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The festival, organized by the Rotary Peace Club—founded in Istanbul in 2021 to promote efforts toward achieving positive peace in Türkiye and around the world—aims to spread the philosophy and language of peace globally.

OUR STARTING POINT: Although the word “peace” is often used as the opposite of “war,” the absence of war alone does not mean that peace truly prevails within a society. Art is the expression of ideas. With the theme “The Art of Peace: Hospitality,” the 4th Rotary Peace Film Festival seeks to emphasize that peace, much like creating a work of art, requires refined, thoughtful, and disciplined intellectual inquiry. The art of peace is the process of shaping how we understand peace and what we expect from it.

Works that explore the impact of the art of peace across different dimensions of life will encourage collective wisdom and inspire the creation of new ideas. These works will help renew our perspective by illustrating how the concept of peace can influence every area of our lives.