Set up in 1987, the One World Media Awards are today one of the most important international events committed to the acknowledgement of media coverage about developing countries issues. In facts, One World Media aims to increase understanding between developing and developed countries through the effective use of media, and to highlight how, in today’s globalised world, all nations are interdependent. The leading idea is that media actually can make vital contributions towards universal human rights, democracy and fair government, all over the world.

“The jury was unanimous in voting as the winner this engrossing and beautifully made film. Its almost documentary approach drew us into lives we felt we had not seen before on film. Simple though the story is, of indigenous people fighting to regain their land, in its telling it contains many surprises and a delightful lightness of touch and wit. Simple, elegant shots of landscape, often from the air, powerfully counterpoint the story elegantly speaking of the conflict between commercial exploitation of the forest and the native home of the Guarani people.”

•    CHAIR: Peter Carlton, Head of Warp Films Europe

•    Jan Younghusband, Music & Events BBC

•    Lydia Adetunji, Playwright

•    Greta Scacchi, Actress