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Md Ibrahim Khalilullah
journalist and filmmaker
Md Ibrahim Khalilullah
Writer · Photographer
Md Ibrahim Khalilullah
Writer · Photographer

Awards

Awards and Recognition

Awards, finalist placements, and honours for investigative, climate, and documentary journalism.
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Fellowships and Scholarships

2025 · Winner

Covering Climate Now Journalism Award

Ibrahim’s documentary Taken by the River, published by CNN in July 2024 and produced through CNN Academy, won the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Award in the Displacement and Migration category. The awards named 49 winners, chosen from more than 1,200 entries.
The judges praised the film’s visuals and called it an emotional, intimate portrayal of climate-driven displacement.

Category

Displacement and Migration

Work

Taken by the River, CNN, July 2024

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Awards and Honours

A record of recognition.

2025

Covering Climate Now Journalism Award

Covering Climate Now · Displacement and Migration
For the documentary Taken by the River.

Winner

2024

Best Documentary Film

Varsity Film Expo · Lusaka, Zambia
For Taken by the River.

Award

2021

Young Journalist Award

Thomson Foundation
One of ten finalists, recognised for environmental investigative journalism.

Finalist

2020

IRE Fellowship Award

Investigative Reporters & Editors
Given with honorary IRE membership.

Fellowship award

2019

Bangladesh Journalist Alliance Award

Bangladesh Journalist Alliance
For legal investigation journalism.

Award

Fellowships, grants, and scholarships are listed on the Fellowships and Scholarships page.
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Festival Selections

Taken by the River on the festival circuit.

Official Selection

LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival

Sardinia, Italy · 2025

Selected

Cambodia International Film Festival

Beautiful Planet programme · 2026

In Photographs

The 2025 award, up close.

Holding the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Award trophy
The trophy, engraved 2025 Journalism Award
Beside his framed certificates
With the trophy and certificates

Coverage

In the news.

Bangladeshi journalist Ibrahim Khalilullah wins Covering Climate Now award

The Climate Watch

The 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

Covering Climate Now

Taken by the River: the migrants of Bangladesh who have lost everything they own to climate change

CNN

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Thomson Foundation

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