The LUMIX Festival honours, in several categories, young and socially engaged 21st-century photojournalism that actively investigates political, cultural, social, ecological and technological processes. The focus is directed at journalistic, transmedia narrative formats and current perspectives of the documentary. On this occasion young photojournalists are invited to take part in the competitionfor the FREELENS Award, which is endowed with 10,000 euros. The best projects in both categories (Picture Series / Photo Story and Digital Storytelling) will be presented in 80 exhibitions during the Lumix  Festival for Young Visual Journalism 2020, June 24 to 28 in Hannover.

Submission deadline: 31 January 2020

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