Gwangju City, Exhibition of 'Hintzpeter Reporting Award' Winning Works

Until March 30 Next Year, the 5·18 Minjuhwa Movement Archive
Four Years of International Reporting Awards Including This Year's Winners

'2024 Hintzpeter International Reporting Award Winners Exhibition' poster. Provided by Gwangju City

The 5·18 Democratic Movement Archives announced on the 9th that, together with the 5·18 Memorial Foundation and the Korea Video Journalists Association, it will hold the ‘2024 Hinzpeter International Reporting Award Exhibition and Screening’ from the 12th of this month until March 30th next year at the 5·18 Democratic Movement Archives’ special exhibition hall and video room, respectively.

The Hinzpeter International Reporting Award is the first international reporting award established in Korea to honor the spirit of the late German journalist J?rgen Hinzpeter (1937?2016), who brought the 5·18 Democratic Movement to the world’s attention. The joint organizing committee of the Hinzpeter International Reporting Award has been discovering video works covering global incidents or issues related to democracy, human rights, and peace through open calls, and has been collaborating with awardees to spread substantive truth.

This special exhibition allows visitors to trace the footsteps of the international reporting award over the past four years since its inception in 2021, including an introduction video of this year’s winning works. Additionally, in the video room where this year’s award-winning works will be screened, visitors can take a closer look at the news reports of the winning entries.

The grand prize this year, titled ‘The World at a Crossroads,’ was awarded to ‘Voices from Gaza,’ which depicts the struggles of paramedics and citizens suffering from the Israel-Palestine war in the Gaza Strip, as seen through the eyes of a 9-year-old girl.

Also, ‘Inside the Gaza Siege,’ which reported on the horrific scenes in the Gaza Strip despite the risk of bombings, won the News Award, and ‘Inside Iran: The Fight for Freedom,’ which captures the scene of women’s human rights oppression and their pain through the Iranian hijab protests, received the Special Feature Award.

The May Gwangju Award for Meritorious Service was given to Vo Suu, the late Dinh Phuc Le, and the late Alan Downes for their contributions to widely publicizing the horrors of the Vietnam War, raising awareness of war history, and emphasizing the importance of video reporting.

Kim Ho-gyun, director of the 5·18 Democratic Movement Archives, said, “I hope the Hinzpeter International Reporting Award becomes a symbol of solidarity and support for video journalists working around the world,” and added, “I look forward to this exhibition being an opportunity to experience the true role of the press as witnesses of the times and the spirit of citizen resistance manifested in horrific scenes.”

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