Sentences with phrase «top documentary prize»
«Bombay Beach» took the top documentary prize at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and received a «Truer Than Fiction» Spirit Award nomination.
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In Critics» Week, a program devoted to the discovery of new talent, the top prize, the Nespresso Grand Prix, went to «Makala,» Emmanuel Gras» documentary about a young Congolese man trying to make a living by producing charcoal.
Making history, however, are the foreign film «A Fantastic Woman» and feature documentary «Strong Island,» projects with transgender voices, making it quite possible that the work of an openly trans person could earn one of the industry's top prizes in March.
It's a good thing that «Sacro GRA» won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, yesterday (making it the first documentary to win the top prize in the 70 - year history of the festival).
Other films from Cannes making their US debut at Telluride include the Russian «Loveless,» directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, about an unhappy couple searching for their son, and winner of Cannes» Jury Prize; «A Man of Integrity,» by Mohammad Rasoulof, set in corrupt Iranian society, which won the Grand Prize of the Un Certain Regard section; «The Rider,» by Chloe Zhao, about a badly injured young South Dakotan rodeo rider, which won the top prize, the Art Cinema Award, of the Director's Fortnight; «Tesnota (Closeness),» about a Jewish family forced to try to ransom their son and his new bride, also in Un Certain Regard, by Kantemir Balagov; and Barbet Schroeder's documentary about a Buddhist monk, «Le venerable W.»
«After Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell, this is the second year in a row we've voted to give our top Canadian prize to a documentary,» said TFCA President Brian D. Johnson.
The four top jury prizes at Sundance 2010 were awarded Saturday night to Debra Granik's «Winter's Bone» for best U. S. drama, Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's «Restrepo» for U. S. documentary, David Michôd's «Animal Kingdom» for world drama, and Mads Brügger's «The Red Chapel» for world documentary.
«13th,» «O.J.: Made in America» and «I Am Not Your Negro» are nominated for the top prize by the International Documentary Association
Notably, the top films in both the narrative and documentary categories differ from the ones that took home the grand jury prizes, which singled out «I don't feel at home in this world anymore» and «Dina» in the American categories.
Other highlights from 2016 (and also must see films) have included the very informative and poignant documentary, «Maya Angelou and Still I Rise,» by Rita Coburn Whack and Bob Hercules; Mick Jackson's «Denial,» the gripping Holocaust denial tale with compelling performances from Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall; Paul Verhoeven's «Elle,» with its great Isabelle Huppert performance; the remarkably thoughtful sci - fi film, «Arrival,» by Denis Villeneuve; Tom Ford's «Nocturnal Animals,» with its outstanding performances from Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon; David Mackenzie's «Hell or High Water,» this summer's sleeper hit; Cristian Mungiu's «Graduation,» winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes; and Cristi Puiu's «Sieranevada,» winner of the top prize at this year's Chicago International Film Festival.
The Laos adventure The Rocket and the Afghanistan War documentary The Kill Team have taken top prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival.
That top prize was given to a film called Fire at Sea, a documentary from filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi about migrants crossing the Mediterranean and the refugee crisis affecting Europe and the Middle East.
It recounts such a fascinating, absorbing, and instructive tale, full of delayed revelations and subtle pleasures, that the jury unanimously gave it the top prize, citing it as both the best documentary and the best narrative film.
Cassoni's effort to forestall the coal mining is the subject of a documentary being shot by Michael O'Connell, the filmmaker from North Carolina best known for his prize - winning 2008 film «Mountain Top Removal.»