19-05-2010
Soccer Cinema Going Around SA
A team from STEPS has been travelling around South Africa, screening football documentaries in anticipation of the FIFA World Cup.

04-02-2010
FREE AT LAST Film Festival
The FREE AT LAST Film Festival will take place in Cape Town and Johannesburg from 11 - 13 February 2010. Steps will be screening various films about Nelson Mandela around the city.

06-08-2009
Why Democracy? at the Reel Democracy Festival
Catch the Why Democracy? films at the inaugural Reel Democracy Festival in Cape Town from 5 August 2009.

17-04-2009
Campaign Wins a Peabody
We are very pleased that CAMPAIGN received a prestigious Peabody Award, one of the highest honors in broadcast.

17-03-2009
Please Vote and Iron Ladies Screening in Geneva
Please Vote for Me and Iron Ladies of Liberia will be screened as part of a series of international films to be presented at the "Geneva
Forum on Social Change" from June 5 - 6, 2009.

02-12-2008
Iron Ladies of Liberia Honoured
Iron Ladies of Liberia has won the Nigrizia Award at the XXVII Festival di Cinema Africano di Verona. Judy Kibinge's short film, Coming of Age also received a special mention.

21-11-2008
Please Vote For Me Wins A Grierson
Please Vote For Me has won at the 2008 Grierson Awards in London. The documentary was awarded the Jonathan Gili Award for Most Entertaining Documentary.

06-11-2008
Please Vote For Me Wins in Chicago
The Chicago International Children's Film Festival has honoured Please Vote For Me with two awards. They were the Adult Jury Award (1st prize) and Children's Jury Award (2nd prize) for 2008.

17-10-2008
Please Vote For Me Nominated For an Emmy
Please Vote for Me has been nominated an Emmy Award at the 36th International Emmy Awards in New York. This entertaining film about an experiment in Chinese democracy, will compete in the Best Documentary category.

30-09-2008
Why Democracy? broadcast in Colombia
Colombian public broadcast channel, Tele Medellin will air the Why Democracy? series from October 7. In an effort to promote civic awareness, the local channel will emphasize the educational value of the series.

09-09-2008
SIYFF Honours Please Vote For Me
Please Vote For Me has received the Seoul International Youth Film Festival (SIYFF) Eyes Award. A Special Audience Jury selected the documentary as the winner in the "It's OK to be different" catergory.

19-08-2008
Please Vote For Me now on DVD
The multiple award-winning documentary, Please Vote For Me is now available on DVD. This fascinating experiment in Chinese democracy is definitely one for the collection.

17-06-2008
Iron Ladies Wins at Banff
Iron Ladies of Liberia received two distinguished awards at the 2008 Banff World Television Festival. The film won Best Political Documentary and Best Documentary Special Jury Prize.

17-06-2008
OneWorld Media Award for Iron Ladies
OneWorld Media has awarded Iron Ladies of Liberia the Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) Award. The MGD Award is supported by the EuropeAid Cooperation Office of the European Union.

28-05-2008
Steps International makes Realscreen's Global 100
Steps International - the production company behind Why Democracy? - has made Realscreen's list of the top 100 production companies in the world.

05-05-2008
Pangea Day Nears
We have a few connections to Pangea Day, a film project that aims to bring the world closer together. It takes place on May 10. More info on the blog.

30-04-2008
For God, Tsar and Fatherland US TV Premiere
PBS and ITVS's Global Voices will premiere the Why Democracy film For God, Tsar and Fatherland starting June 8th. Check here for broadcast times in your area.

10-04-2008
Make That Three Honours!
Please Vote For Me has scooped yet another award. The Special Jury Prize was awarded at the TICFF 2008. This festival is directed toward children and has a strong focus on education.

08-04-2008
Two more honours for Please Vote
Please Vote For Me, Why Democracy's Oscar-shortlisted documentary, won the Full Frame/Working Films Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, NC, and the Juried Best Documentary Award at the Ashland Independent Film Fest in Oregon.

03-04-2008
Taxi Wins Peabody Award
Taxi to the Dark Side has won a Peabody Award for its contribution to broadcasting excellence in news and entertainment through electronic media.

18-03-2008
Student Jury awards Iron Ladies at One World Festival
Iron Ladies of Liberia has won the Best Film in the One World for Schools Category at the 10th edition of the ONE WORLD Human Rights International Documentary Film Festival in Prague, Czech Republic.

04-03-2008
Democracy News Roundup
The Overview is a new, semi-regular feature on Why Democracy, with links to the latest news, opinion and analysis about democracy and citizenship from media and blog sites from around the world.