The UNESCO Fellini Medal
When Italian director Federico Fellini died in 1993, UNESCO’s Member States adopted a General Conference resolution calling for the safeguarding of the cinematographic heritage. An appeal was launched to the international community inviting governments, industry and the public to participate in a campaign to keep the seventh art alive. The Fellini Medal, unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1995, therefore had a double significance: to honor the director’s tremendous contribution to film as an art form and to commemorate the centenary of the birth of cinema (1895 – 1995).
CICT-ICFT awards its film prize with the UNESCO Fellini Medal to films that reflect the ideals of peace, tolerance, mutual understanding, intercultural dialogue… promoted by UNESCO.
