AFG for UNESCO

Calling for Peace

Name: Calling for Peace
Start: 2026-09-21
End: 2026-09-21
Location: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Appel à la Paix

Identity, creativity and intercultural dialogue for inclusive and peaceful societies

Date: 21 September 2026
Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
Occasion: International Day of Peace

The film

5 minutes · English subtitles

The day

3 masterclasses

1 round table

On the International Day of Peace, AFG brought three masterclasses and a round table on identity, creativity and intercultural dialogue for inclusive and peaceful societies to UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

On the same day AFG presented the AFG Award to Daniel Grieder, Matteo Berrettini, Alica Schmidt and Marco Falcioni.

Discover the AFG Award

They took part

At UNESCO Headquarters in Paris

Daniel Grieder CEO of Hugo BossAFG Award 2026
Marco Falcioni Creative Director of Hugo BossAFG Award 2026
Matteo Berrettini Tennis player, Hugo Boss ambassadorAFG Award 2026
Alica Schmidt Athlete, Hugo Boss ambassadorAFG Award 2026
Wes Studi ActorAFG Award 2026
Valeria Mangani President of the Sustainable Fashion Innovation Society
Claudio Andrea Gemme CEO of ANAS
Fabio e Federico Ceresa Costume designers of “One Heart”
Francesco Barone Artist, creator of the award

The day in pictures

UNESCO Headquarters, Paris · 21 September 2026

The film's title card: Calling for Peace 2026, Paris / UNESCO

Nicola Paparusso presents the award to Daniel Grieder — The award presented to Daniel Grieder

The UNESCO Headquarters building in Paris, in black and white — UNESCO Headquarters

Daniel Grieder, Marco Falcioni, Alica Schmidt and Matteo Berrettini holding the AFG Award at UNESCO Headquarters — The Paris laureates with the award. From left: Daniel Grieder, Marco Falcioni, Alica Schmidt and Matteo Berrettini

The AFG Award statuettes lined up, kneeling figures with the golden olive sprig, backlit — Paris, 21 September · The awards ready to be presented

The AFG team and the UNESCO team together at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris — The AFG and UNESCO teams

Close-up of Nicola Paparusso smiling — Nicola Paparusso, founder of AFG

The hall seen from above, with the stage lit in blue and the audience — The hall at UNESCO Headquarters

The stops

3 stops

Paris 21.09 · UNESCO Headquarters · completed
Turin 23.09 · Rivoli · completed
Rome Next stop

After Paris the initiative stopped in Turin; the next stop is Rome.

The Turin stop

Rivoli · 23 September 2026

Two days after Paris, in Rivoli, Wes Studi receives the AFG Award.

Wes Studi holds the AFG Award — Wes Studi with the AFG Award

The event in the press

All the press coverage

Sky TG24 · 12.09.2026 · in Italian

Calling for Peace

The film

The day

They took part

The day in pictures

The stops

The Turin stop

The event in the press

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