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Awards Roundup: December 11-16, 2008
Posted: Dec. 15, 2008 Sign-in to Comment Bookmark and Share

BaKaFORUM International Proposal Prize Finalists
Lost Face (Dir.: Sofia Tzavella and Jordan Todorov; Bulgaria)
Teach Me to Love My Baby (Dir.: Inoussa Kabouré; Burkina Faso)
Peace Flutes (Dirs.: Renata Ramos and Sandra Télles; Colombia)
Global Education Forum (Dirs.: Xiaomin Chen and Hua Pan; People's Republic of China)

Boston Society of Film Critics
Best Documentary:
Man on Wire (Dir.: James Marsh)
Runner-Up: Young @ Heart (Dir.: Stephen Walker)
Best Foreign Film-Runner-Up: Waltz with Bashir (Dir.: Ari Folman)

Golden Globe Awards--Nominees
Foreign Language Film

Waltz with Bashir (Israel; Bridgit Folman Film Gang/Les Films D'Ici/Razor Films/Arte France/ITVS International; Sony Pictures)-one of five nominees.

New York Film Critics Online Awards
Best Documentary
: Man on Wire (Dir.: James Marsh)

Prix Louis Delluc
Documentary Feature:
La Vie moderne (Dir.: Raymond Depardon)

Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards--Nominees
Nonfiction Television:
Deadliest Catch (Original Productions; Discovery Channel)
Frontline (WGBH; PBS)
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo)
60 Minutes (CBS News; CBS)
This American Life (Left/Right; Killer Films; Chicago Public Radio; Showtime Networks)

San Diego Critics Society
Best Documentary:
Man on Wire (Dir.: James Marsh)

San Francisco Film Critics' Circle
Best Documentary: My Winnipeg (Dir.: Guy Maddin)

Southeastern Film Critics Association
Best Documentary:
Man on Wire (Dir.: James Marsh)
Runner-Up: Young@Heart (Dir.: Stephen Walker)
Wyatt Award (for the film that best captures the "spirit of the South"):
Runner-Up:
The Order of Myths (Dir.: Margaret Brown)

Toronto International Film Festival Group--Top 10 Canadian Movies of 2008
#9:
The Memories of Angels (La Memoire des anges) (Dir.: Luc Bourdon)

 

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