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More than 1000 submissions for the FreeLens Award from more than 70 countries arrived at the festival office. The best 60 works have been selected by a team of curators: Rolf Nobel (professor of photography at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover and head of the photo festival), Stephanie Bunk (curator of the FreeLens Gallery Hamburg), Bertram Solcher (FreeLens chairman) and Isabel Winarsch (chief organiser of the Lumix Festival).

With the reportage »Albino – In the Shadow of the Sun« Johan Bävman has drawn attention to the persecution of albinos in Tanzania. Bävman describes the life of albinos with tact and an intuition for special moments. The Swedish photographer won the »UNICEF Photo of the Year Award 2009« for this work and has already received several other well-known prizes like the »World Press Photo Award«.
Location A / Design Center FH Hannover

The American Michael Christopher Brown has photographed New York's famous Broadway for his essay of the same title. In his photos he plays with the bright colours of the city's oldest street and captures moments of a hectic life. His street photography shows spontaneous situations as well as graphical characteristics of Broadway.
Location E / German Pavilion

Carsten Bundgaard describes the life in and around the gold mines of Indonesia in his high-contrast black and white photographs. In »Midas Touch« the Danish photographer depicts the hard work in the inaccessible territory just as precisely as the intimate moments of the family life on the fringes of the mines.
Location C / Sky Walk South

Detroit, the former proud »Motor City«, home of the devastated »Big Three« - Americas largest automobile companies General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, is today one of the poorest cities of the United States. In »Last Exit Detroit« the German photographer Christian Burkert documents the seemingly unstoppable decay of the city in the last decades. Detroit has become a worldwide symbol for the downfall of an entire industry.
Location F / British Pavilion

»The Last Peasants of Transylvania« deals with the consequences of globalisation in its treatment of the depopulation of Romania. Petrut Calinescu describes with immediate images the traditional life of Romania's rural population, whose values are threatened by globalisation. Calinescu who comes from Romania himself, has won the »Picture of the Year International Award« in 2007.
Location C / Sky Walk South

Along with hundreds of thousands of Catholics and numerous celebrities, even former presidents are buried in the North Cemetery of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. In this place, death and life are unusually close to each other. A community of about 2.000 people has found their home between the tombstones. In »Living With The Dead: Manila's North Cemetery« the British-born photographer James Chance shows how people live together in this unusual place.
Location F / British Pavilion

The autonomous Iraqi province of Kurdistan has been rising for several years now. The economy is more alive than ever and after years of oppression by the regime of Saddam Hussein, the people in this region mainly look ahead with optimism. In his reportage »Iraqi Kurdistan« the Canadian photographer Philip Cheung illuminates the change and the life in a province, which has received little attention from the world so far.
Location F / British Pavilion

After the successful »Tulip Revolution« in 2005 Kyrgyzstan's population suffers under the same man they pinned their hopes on during the revolution: Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Against expectations, corruption increased in the country and democracy now seems to be written off for good. The French photographer William Daniels shows a country in his essay »Faded Tulips«, whose people have been betrayed by their own revolution. Daniels received prizes in several competitions, in the »World Press Photo Award« as well as in »UNICEF Photo of the Year« and »Picture of the Year international«.
Location A / Design Center FH Hannover

In his long term project »The Hidden Islam« the Italian photographer Nicolò Degiorgis deals with the improvised mosques of the Islamic community of Italy. The whole country has only one official mosque for more than a million Muslims. The rightwing politics of Italy force the Muslims to revert to warehouses and factory buildings to establish their prayer rooms.
Location E / German Pavilion

The work of the Danish photographer Kristian Djurhuus presents itself in a humorous and ironic way. In »People of the Park« he tells about the world's oldest amusement park - Dyrehavsbakken - which is located north of Copenhagen in Denmark. In this context the visitors become the park's main attraction. Good manners and rules are taken off at the park entrance and civilisation is left behind.
Location F / British Pavilion

