Martin Scorsese is to receive an award for his documentary work.
The Taxi Driver director, who has famously never won an Oscar, will be honoured at the Silverdocs festival for his non-fiction films.
Short Film News - Lost Children directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi and Oliver Stoltz was announced as the best documentary in the 56th German Film Prize awards.
Lost Children about the lives of 4 children who successfully escaped the rebels in northern Uganda won a cash prize of 200 thousand euros for the best documentary on Friday night at the Lolas, Germany's equivalent of the Oscars or Britain's Baftas.
Short Film News - DOK.FEST 2006, the 21st edition of Munich International Documentary Film Festival, announced its award-winning films and directors in 5 categories.
In this year's DOK.FEST, the documentary film award for Bayerischer Rundfunk and Telepool went to the German film Castells by Gereon Wetzel, along with a cash prize of 10 thousand euros.
Short Film News - Hosted by documentary filmmaker and television journalist, Avi Lewis, the Hot Docs Awards Presentation was held this past Friday night at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Canada.
The award for the Best Canadian Documentary (Feature) was given to Shelley Saywell for Martyr Street , a compelling look at the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the eyes of two Hebron young girls, as well as a $5,000 cash prize courtesy of the Documentary Channel.
