32nd edition of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award
From October 6 to 12, the 32nd edition of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents pays tribute to the work and commitment of great reporters, both past and present. This year, the jury will be chaired by renowned reporter Jon Lee Anderson.
For one week, exhibitions, themed evenings, screenings, and talks will open a window onto the world’s conflicts. The closing ceremony will honor the winners in the various reporting categories (photography, television, radio, print press, etc.).
Several exhibitions will be on display in the city until November:
WAR CORRESPONDENTS AS WRITERS
Location: Hôtel du Doyen
War is the ultimate subject, the absolute literary material. At what point is journalism no longer enough? When does a war correspondent feel the need to write differently?
Curator: Karen Lajon / Design: Laurent Hochberg
SUDAN, WAR ON THE ASHES OF REVOLUTION
Four years after the peaceful revolution of 2019 that toppled dictator Omar al-Bashir and brought a glimpse of hope, Sudan has imploded. Since April 15, 2023, the country has been sinking into full-scale war.
Curator: Eliott Brachet
OUR ROADS TO DAMASCUS
Location: Contemporary Art Space Le Radar
Just a few words of opinion alongside a painting or photograph could get you hunted down, exiled, threatened with death, or at best, banned from your profession. For over five decades, any idea contrary to the al-Assad regime’s ideology was forbidden. The system was built on tyranny, dictatorship, violence, torture, and corruption.
Curators: Abdulmonam Eassa and Ghaith Abdul Ahad
SYRIA, YEAR 0
Location: Outdoor, throughout Bayeux
After more than a decade of war, Syria enters an uncertain transition period in 2025. The Bashar al-Assad regime has collapsed, leaving behind a devastated country: more than 580,000 dead, 100,000 missing, and 13 million displaced or refugees.
Photography by: Édouard Elias
GOMA, THE TURNING POINT
Location: Baron Gérard Museum of Art and History
At the end of January 2025, following a lightning offensive, Goma, the capital of North Kivu in eastern DR Congo, fell into the hands of the M23 armed group, created in 2012 by rebel officers from the national army and supported by Rwanda.
Photographers: Philémon Barbier, Daniel Buuma, Alexis Huguet / AFP, Hugh Kinsella Cunningham, Michel Lunanga, Jospin Mwisha, Moses Sawasawa
WAR IS PERSONAL
Location: Medusa Gallery
War Is Personal is a multimedia experience about the Russia-Ukraine war, created and lived by Ukrainian photojournalist and documentary filmmaker Julia Kochetova. It blends documentary photography with poetry, electronic music, sketches, and real war artifacts, aiming to make viewers see, hear, touch, and feel the war.
Curator: Julia Kochetova
GAZA PROJECT
Location: E. Leclerc Cultural Space
Since October 7, 2023, over 200 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, making it the deadliest conflict for the press in decades.
Curator: Forbidden Stories
MIGRATION AGAINST THE CURRENT IN YEMEN
Location: Les 7 Lieux
Between the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, the area separating the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula reflects global human displacement trends. No other place on earth has seen so many conflict cycles, forcing waves of displacement in such a small area.
Curator: Alixandra Fazzina
📌 The full program is available on the official Bayeux Award website.