The Czech Libor Fojtík gives a critical view on the staging of politics and economy in his homeland with his story »Absurdistan – My Home«. He shows the viewer with odd and absurd images what he sees in his country: a place full of corruption, paradox and deceit.
Location G / Czech Pavilion

One looks into the sad and stunned faces of man in black suits. They are all affected by the worldwide banking crisis. The Australian photographer Ashley Gilbertson shows with atmospheric and very impressive snap-shots the people behind the crisis. »The Great Recession in New York« draws a depressing image of the otherwise vivid »City That Never Sleeps.« Gilbertson won the »Robert Capa Gold Medal« in the year 2004 with reportages from Irak, Afghanistan and Kosovo.
Location A / Design Center FH Hannover

Greenland is one of the regions on Earth most affected by climate change. The changing landscape makes it more and more difficult for the inhabitants to sustain their traditional way of life in harmony with nature. In »Greenland« the Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang narrates how the inhabitants of Greenland are forced to adapt their way of life and thus their identities to the changing circumstances.
Location A / Design Center FH Hannover

Frenchwoman Julie Glassberg sees photography as a ticket into sub-cultures which are normally closed to ordinary citizens. Her photographic metiér are hidden and peculiar worlds. In the reportage »Bike Kill« Glassberg describes the life of the »Black Label Bike Club«, a society of people united by one passion: the bicycle. Rebels against consumer society, their community is based on the bicycle culture, the true meaning of human relationships and artistic creation. Glassberg sees her work as a »study of todays society«.
Location C / Sky Walk South

The Ukranian born Kirill Golovchenko describes with ironic images a country in a state of change. »The Ukranian breakthrough« shows the changing world of goods and objects in ukranian daily life caused by the overall economical boom. Golovchenko captures situations, in which the reception of western cultural history and the world of goods are expressing the present social ambivalence in Ukraine.
Location C / Sky Walk South

Khaled Hasan has photographed an impressive black and white reportage about stone-breakers in his native country of Bangladesh. Jaflong is located in the north-western part of the country. There one finds a prospering industry of stone-breakers. A vast amount of valuable stones is mined here daily. The working conditions however, are inhumane: even children work alongside men and women in this heavy industry.
Location C / Sky Walk South

With »Casilino 900« the Italian Alessandro Imriaco is able to capture a place, which no longer exists. Early this year, the Italian police broke down what was once the biggest Gypsy camp of Europe. Over 600 people lived here, at the fringe of the million people metropolis of Rome. With the break down of the camp the police smashed at the same time a society which had been developing for decades.
Location F / British Pavilion

Milan Jaroš gives an intimate view into the life of autistic children in his reportage »Children With Autism«. The children live in a world of their own because of their reduced receptivity. In 2009 Jaroš won second price with his story from »Unicef Photo of the Year.«
Location G / Czech Pavilion

In the eastern part of the American state of Kentucky 23 percent of the people are living under the poverty line. The American photographer Carl Kiilsgaard gives poverty a face with »This American Life« – a portrait of the White family – which is characterized by minimalism, but above all by love and care.
Location A / Design Center FH Hannover

Singapore photographer Edwin Koo documents in »Paradise Lost: Swat Valley Crisis« the impact of war in the Pakistani Swat-Valley. In it, he focuses on the 200.000 refugees, who are suffering under the persisting conflicts between the Taliban and Pakistani army. His black and white images narrate the daily life of these people.
Location D / Glass Pavilion

In »Crimean Cossacks« the Japanese photographer Ikuru Kuwajima deals with the resurgent culture of the Cossacks in Ukraine by showing the revival of old traditions and values once suppressed by the Soviet Union, which have become increasingly more appealing to the people.
Location A / Design Center FH Hannover

