Short Film News (SFN) - Iraqi director, Kasim Abid won the top prize of 23rd Munich International Documentary Film Festival (DOK.FEST 2008).
Abid's Life after the Fall which retell the daily life of a family in Baghdad after the fall of Saddam Hussein, received the Documentary Film Award, sponsored by the Bavarian Broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk and Telepool.
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American film, Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai by Lisa Merton and Alan Dater won the Hot Docs Audience Award.
The film tells story of Kenyan Nobel laureate whose simple act of planting trees inspired his country's environmental movement, protected the human rights of its people and defended the nation's democracy.
Short Film News (SFN) - The Hot Docs Awards Presentation, held yesterday evening at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto.
The Best International Feature Documentary Award went to The English Surgeon by Geoffrey Smith from UK, while the Special Jury Prize for international feature documentary was awarded to Tamar Yarom's To See If I'm Smiling .
Short Film News (SFN) - Iranian film, Prisoner of War 57187 won the top short film prize at the 4th Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival, which wrapped up yesterday in Doha.
The 29-minute film, directed by Vahid Zare Zade, is about an Iraqi soldier who was captured during the Iran-Iraq war. The soldier decided to stay in Iran even after the war ended.
Short Film News (SFN) - SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival announced that it will honor Spike Lee at the Charles Guggenheim Symposium, a centerpiece of the festival which takes place in June.
Spike Lee, an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award nominated director, producer, writer and actor with more than 35 films to his credit, was selected for his unyielding commitment to telling stories that challenge America's consciousness of social injustice, while also celebrating the resilience and power of the human spirit.
