-08-30

Doktor Gammel holt ein Kind

Germany / 2019-09-14

Germany / 2019-11-06

Germany / 2019-11-28

Der Fall seines Lebens

Deutsch

Germany / 2020-02-13

Nina Schick

Awarded

TRUE STORY AWARD – 2nd Prize

Germany / 2020-04-30

Germany / 2020-05-31

Kai Biermann, Astrid Geisler, Daniel Müller, Christian Parth, Karsten Polke-Majewski

Es begann mit einem Foto

Deutsch

Germany / 2020-07-23

Jury for South Asia (Urdu/Hindi/English)

Abha Lal and Peter Gill

Was Pramila Tharu Murdered, or Did She Commit Suicide?

Snigdha Poonam and Leena Dhankhar

Nepal / 2019-04-08

A multi-million insurance fraud that preyed on disease, poverty, desperation

Bhrikuti Rai and Nishita Jha

India / 2019-05-15

How Donald Trump’s anti-abortion rule is creating a dystopia for Nepali women

In Odisha’s Residential Schools For Tribal Girls, Education Comes At A Cost

Nepal / 2019-11-01

Sarita Santoshini

India / 2019-11-21

Monica Jha

Caste in Campus: How Dalits are denied an equal education

Socioeconomic inequalities in India's assisted reproduction

India / 2020-02-12

Dharani Thangavelu

Captain Sanaullah's Burden Of Extraordinary Proof

India / 2020-02-18

Sadiq Naqvi

India / 2020-05-19

Safina Nabi

Security forces target women with impunity during Kashmir crackdown

Pakistan’s Sheedis Try to Stake Out Their Place

USA / 2020-05-26

Sabrina Toppa

Pescecani adriatici intorno ai cantieri di Pola

Pakistan / 2020-08-19

Italian

Christian Elia

Italy / 2019-08-18

Matteo Tacconi

My Life in the Albanian Gulags

Italiano English

Italy / 2019-12-19

Giuseppe Rizzo

La pandemia nella testa di chi soffre di una malattia psichiatrica

La scuola d’avanguardia a Rimini che può essere un modello anche oggi

Italy / 2020-04-21

Christian Raimo

I segni che lascia il covid-19 su chi è guarito

Italy / 2020-08-29

Annalisa Camilli

آخرین ایستگاه مسافران ابدی

Italy / 2020-09-01

Persian

Azra Farahani

Iran / 2019-01-01

Iran / 2019-05-11

کارخانه بازگشت به جامعه

فارسی

Iran / 2019-07-08

صادق امامی – Sadegh Emami

13 Kilometers with Kulbars

Iran / 2019-12-25

Iran / 2020-01-20

بنفشه سام گيس – Banafsheh Samgiss

Finalist

City of the Condemned

زندگی شبانه زنان معتاد و کارتن‌خواب در تهران؛ از زباله‌دانی تا تَن‌فروشی

Iran / 2020-07-07

Fatemeh Sabery

فارسی

Iran / 2020-07-18

الناز محمدی – Elnaz Mohammadi

The Hidden Side of Captivity

Matança policial em Milagres e a invenção da resistência

Iran / 2020-08-16

Portuguese

Melquiades Junior

O Lugar Onde Nem Eu Nem Tu Queremos Viver

Brazil / 2019-01-07

Marta Gonçalves

Julia Dolce e Rute Pina – Applicant: Julia Dolce

Portugal / 2019-02-06

The Starving: The Hunger the Justice System is Blind to

Caio Barretto Briso – Applicant: Caio Barretto

Brazil / 2019-03-11

Brutality Off the Autopsy Reports

Brazil / 2019-03-15

Mireille Pinheiro

Os Segredos dos Arautos

Andrea Dip e Julia Dolce – Applicant: Andrea Dip

Brazil / 2019-08-23

Sexual Violence in Marajó

"O que eles deixaram no manicómio I"

Brazil / 2019-09-24

Catarina Gomes

Olesya Gerasimenko and Svetlana Reiter

Portugal / 2019-10-27

Brazil / 2019-12-10

Brazil / 2020-02-02

Russian

Russia / 2019-02-11

Russia / 2019-04-24

"Лучше бы тебя не было". Почему матери убивают своих детей

Yulia Vishnevetskaya and Misha Yashnov

Russia / 2019-07-12

Finalist

The Elusive Star of Soviet Art Brut

ДОРОГА В АСКИЗ. Маньяк в Хакасии убивал и насиловал женщин в течение пяти лет. Государство его не замечало

Latvia / 2019-08-05

Taisiia Bekbulatova

Нина Назарова – Applicant: Nina Nazarova

Russia / 2019-08-22

“It’s a prank! Marry me!” Why Russian men plant drugs on their brides-to-be

Светлана Рейтер, Андрей Сошников, Темур Кигурадзе – Applicant: Svetlana Soprunova

Russia / 2019-08-28

A Good Man with No Limits: The Story of the Darknet’s First Contract Killing

Настоящий православный царьград. История священника Николая Стремского, который 30 лет воспитывал приемных детей, а теперь находится в СИЗО по обвинению в педофилии

Russia / 2019-10-31

Mariia Karpenko

Семь лет родители солдата возвращали его сердце

Russia / 2019-11-05

Irina Sherbakova

Thomas Ergo and Tove Bjørnaa

Russia / 2020-08-13

Europe

The Story of Siw: Give Me A Little Happiness Before I Die

I Speak to You through the Cyber Eye: I Want to Live

Norway / 2019-02-08

Malgorzata Smolak

Հրամանագրի գերիները / Dead men walking in Armenia's prisons

Poland / 2019-03-18

Karine Asatryan

Armenia / 2019-08-03

Koen Greven

How Zohra and Hamza came back home

Lepiej, jakbyś kogoś zabił

Netherlands / 2019-09-04

Ukraine / 2019-09-24

Poland / 2019-10-28

Khaled Diab

When Home Becomes a Foreign Land

Israel / 2019-12-11

Ukraine / 2019-12-13

Beholden to the Sea: the Orkneys’ Marine-Energy Revolution

Slovenia / 2019-12-14

Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson

The Poetics of Trauma

Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia

United Kingdom / 2020-12-01

World I

Amanda Sperber

Khadija Sharife and Mark Anderson

USA / 2019-02-07

How Yahya Jammeh Stole a Country

Ryan Lenora Brown, Kristen Chick

Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2019-03-27

Art of the steal: European museums wrestle with returning African art

USA / 2019-04-30

United Kingdom / 2019-05-09

Ian Yee and Shanjeev Reddy

The Malaysian Drug Trade

Malaysia / 2019-06-24

Beatrice Kangai

Smuggled

Xu Jiaming, Elroi Yee, Karen Zhang

Kenya / 2019-08-02

Trafficked to Extinction

China / 2019-09-26

South Africa / 2019-10-03

Natashya Gutierrez

When They Killed Our Men

Ammar Derwish and Annie Slemrod

Philippines / 2020-06-24

How coronavirus hit Aden: A Yemeni doctor’s diary