The Haitian city of Port-au-Prince is an expanse of ruins. Hardly any building has survived the massive earthquake. 250,000 people are dead. In this doomsday scenario, the photographer Emiliano Larizza manages to stay focused. With »Haiti Earthquake«, the Italian delivers an outstanding work, closer and more to the point than many comparable crisis reports.
Location F / British Pavilion

The northern parts of Scandinavia confronts its inhabitants with very harsh living conditions. The people of the Sami, however, have known for generations how to adapt and to cope with their surroundings. They are nomadic and traditional reindeer herders. The American photographer Erika Larsen describes their life in the Arctic wilderness in her reportage »Lavvos and Reindeer«. In 2008, Larsen was awarded the »World Press Photo Award«.
Location B / CampMedia

The touching reportage »A Star in the Sky« by danish photographer Thomas Lekfeldt, won the first prize in the editorial category of the »New York Photo Festival 2009« and the first prize among the reportages nominated for the »Danish Press Photography Award 2009.« It shows the fight of a young girl named Vibe against her cerebral tumor until her death. Lekfeldt îllustrated the way the family grew together in Vibe's fight against her illness in an incredibly touching manner. A reportage full of emotions: illness and death, but most of all love, devotion and closeness.
Location E / German Pavilion

During the very first days of 2010 about 2.000 African migrant workers were expelled from the southern Italian city of Rosarno for race motivated reasons. Most of them came to Europe, searching for better living conditions and now have to face racism and poverty. In »We are Suffering Here – Dead End Rosarno« the German photographer Jan Lieske shows the inhumane living conditions of the fruit pickers in meaningful images.
Location C / Sky Walk South

The Danish photographer Nikolai Linnares was always fascinated by sports. When he got the chance to accompany the danish ice hockey team »Rodovre Mighty Bulls« for several months, he decided to cover the emotions and situations that are usually hidden from the regular audiences. »The Road to Defeat« shows intimate and unbelievable moments of a sport that is dominated by tough guys with a hard punch.
Location E / German Pavilion

With his Essay »Georgia« Lars Lindqvist describes the horrors of war in South Ossetia. The declared independent region was a theatre of war in 2008 for militant groups and Georgian troups. The Russian army supported the separatist militia. The viewer senses the ever-present threat to the civilians even though Lindqists pictures never show an obvious act of war.
Location E / German Pavilion

»One Minute before Fame« is the story about the Russian TV show »Minute of Glory«, where anybody who considers himself talented in any way, is allowed to perform. The Russian photographer Andrey Luft shows the ecstatic mood and anxiety of the participants right before there performance.
Location F / British Pavilion

»The Nomadic Cinemas of India« is about the tradition of mobile movie projectionists in India. For more than six decades, they have been touring rural areas to give the residents of even the most remote villages the chance to watch movies. The Indian photographer Amit Madheshiya shows the life of the film-nomads in vibrant colours and with an atmosphere only found in Indian Bollywood-movies.
Location C / Sky Walk South

Chris Maluszynski provides an insight to New York's High Society. In his reportage »New York Society Balls« the native born Pole separates oddity from shallowness of the rich and beautiful.
Location C / Sky Walk South

Within the center of Hanover lies an old Farm. In former times, there have been many Farms located in this city of lower Saxony; however, throughout the years, the city has grown larger and larger, and agriculture has been little by little squeezed out. The only remaining farm to date is the one of Hermann Völxen. The German photographer, Florian Manz, has depicted the life of this farmer through meaningful, expressive photographs in his reportage, »The Last Farmer of Hannover«.
Location A / Design Center FH Hannover

Through his story, »Belated Childhood«, Dmitry Markov follows four orphans attending a boarding school for disabled children. At the age of 18, it must be decided whether or not the orphans would have to attend a sanatorium or take part in an assisted-living project. The Russian photographer illustrates the events of the organization »Rostok«, a program in which offers the boys an alternative that may assist them in finding their way back to normal society. The youngsters are taught social norms and values at camp, values which were forgotten and lost during their time at the boarding school.
Location A / Design Center FH Hannover

