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Awards Roundup--August 6-20, 2008
Posted: Aug. 19, 2008 Sign-in to Comment Bookmark and Share

1) Awards

Emmy Governors Award:
National Geographic Channel's "Preserve Our Planet" Campaign

Gucci Tribeca Finishing Fund
For blog post, click here.

NCLR ALMA Award
Outstanding Made-for-Television Documentary:
American Experience: Roberto Clemente (Dir./Prod.: Bernardo Ruiz)

Norwegian Amanda Awards
Documentary:
Blood & Honor (Dir.: Havard Bustnes)

2) Festivals

Durban International Film Festival
Best Documentary
: Patti Smith: Dream of Life (Dir.: Steven Sebring)
Special Mention Documentary: Send a Bullet (Manda Bala) (Dir.: Jason Kohn)
Best South African Documentary: 50 Years! Of Love? (Dir.: Karin Slater)
Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai (Dirs.: Alan Dater and Lisa Merton)
Audience Choice Best Wavescapes Film: Sharkwater (Dir.: Rob Stewart)

Rhode Island International Film Festival
Grand Prize-Best Documentary:
Acceleration America (Dir.: Timothy Hotchner)
Best Documentary Short: Trip To Hell & Back (Dir.: Stu Maddox)
Alternative Spirit Award: Bi the Way (Dir.: Brittany Blockman)

Traverse City Film Festival
Best Documentary:
Body of War (Dirs./Prods.: Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro)
Audience Award for Best Non-Fiction Film: Body of War (Dirs./Prods.: Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro)
Best Non Fiction Film by a New Filmmaker: The Youngest Candidate (Dir.: Jason Pollock)
Best American Historical Document: Trouble the Water (Dirs.: Carl Deal and Tia Lessin)
Special Jury Prize for Non-Fiction Filmmaking: Pray the Devil Back to Hell (Dir.: Gini Reticker)
Special Jury Prize for Amazing Non-Fiction Film: Bigger, Faster, Stronger (Dir.: Christopher Bell)
Stanley Kubrick Prize for Bold and Innovative Filmmaking: Theater of War (Dir.: John W. Walter)

West Hollywood International Film Festival
Directors Impact Award:
Drug Wars: Silver or Lead (Dir./Prod.: Rusty Fleming)

Woods Hole Film Festival
Best Documentary: They Killed Sister Dorothy (Dir.: Daniel Junge)
Best of the Fest Audience Award: They Killed Sister Dorothy (Dir.: Daniel Junge)
Best Short Documentary: The Ladies (Dir.: Christina Voros)
New England Emerging Filmmaker Award-Documentary: Katrina Browne (Traces of the Trade)

 

 

 

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