Public Session defines the winners of the 46th edition of the Vladimir Herzog Award

This year, 601 works were in the running in seven categories: Arts, Photography, Text, Video, Audio, Multimedia and Narrative Non-fiction

Troféu símbolo do Prêmio – a meia lua recortada com a silhueta de Vlado, uma criação do artista plástico Elifas Andreato. Foto: Alice Vergueiro/Acervo PVH.

With subjects involving women’s reproductive rights, police brutality, racism, among other relevant topics for human rights and contemporary times, the works of 23 finalists running for the 46th edition of the Vladimir Herzog Journalistic Award for Amnesty and Human Rights were analyzed and voted on. The works were inscribed within the following categories: Arts, Photography, Text, Video, Audio, Multimedia, and Narrative Non-fiction. The choice of winners took place last Thursday (10). To watch the entire public session, click on this link.

Check out the winners:

ARTS

• A Cultura do Estupro [Rape Culture, in a free translation]

Cau Gomez | A Tarde

PHOTOGRAPHY 

• Passe Livre faz manifestação em São Paulo contra aumento da tarifa [Passe Livre holds a demonstration in São Paulo against bus fare hikes, in a free translation]

Paulo Pinto | Agência Brasil

AUDIO

• Fincar o pé

Tailane Muniz, Branca Vianna, Paula Scarpin, Flora Thomson-Deveaux, Guilherme Alpendre, Marcela Casaca, Juliana Jaeger, Vitor Hugo Brandalise, Évelin Argenta, Bia Guimarães, Sarah Azoubel, Bárbara Rubira, Natália Silva, Julia Matos, Luiza Silvestrini, Bia Ribeiro, Gilberto Porcidonio, Mateus Coutinho, Pipoca Sound | Rádio Novelo

MULTIMEDIA

• Amazon Underworld

Bram Ebus, Alex Rufino, Andrés Cardona, Jaap van ‘t Kruis, Barbara Fraser, Juan Torres, Betariz Jucá, Jeanneth Valdivieso, Laura Kurtzberg,  Luiz Fernando Toledo, Mathias Felipe, Diane Sampaio, Emily Costa, Ivan Brehaut, Pamela Huerta, Sam Cowie, Leandro Barbosa, Silvana Vincenti, Tatiana Escárraga | InfoAmazonia

TEXT

• Triste Bahia – Como age a polícia que mais mata [Sad Bahia – Actions of the police force that kills the most, in a free translation]

Marcelo Canellas | Revista Piauí

VIDEO

• Inocentes na prisão [Innocents in prison, in a free translation]

Ana Passos, Gabriel Penchel, Adaroan Barros, Caio Araujo, Carlos Junior, Alex Sakata, Caroline Ramos | TV Brasil/EBC

NARRATIVE NON-FICTION

• A Torre: O cotidiano de mulheres encarceradas pela ditadura [The Tower: The everyday life of women incarcerated by the dictatorship, in a free translation]

Luiza Villaméa | Companhia das Letras

Honorable mentions

In addition to the winners in each category, this year the organizers who were part of the jury decided to include an honorable mention for each category. These are:

• Art: Genocídio em Gaza
• Video: Os caminhos da Democracia 1932 – 1977 –  A história do movimento estudantil no Brasil
• Audio: Brigada Militar: assédio e suicídio entre policiais militares no RS
• Photography: Cachoeira de Sangue
• Multimedia: Gigante pela própria Imundice
• Text: Maria Júlia tem medo de ser queimada viva pelos “Homens maus”
• Book: Milicianos – Como agentes formados para cobater o crime passaram a matar a serviço dele

Award ceremony

The award ceremony will be held on October 29, Tuesday, at 08:00 p.m. at Tucarena, in São Paulo, The traditional Chat Space with the Winners and the coordinator of Programa Tim Lopes, Angelina Nunes, will take place before the ceremony, from 02:00 p.m. to 05:00 p.m.

Organizing committee

The Vladimir Herzog Journalistic Award is promoted and organized by a committee made up of the following institutions: Associação Brasileira de Imprensa (ABI); Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo (ABRAJI); Artigo 19; Comissão Justiça e Paz da Arquidiocese de São Paulo; Conectas Direitos Humanos; Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo (ECA/USP); Federação Nacional dos Jornalistas (FENAJ); Geledés; Conselho Federal da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB Nacional); Instituto Vladimir Herzog, Instituto Socioambiental (ISA); Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil – Secção São Paulo; Ouvidoria da Polícia do Estado de São Paulo; Coletivo Periferia em Movimento; Sindicato dos Jornalistas Profissionais no Estado de São Paulo; Sociedade Brasileira dos Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação (Intercom), União Brasileira de Escritores (UBE) and Família Herzog.  An arc of alliances made up of Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUCSP), Teatro da PUC, TV PUC, Pryzant Design, CDI  and OBORÉ are the partners that made this 46th edition happen.