Awards Roundup—May 30-June 10, 2008

I.                  Awards

 HBO Documentary Film/Film Independent Fellowship: Christian Bruno

Nastri D'Argento (Silver Ribbons; Italy)

Best Documentary: Biutiful Cauntri (Dirs./Prods.: Esmeralda Calabria, Andrea D’Ambrosio, Peppe Ruggiero)

Retinitis Pigmentosa International Vision Awards

Environmental Vision: Rob Stewart (Sharkwater)

Television Critics Association TCA Awards--Nominees

Achievement in News & Information:

Alive Day Memories (HBO)

This American Life (Showtime)

Frontline (PBS)

Nimrod Nation (Sundance Channel)

The War (PBS)

Program of the Year:

John Adams (HBO)

Lost (ABC)

Mad Men (AMC)

The War (PBS)

The Wire (HBO)

II. Festivals

Banff World Television Festival—Rockie Awards

Best Arts Documentary: What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann  (Dir./Prod.: Steven Cantor; HBO Documentary Films, with Stick Figure, BBC and Cactus Three)

Best Canadian Program: Up the Yangtze (Dir.: Yung Chang; Prods.: EyeSteelFilms,  with the NFB and National Geographic Channel) and The Real Superhuman and the Quests for the Future Fantastic (Prods.: Bird Plan with Proper Television for Discovery Channel)

Grand Prize: White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Dir./Prod.: Steven Okasaki;  HBO Documentary Films in association with Farallon Films)

Best History and Biography Program: White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Dir./Prod.: Steven Okasaki;  HBO Documentary Films in association with Farallon Films)

Best Investigative and Current Affairs Program: Dispatches: Meeting the Taliban (Prods.: October Films; Channel 4)

Best Lifestyle Program: How to Look Good Naked (Prods.: Maverick Films; Channel 4)

Best NHK Best Asian Program: White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Dir./Prod.: Steven Okasaki;  HBO Documentary Films in association with Farallon Films)

Best Social and Humanitarian Program: Jerusalem Is Proud to Present (Dir.: Nitzan Gilady)

Best Wildlife Program: Four Wings and a Prayer (Prods.: Primitive Entertainment, with NFB and NHK)

Special Jury Award--Feature-Length Documentary: 51 Birch Street (Dir.: Doug Block; HBO Documentary Films) and What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann  (Dir./Prod.: Steven Cantor; HBO Documentary Films, with Stick Figure, BBC and Cactus Three) 

Granada Film Festival Cine del Sur

Golden Alhambra: Jogo de Cena (Playing) (Dir.: Eduardo Coutinho)

Hollywood Black Film Festival

Best Documentary: Belly of the Basin (Dirs.: Roxana Walker-Canton and Tina Morton)

Best Documentary—Honorable Mention: Keeping the Faith (Dir.: Bobby Mardis)

Jackson Hole Film Festival Online 2 Onscreen Short-Film Competition

Best in Documentary Category: Sal Mosca: Unsung (Dir.: James Lester) 

Newport International Film Festival

Best Documentary: Secrecy (Dirs.: Robb Moss and Peter Galison)

Audience Award—Best Documentary: Speed and Angel (Dir.: Peyton Williams)

 

Transilvania Film Festival

Transilvania Trophy: Intimacies of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo / Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo (Dir.: Yulene Olaizola)