The report, »You Must Not Know 'bout Me...«, talks about women from the southern part of the Bronx, earning their money as prostitutes. Their way of escape from the unbearable everyday life is to turn to drugs. The American photographer, Tiana Markova-Gold, documents the apparent fragility of women as they find ways to support each other to fend off loneliness.
Location E / German Pavilion

»The Churequeros of Managua« tells a story of one of the biggest garbage dumps in Nicaragua, »La Chureca«. Around 1,500 people live off of what the citizens of the capital city throw away. The conditions are disastrous and unworthy for humans. The Brazilian, Luiz Maximiano, reports the problems of the inhabitants through black and white photographs.
Location E / German Pavilion

»Forever Loyal – A Lifelong Connection«, the German photographer, Lene Münch, portrays with discreet medium-format photography the lifestyle of student fraternities in Germany. Münch in no way ridicules the methods and means by which the often criticized fraternities are known to receive, but rather leaves interpretation open for the audience.
Location E / German Pavilion

Davide Monteleone has succeeded once again, this time with his photographs of the northern Caucasus. He has managed to communicate important contents through his photography and along with this, generate a certain feeling from his audience through impressive lighting and compositions. Monteleone has won the »World Press Photo Award« and has been distinguished at the »Leica Oscar Barnack Awards«.
Location E / German Pavilion

Austrian photographer, Arnold Morascher, illustrates the magic melancholy of circus life with his black and white reportage on the travelling circus, Roncalli. He shows us the strong company with over 100 members in the circus community that has been touring through Germany since the 1970s. Morascher’s images are well observed and full of atmosphere. Looking at the photographs makes the viewer feel as if he is standing right in the circus ring himself.
Location E / German Pavilion

Swiss photographer, Dominic Nahr, shows us in striking images the various facets of the Congolese war. »The Road to Nowhere« spotlights the clashes and tank battles between the rebels and the Congolese army as well as the expulsion of the Congolese civilian population. Nahr won the 2009 »Leica Oscar Barnack Newcomer Award« with his work on the Congo.
Location F / British Pavilion

Sveinn Kristinsson works, eats, sleeps and lives throughout the Icelandic summer in complete solitude in the house he had grown up in. Ever since his parents died, he has been taking care of the house. He repairs what the winter flood destroyed, hunts for minks or foxes, goes fishing or watches marine birds. German photographer, Kai Nedden, creates an insightful portrait of a secluded life in his reportage, »Life at Drangar«.
Location C / Sky Walk South

Deep inside the Brazilian rainforest is one of the biggest illegal goldmines of South America: Eldorado do Juma. In times of financial turmoil, this seemingly untouched spot of land becomes a mecca for multitude of poor Brazilians. They labor under extreme conditions in hopes of building a better life. The Danish photographer, Mads Nissen, documents this story in his emotional essay, »Fever, Gold Fever«.
Location A / Design Center FH Hannover

Joanna Nottebrock, author of the »Family on Board – Life and Work Aboard a Barge«, tells the story about a Belgian captain, Mario Peleman, his family and their journey of maritime, freedom and the feeling of being a constant tourist aboard this »swimming home«. Joanna Nottebrock, originally from Poland, has been granted the first prize for this work at the »10. Schömberger Fotoherbst«.
Location D / Glass Pavilion

In his reportage, »Ships and Beyond«, Saiful Huq Omi records the life and hardships of workers at the ship graveyard in Sitalpur, Bangladesh. Thirty-five years ago, the locals, born into poverty, salvaged a ship stranded in the Bay of Bengal and made a business selling its parts, laying the foundation for today’s flourishing trade of used ship parts. Omi is represented by Polaris Images.
Location C / Sky Walk South

