About

The Rotary Peace Film Festival is open to short films and documentaries of no longer than 15 minutes on the themes of peace and non-violence, completed after January 1, 2023. Films produced by students will be evaluated in a separate category.

Founded in 2021 with the aim of working for positive peace, the Rotary Club of Peace, Istanbul, organizes the Rotary Peace Film Festival with the objective of disseminating and strengthening philosophy and language of peace in the world.

Our Starting Point: We say “no” to wars, however, the absence of war does not always mean that there is peace. Art means ideas. With the theme "The Art of Peace," the aim of the 3.Rotary Peace Film Festival is to cultivate the idea that peace, much like the creation of a work of art, requires thoughtful, meticulous, and disciplined intellectual inquiry.

The art of peace is about creating a way of thinking about peace and defining what our expectations of peace should be. Works that illustrate the impacts of the art of peace on various levels will encourage the creation of collective wisdom and the generation of new ideas in our lives. The resulting works will refresh our perspectives by demonstrating how the concept of peace can influence every aspect of life.