"Feeding Hope - Chef Aline’s Story” received Gold and Best Directing at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards.
On September 24, the best corporate films, documentaries, branded content formats, and TV productions from around the world were honored on the Côte d’Azur.
With 63 categories, the largest category lineup in the festival’s history, the competition set a new record this year. A total of 253 productions from 38 countries were shortlisted. Ultimately, 182 productions received one of the coveted Dolphin Trophies.
The award-winning productions represent the highest standards of quality in execution and storytelling within the field of corporate media. They demonstrate how diverse, creative, and impactful audiovisual communication can be today, and how stories can inform, inspire, and connect people around the world.
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Chef Aline’s Caption:
I still can’t believe I’m saying this… WE GOT GOLD!
This recognition means so much more to me than an award.
It is recognition for Lebanon and for the stories that continue to come out of our little country.
It is recognition for a film that stood among more than 1,000 documentaries from around the world.
And most importantly, it is recognition of the mission of a chef beyond food and beyond the commercial kitchen: of what we can do in times of need, how we can bring people together, restore dignity, and simply be there when it matters most.
Thank you Kieran Hodges and Nagham Abboud for seeing this story, for finding the stories within it, and for telling them with so much honesty, sensitivity and heart.
Still processing it. Still incredibly grateful.
But for now… WE GOT GOLD!
Director Kieran Hodges’ Caption:
When we came across Chef Aline's story through Zayed Award for Human Fraternity honouree World Central Kitchen, we knew there was a powerful untold story waiting to be unearthed.
Being trusted to tell it was a real honour.
The film was a true team effort, and sharing it with the world has been incredibly rewarding. Seeing it take home Gold at Cannes, alongside a Black Dolphin for Best Directing, and watching Chef Aline accept the awards in person, was a moment none of us will forget. She is one in a million!
Zayed Award For Human Fraternity’s Caption:
On behalf of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity, we are delighted to congratulate you and the entire World Central Kitchen family on Chef Aline film wins at Cannes.
This recognition means a great deal to us. Chef Aline captures precisely what the Award exists to honour and amplify: quiet, courageous acts of human fraternity carried out in the hardest places, by people who choose to show up for others. Seeing that story reach a global stage like Cannes is exactly the kind of impact we hoped our collaboration would make possible.
We are deeply grateful for our partnership with World Central Kitchen and with Film By People in bringing this work to life. It has been a privilege to stand alongside you in telling it.
With warmest congratulations and appreciation,
Khadija on behalf of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity Secretariat!
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