BIOGRAPHY
CARMEN BUTTA
journalist / documentary filmmaker
Education: High School in Milan; German literature and linguistics at Hamburg University, Germany
Writer for major German magazins (GEO, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Stern, FAZ, Süddeutsche Zeitung, the cultural revue Kursbuch, foreign issues of GEO and reference books about journalism)
Book publication: “You don’t belong any more to this world – The Sicilian Mafia“, with photos of Letizia Battaglia / Hirzel Verlag, Germany
Documentary filmmaker for the French-German public cultural channel ARTE and for the German public channels ZDF, NDR, WDR, SWR, ARD
My work is focused on social, political, cultural issues and topics worldwide, often in crisis regions and hostile environments, sometimes undercover
AWARDS
2023 – Green Award d’Argent – Deauville Green Awards Filmfestival
2020 – Menschenrechts-Filmpreis (Amnesty International)
2017 – Juliane-Bartel Media Prize
2017 – Nomination for the "Rockie Awards" at BANFF World Media Festival in Canada
2017 – Bayerischer Fernsehpreis
2016 – Menschenrechts-Filmpreis nomination (Amnesty International)
2015 – Bamberger Kurzfilmtage nomination
2014 – Menschenrechts-Filmpreis nomination (Amnesty International)
2014 – Grimme-Prize nomination
2012 – International Pica d’Estat Prize (Spain)
2010 – Grimme Prize
2009 – Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis nomination
2009 – Internationalen Bergfilm-Festival Prize
2006 – Juliane-Bartel Media Prize
2003 – Grimme Prize nomination
2000/2001/2010 - Hansel Mieth Awards for Social Reportage
1996 – Josef-Roth Journalism Prize (plus 1 nomination)
1997 – Egon-Erwin-Kisch-Prize (plus 6 nominations)
LANGUAGES
Italian (native speaker), fluent German and English, conversional French and Spanish, basic Portuguese
INTERNATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Arabian Emirates, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, England, Fiji Islands, Egypt, France, Gaza, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Ukraine, USA, Zambia, Zimbabwe
