As a documentary filmmaker, Stone also regularly initiates debates on global political issues. For example, he portrayed Fidel Castro in three documentaries (including "Commandante", 2003). He examined Israel-Palestine relations ("Persona Non Grata," 2003) and conducted a four-part conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. For the series "South of the Border" (2009) he interviewed Hugo Chavez and seven other presidents of South American countries; in the ten-part documentary "The Untold History of the United States" (2012), he reinterprets American history. His most recent work, "JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass", premiered in July 2021.

"Oliver Stone has written film history and has repeatedly taken a smart and stimulating stand on the issues that greatly affect humanity, such as war, violence, power, terror, and surveillance. Stone represents the B3’s claim to combine the highest artistic quality with socio-political relevance in the best possible manner", says B3 Artistic Director, Prof. Bernd Kracke with regard to the festival’s decision.

The award ceremony will take place via livestream during the B3 opening event on October 15 in Frankfurt, at ASTOR Film Lounge MyZeil.
Oliver Stone will talk as well in a fireside chat about his creativity, his oeuvre and his view on the world right now on Tuesday, October 20, 2021.
(Credit: Photograph © Michael Segal Photography)

B3 BEN Awards

Since 2013, the B3 Biennial of the Moving Image has been honoring established artists as well as emerging talents with the internationally acclaimed BEN Awards. Works by B3 Biennial participants that deal with new narrative techniques in a particularly innovative way enter the competition for the main and emerging talent awards. The award was designed by South African artist Trevor Gould. Previous main award winners are Laurie Anderson (2013), Brian Eno (2015), Jonas Mekas & Ingvild Goetz (2017) Steve McQueen (2019) and in 2020 Willem Dafoe and Anne Imhof.