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First Place
Laerke Posselt
Politiken
"DANISH AND IRANIAN CULTURE"
Second Place
Stephanie Sinclair
VII for National Geographic Magazine
"TOO YOUNG TO WED: THE SECRET WORLD OF CHILD BRIDES"
Third Place
Pavel Koubek
Nerikes Allehanda
"KJELL"
Award of Excellence
Peter Hapak
for TIME Magazine
"TILDA SWINTON"
Award of Excellence
Paolo Patrizi
Freelance
"ANNA, A NIGERIAN SEX WORKER ON HER MAKESHIFT BED"
Award of Excellence
Agnieszka Rayss
Freelance
"SASCHA FROM FEMEN"
First Place
Laerke Posselt
Politiken

"DANISH AND IRANIAN CULTURE"

The 27-year-old Iranian born actress Mellica Mehraban grew up in Denmark, but debuted as an actor in 2011 with the leading role in the Iranian spy drama 'Fox Hunting', where she played the villain. She was now challenged by a culture that is part of herself.She had to find out how to act, that you're in love with a man, when you're not allowed to either tell him or touch him. Furthermore, the script had to be approved by the regime, and they came by during the filming and asked her to cover up her body more. She had to wear a scarf in all the scenes, and, as a woman, she was not allowed to swear on film.