Gaza Film, Sinéad O’Connor Doc Maker, ‘The Mother of All Lies’ Director Among CPH:DOX Industry Awards Winners
📖 Full Retelling
New projects from Asmae El Moudir and Kathryn Ferguson, as well as a project about how the Russian school system is designed to groom children for war are among the honorees.
Entity Intersection Graph
No entity connections available yet for this article.
Original Source
Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The winners of the industry awards of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival , CPH:DOX , were unveiled in the Danish capital on Thursday evening, and they include names whose past films have made a splash. Among them are director Asmae El Moudir , who made waves and won awards with her 2023 feature The Mother of All Lies , which followed her search for truth in her family background via a combination of personal and national history, as well as director Kathryn Ferguson , known for the likes of Sinéad O’Connor documentary Nothing Compares and BAFTA-nominated short film Nostalgie . Related Stories Movies Matthias Schoenaerts, Makita Samba, Marton Csokas Join Halle Berry in 'Fleur' General News 30 Years of Filmart, 50 Years of HKIFF: Hong Kong Cinema Takes Stock In addition to the winners of the CPH:INDUSTRY Awards, three awards for immersive non-fiction were handed out. Check out all the winners below. Eurimages New Lab Outreach Award The award worth €30,000 ($34,755) went to Haut et Court Doc for the CPH:ROUGHCUT project Don’t Let the Sun Go Up on Me by director El Moudir and producer Emma Lepers. The jury cited “the audacity to shine a light on the bright colors of darkness and reveal a hidden story through a daring, innovative and singular artistic vision. The film focuses on a community of young adults with xeroderma pigmentosum, a rare condition that makes sunlight fatal, traveling to Norway to live under the polar night. Eurimages New Lab Innovation Award The award worth €20,000 ($23,170) went to Anna Lena Films for the CPH:FORUM project Cosmofonia by director Véréna Paravel and producer Florence Cohen. Said the jury: “We are pleased to recognize a project that feels innovative in the truest sense, and that expands the ...
Read full article at source