WMF Awards 2022

The Festival offered Linda Sarsour the WMF Award for Human Rights & Activism thanks to her political commitment and struggles over the years on behalf of the rights of women, uprooted and displaced people, and any discriminated and oppressed community or social group.

The WMF Innovation Technology Award was assigned to Federico Faggin, inventor of the Intel 4004 microprocessor, the founder of the technology behind all modern computers, for the enormous impact he has had in recent history through his research work.

The WMF Awards Edutech Solution was awarded to the Agnelli Foundation for their Parallel Education project, a platform dedicated to teachers for peer education. Francesco Milanesio of Reply introduced the award speech.

The Media Communication Award 2022 goes to the GEDI Group for OnePodcast, the app that brings together GEDI's entire offering of podcasts, music, news, and radio. Chiara Monardo of Reply introduces the award.

The WMF Social Innovation Award was granted to director, actor, and screenwriter Pif, for his commitment to remarkable social issues, such as legality and the fight against the mob.

The WMF delivers the Diversity & Inclusion Award to social influencer and writer Benedetta De Luca for her work on social issues such as feminism and body positivity.

The WMF Best International Content & Digital Campaign Awards has been assigned to ICE and MAECI, for the "Italy is simply Extraordinary" campaign, and for constantly promoting goals such as Nation Branding and Made in Italy international visibility.

The WMF Best Digital Event Award, powered by ibrida.io, goes to SACE for the Women in Export event, the first business community aimed at empowering female managerial roles within Italian companies through specific training paths.

The WMF Legality Award is granted to the Public Prosecutor of the Italian Republic Nicola Gratteri, for his constant efforts to break down the culture of illegality. Presenting the award are the Italian duo I Sansoni.

The Festival delivers the Knowledge Business Award, as the best Italian business based on knowledge and skills sharing, to Carriere.it, which has distinguished itself for the degree of innovation, scalability, and social impact. Andrea Genovese of Business in Cloud presents the award.

The WMF Accessibility Award is assigned to Frolla Lab, the artisanal cookie workshop created through the involvement of children with different grades of disability. Maria Chiara Andriello of Rai Public Utility presents the award.

The Festival issues an Innovation Film Making Award to director Pupi Avati, honorary jury president of the WMF Innovation Film Fest, who introduced to the WMF audience his latest work based on the figure of Dante Alighieri.