Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Saturday, November 22, 2014

 22 November 2014

The ‘No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka’ documentary was one of 5 documentaries to win a Britdoc Impact prize on Friday.


The Britdoc Impact awards, held by the non-profit Britdoc organisation, honour documentaries that have had significant impact in work towards social change and justice.



As a consequence of winning the Britdoc Impact award, the documentary as also been nominated to enter a competition with other documentaries called the “#Netflixhi5” award, where the it could potentially win an extra $5000 of funding for its campaign.

A vote for the No Fire Zone documentary to win the 
#NetflixHi5 award can be placed by adapting and tweeting “#NetflixHi5 to @nofirezonemovie via @C4BRITDOC.”

The documentary is also up for nomination at the Emmy awards next week.

No Fire Zone documentary nominated for Emmy awards (13 October 2014)