''Lost Children'' is a 2005 documentary film by Ali Samadi Ahadi and Oliver Stoltz about Military use of children in civil war in northern Uganda. The film premiered in February 2005 at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the third place at PANORAMA Audience Award. The film was awarded in October 2005, the

UNICEF Prize UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid t ...

and the

Youth Award An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An awar ...

and ran for more than two dozen international film festivals. Lost Children was nominated for Deutschen Kamerapreis Köln Award in 2005 for Best Documentary and

Deutscher Filmpreis The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany. It is presented at an annual ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the German film industry. Besides being the most important ...

in 2006 in the documentary category.

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lost-children.de
Official website *
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Brooklyn Film Festival Documentary films about child soldiers 2005 films German documentary films Documentary films about Uganda 2005 documentary films Films directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi 2000s German films {{war-documentary-film-stub