Berik Syzdykov is a pianist. He was born without a face, disfigured, deformed, and blind – much like millions of people born in Northeastern Kazakhstan. They are the victims of soviet nuclear weapon tests and refer to themselves as »human guinea pigs«. »Under a Nuclear Cloud«, by Ed Ou of Israel, explains this life-altering catastrophe and the lives that has affected.
Location C / Sky Walk South

Illana Panich-Linsman of the United States writes the story of adolescent women in her essay, »Fifteen«. It is about kids who don't want to be kids anymore, and young people who consume, copulate and compensate. Panich-Linsman works as an assistant for the FreeLens Award winner, Stephanie Sinclair, in New York.
Location C / Sky Walk South

In his essay, »Karczeby«, the Polish photographer, Adam Pańczuk, tells about the inhabitants of a village in the east of Poland. Several attempts have been made to expel these deeply rooted people from their land. Pańczuk portrays people who are bound to their farms, and despite all of the problems, still hold a deep respect for the land. Although Poland is now part of the EU, their way of thinking and the culture have scarcely changed in the east of Poland – traditions still define much of the daily life.
Location F / British Pavilion

After thirty years of conflict-filled times, occupying forces and war, Afghanistan is struggling for its identity. Although the country is heavily shaken by the ongoing war, the population of Kabul still searches a way to keep their freedom and peace as it looks towards the future. With »Crossing Kabul«, the German photographer, Daniel Pilar, documents the events of today and the lifestyle in the capital of Afghan.
Location G / Czech Pavilion

With his essay, »Gangland – Rio de Janeiro's Urban Violence«, the Portuguese photographer, João Pina, opens up a fearless view into the parallel universe of Rio de Janeiro: Favela and Asfalto. It is quite rare that one gets such an up-close and personal look inside the slums of Rio de Janeiro. One can see hand-to-hand drug dealings, young gangsters posing with their weapons, as well as a priest who has made exorcism his mission, because he feels there is no other hope left for these young men. It is a captivating journey through the somber reality of this antithetic megacity, Rio de Janeiro.
Location A / Design Center FH Hannover

Many women and men from all over the world come to Ticino in Switzerland, to make a fast buck for a better life in their home countries. In his essay, »Quadrantaria in Ticino – Southern Switzerland«, Jacek Pulawski tells the story of illegal immigrants prostituting in order to make means as they live along the small border area. The routine of sex for money and their day-to-day fight to survive alienate the migrants from their hopes. Pulawski’s pictures tell the story of an exploited human being, living alone in a world full of fear and loneliness in the Swiss red-light district.
Location C / Sky Walk South

The encounter with a 73-year old expellee/refugee in Sudan brought Espen Rasmussen to a five year long odyssey around the globe. The Norwegian photographer, award-winner at the »Picture of the Year International« and the »World Press Photo Award«, has visited conflict areas and war zones and has taken pictures of victims who have been uprooted and kept alive by only the vague hope of a return to their homelands. Rasmussen's essay, »Disappearing Moments«, provides insights into the lives of 50 million people in Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thailand, Colombia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chad, Syria, Yemen and Georgia.
Location C / Sky Walk South

The fight over the valley of Kashmir is one of the longest unresolved conflicts in the history of the United Nations. The people of Kashmir feel as though they do not belong to India, as it was once an independent kingdom with its own culture and language. The German photographer, Andy Spyra, portrays in his work, »Kashmir«, a militarised region, where more than 700,000 Indian soldiers are stationed. The conflict has resulted in four wars, in which 60,000 people have been killed and 10,000 still missing. Spyra's essay points out the seriousness of the circumstances in the valley and shows how fragile and tense the actual atmosphere remains today.
Location E / German Pavilion

»The Lobstermen’s Apprentice« is the story of a 20-year-old young man by the name of Chris, who decides to go against the tradition of his family of becoming a piano builder. He is hired as an apprentice on a fishing boat to learn the art of catching lobsters. Martin Stampe, from Denmark, documents this life that is far from social conventions but embedded richly with true friendships.
Location C / Sky Walk South

