ORION​ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2019 Entries Now Open!

Best Portrait
"Old man" by Long Zheng - Winner
China

"He is my fellow villager, 70 years old, and likes smoking. When I took picture for him, he smiled at me, then the smoke enveloped his face”. Long Zheng

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Best Documentary Photographic Essay 
"Flowers of Ethiopia" by Robin Yong - Winner
Ethiopia/Australia

The Surma tribe of the Omo Valley, Ethiopia...a place where mankind probably began. The children and teens appear innocent and beautiful, with their ornate body paint work and exotic head decorations made of flowers. The place appears peaceful and untouched, but in reality, life here is harsh with the tribespeople at frequent wars with neighbouring tribes over cattle grazing rights. The line between peace and war is very fine and very blurred. They can be so near to each other, yet at times appear so far from each other... ​

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