Rory Peck Awards - Season 1 / Year 2022
Season 1 / Year 2022
Episodes
Yusuf Anka: The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara
The first in a run of short films honouring the freelance TV cameramen and women who bring the world's stories to the screen. Reporter Yusuf Anka reveals how he gained rare access to abducted schoolgirls and their kidnappers, who are causing mayhem and destruction in northern Nigeria.
Raul Gallego Abellan: Edge of Arctic
Raul Abellan spends 10 days with an indigenous community in the Arctic to show the effects global warming is having on their lives. In the midst of COP27 he hopes his film will have an impact on the future of climate change. Raul is a finalist in the Rory Peck Awards.
Ramita Navai and Karim Shah: Afghanistan: No Country for Women
Ramita Navai and Karim Shah secretly film in a women's prison in Afghanistan under the watch of 15 Taliban guards to tell the story of the women imprisoned without trial and shed light on the deteriorating situation for Afghan women. Their report is a finalist for the Rory Peck Awards which celebrates freelance film-makers bringing the world's untold stories to the screen.
Surabhi Tandon: Life at 50C: Using Ice to Battle India's Heat
Film-maker Surabhi Tandon recalls how she came to document a simple solution being used in Delhi's most deprived communities in the battle against India's soaring heat. With some places facing summer temperatures of close to 50C, women are coming together to find easy and affordable hacks to make their lives a little better.
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