Every year, more than five million people decide to spend their well-earned holidays in the tourist ghettos of Benidorm.  Why is it that they choose to vacation in such a place?  What is about Benidorm that is so special? They cannot all have a bad taste in get-away spots. Can they? Nicole Strasser deals with these questions in a humorous but simple way in her essay, »Benidorm – The Lost Paradise«. It is one place that is certainly not a vacation paradise for everyone.
Location C / Sky Walk South

Sasha und Ira Parkhomenko are both HIV-positive. In 2001, the young parents gave birth to their sixth child, Masha – HIV-positive as well. Today, the family lives with eight children and three grandchildren between the age of two and nineteen in a small house located in Odessa. The American photographer, Joseph Sywenkyj, author of »Verses: A Family in Odessa, Ukraine«, tells the story about a country that has the highest reported number of new HIV infections in Europe today.
Location F / British Pavilion

The Canadian, Peaches, is considered the Madonna of the Underground by her chosen home of Berlin and wants to become »the rock-est bitch in the world«. The German photographer, Holger Talinski, documents in his reportage, »Peaches 'I Feel Cream' Tour«, the life of the rock musician during her USA and Germany tour in 2009. The photographs show the metamorphosis from the private Peaches into the extraverted and celebrated icon.
Location E / German Pavilion

Since the seventies, the Palestinian city, Gaza, is in the centre of violent confrontations between the Palestinians and Israeli. The German photographer, Heinrich Völkel, documents with »The Terrible City – Gaza 2009« the tremendous wounds that war has torn into the architecture and the provisional conversions of ruins of dwelling places and playgrounds. He shows how people are coping with their situation and trying to form a better environment.
Location D / Glass Pavilion

The German photographer, Lucas Wahl, with his reportage, »Kathmandu – City of Kings«, shows how Kathmandu changed from the former natural paradise and mecca for hippies into the current circumstances of a loud and dirty city. The Nepali capital is fighting continuously against the rising density of population. Nevertheless, the Nepali people are facing life’s adversities with impressive serenity and a charm that makes the city very unique.
Location E / German Pavilion

There is water everywhere but not a drop to drink – far and wide there is nothing but knee-deep mud, backwater, and cadavers. The Bengali photographer, Munem Wasif, documents the fate of one of the poorest countries in the world – the fate of south-western Bangladesh. Everything – the land, birds, fishes, insects – have fallen victim to commercial shrimp farming. »Salt Water Tears« exhibits photos of a crime against nature. 
Location A / Design Center FH Hannover

Dana is 25 years old when she feels the first lump under her skin. After a breast amputation and chemotherapy, she decides to start a new life for her and her son in another city – against medical recommendation. This turns out to be a short, turbulent life. Nine years later, Dana lies on the palliative station of a hospital in Germany, but she is not alone: She has built a large circle of caring and loving friends, whom she can rely on. With the reportage, »My Belle, Go«, the German photographer, Gordon Welters, represents Dana’s view on her circle of friends.
Location C / Sky Walk South

The American photographer, Lisa Wiltse, has been living in Bolivia for two years. In »Mennonites of Manitoba, Bolivia«, she illustrates the Mennonite community situated in the eastern part of the country. In June 2009, it was revealed that, in the denomination that is usually known as non-violent, chaste, calm and religious, at least one hundred women between the ages of 18 and 41 have been rendered unconscious, raped and dishonoured by members of their own community. In her photos, Wiltse captures the daily life of a community that now tries to erase its memory and pursue a life sealed off from the rest of the world.
Location E / German Pavilion

In Alaska, moose, caribous and bears are considered state property. Anyone who finds roadkill must call a state trooper, who then turns the carcass over to charity. The Italian photographer, Antonio Zambardino, portrays with his story, »The Roadkill Program«, how a city gives their animal road casualties to charity.
Location C / Sky Walk South

