Guardian-impressed anti-FGM movie wins competition award - The Guardian

a brief animated movie on female genital mutilation (FGM) created by British activist and filmmaker Ruth Beni has gained the gold world medal on the 2016 big apple gala's, honouring the top-quality tv and flicks.

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Needlecraft turned into impressed by way of the Guardian's work with FGM survivors earlier than its global media crusade against the observe begun, when the director became requested to make a movie in regards to the situation.

"not in 1,000,000 years would I actually have thought of making a film on FGM had the Guardian no longer asked me to do it," mentioned Beni.

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After sifting through hours of filmed interviews with women and women who had been via FGM, she determined animation may be the top-rated approach to appreciate the dignity and anonymity of the survivors whereas nevertheless depicting the complete affect of the follow.

"i assumed that whatever so harrowing needed to be told in a really desirable manner so the facts may be palatable," she delivered.

final week the three-minute animation, co-directed by means of Oscar-profitable animator Daniel Greaves, beat competitors from the BBC, CNN and broadcasters from over 50 countries to the award, its third gold medal in 9 years.

FGM impacts 200 million women and women all over the realm, including within the UK. In Europe, many migrant communities continue the follow and it's estimated that more than a hundred,000 girls in the UK are living with the consequences of FGM and 60,000 ladies are in danger.

The film's attraction lies in its brevity and the beauty of the animation. It has gone down so neatly in colleges that a 2d edition, entitled My body, My rules, has been made and sent out to 50 schools in the UK. an additional version, the Story of Ghati and Rhobi, has been made for distribution in Africa and is presently getting used through schools and communities in Tanzania.

The animated films have all been made through Beni's award-profitable creation business Animage films in collaboration with ahead – a London-based campaign and help supplier for women in the African diaspora.

The movies have been funded by way of comic aid and the Sigrid Rausing have faith, with aid from the Guardian's international media campaign to conclusion FGM.