• 1. Johan Bävman »Albino – In the Shadow of the Sun«
• 2. Michael Christopher Brown »Broadway«
• 3. Carsten Bundgaard »Midas Touch«
• 4. Christian Burkert »Last Exit Detroit«
• 5. Petrut Calinescu »The Last Peasants of Transylvania«
• 6. James Chance »Living With The Dead: Manila's North Cemetery«
• 7. Philip Cheung »Iraqi Kurdistan«
• 8. William Daniels »Faded Tulips«
• 9. Nicolò Degiorgis »The Hidden Islam«
• 10. Kristian Djurhuus »People of the Park«
• 11. Libor Fojtík »Absurdistan – My Home«
• 12. Ashley Gilbertson »The Great Recession in New York«
• 13. Andrea Gjestvang »Greenland«
• 14. Julie Glassberg »Bike Kill«
• 15. Kirill Golovchenko »The Ukrainian Breakthrough«
• 16. Khaled Hasan »Living Stone: A Community Losing its Life«
• 17. Alessandro Imbriaco »Casilino 900«
• 18. Milan Jaroš »Children With Autism«
• 19. Carl Kiilsgaard »This American Life«
• 20. Edwin Koo »Paradise Lost: Swat Valley Crisis«
• 21. Ikuru Kuwajima »Crimean Cossacks«
• 22. Emiliano Larizza »Haiti Earthquake«
• 23. Erika Larsen »Lavvos and Reindeer«
• 24. Thomas Lekfeldt »A Star in the Sky«
• 25. Jan Lieske »We are Suffering Here – Dead End Rosarno«
• 26. Nikolai Linares »The Road to Defeat«
• 27. Lars Lindqvist »Georgia«
• 28. Andrey Luft »One Minute before Fame«
• 29. Amit Madheshiya »The Nomadic Cinemas of India«
• 30. Chris Maluszynski »New York Society Balls«
• 31. Florian Manz »The last Farmer of Hannover«
• 32. Dmitry Markov »Belated Childhood«
• 33. Tiana Markova-Gold »You Must Not Know 'bout Me...«
• 34. Luiz Maximiano »The Churequeros of Managua«
• 35. Lene Münch »Forever Loyal – A Lifelong Connection«
• 36. Davide Monteleone »Northern Caucasus«
• 37. Arnold Morascher »Circus Roncalli«
• 38. Dominic Nahr »The Road to Nowhere«
• 39. Kai Nedden »Life at Drangar«
• 40. Mads Nissen »Fever, Gold Fever«
• 41. Joanna Nottebrock »Family on Board – Life and Work Aboard a Barge«
• 42. Saiful Huq Omi »Ships and Beyond«
• 43. Ed Ou »Under a Nuclear Cloud«
• 44. Ilana Panich-Linsman »Fifteen«
• 45. Adam Pańczuk »Karczeby«
• 46. Daniel Pilar »Crossing Kabul«
• 47. João Pina »Gangland – Rio de Janeiro's Urban Violence«
• 48. Jacek Pulawski »Quadrantaria in Ticino – Southern Switzerland«
• 49. Espen Rasmussen »Disappearing Moments«
• 50. Andy Spyra »Kashmir«
• 51. Martin Stampe »The Lobstermen’s Apprentice«
• 52. Nicole Strasser »Benidorm – The Lost Paradise«
• 53. Joseph Sywenkyj »Verses: A Family in Odessa, Ukraine«
• 54. Holger Talinski »Peaches 'I Feel Cream' Tour«
• 55. Heinrich Völkel »The Terrible City – Gaza 2009«
• 56. Lucas Wahl »Kathmandu – City of Kings«
• 57. Munem Wasif »Salt Water Tears«
• 58. Gordon Welters »My Belle, Go«
• 59. Lisa Wiltse »Mennonites of Manitoba, Bolivia«
• 60. Antonio Zambardino »The Roadkill Program«