Documentary Awards 2011

I Am A Girl!
Dir.: Susan Koenen
Prod.:  Hollandse Helden
May 2011 Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
•  The PANASONIC Award For Best Documentary Short
November 2011 Wiesbaden Film Festival - Exground Filmfest
• Best Short Film of the Youth Jury

I’m Never Afraid!
Dir.: Willem Baptist
Prod: Kaliber Film
August 2011 Kavalan International Short Film Festival (Taiwan)
• Kid's Land Archive Award 
December 2011 International Film Festival for Children and Young People - Olympia
• Best Documentary Short Film
• Children Jury Award for Best documentary Short Film

Because We Were Beautifu
Dir.: Frank van Osch
Prod.: Van Osch Film Produckties
February 2011 Carbondale Film Festival - Big Muddy
Best Documentary Award
August 2011 Hollywood Film Festival - Artivist
• Best Documentary Award

Big
Dir: Maartje Bakker
Prod: Zeppers Film & TV
October 2011 Chicago International Children's Film Festival
• Children's Jury Prize for Documentary Film, 1st Prize

A Dress for Anuschka
Dir: Annelies Kruk
NL Co-Prod: NCRV/Hollandse Helden
October 2011 Chicago International Children's Film Festival
• The Liv Ullmann Peace Prize

Flying Anne
Dir: Catherine van Campen
Prod: Zuidenwind Filmproductions
May 2011 Nyon International Documentary Film Festival - Visions Du Réel (Switzerland)
•  Best Short Documentary Film
April 2011 Berkley Superfest International Disability Film Festival (United States)
• Best of Festival Award
May 2011 Canadian International Documentary Festival - Hot Docs (Canada)
• Best Short Documentary
May 2011 Boston Independent Film Festival  (United States)
• Audience Award for Best Short Documentary Film
October 2011 Chicago International Children's Film Festival
• Children's Jury Prize for Documentary Film, 2nd Prize
November 2011 Florence International Film Festival of Social Documentaries - Festival dei Popoli
• 'Lorenzo De' Medici' Award

Karla's Arrival
Dir: Koen Suidgeest
NL Co-Prod: Koen Suidgeest
Co-Prod: ES/BE/USA
October 2011 Bar International TV Film Festival
• Golden Olive for Best Documentary
Prishtina One World Human Rights Film Festival
• Jury Prize (co-winner)

900 Days
Dir.: Jessica Gorter
Prod.: Zeppers Film & TV
December 2011 2011 Moscow ArtDocFest
Special Jury Prize for Long Documentary

Not without you
Dir: Peter Lataster & Petra Lataster-Czisch
Prod: Lataster & Films
March 2011 Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival (Serbia)
• Grand Prix

Our Newspaper
Dir: Eline Flipse
Prod: Stichting Elifli Film 
May 2011 Canadian International Documentary Festival - Hot Docs (Canada)
•  Best Mid-Length Documentary

People I Could Have Been And Maybe Am
Dir: Boris Gerrets
Prod: Pieter van Huystee Film
April 2011 Belgrade International Documentary Film Festival - Beldocs (Serbia)
•  Fipresci Award for Boris Gerrets
May 2011 Canadian International Documentary Festival - Hot Docs (Canada)
•  Honourable Mention
April 2011 Nyon International Documentary Film Festival - Visions Du Réel (Switzerland)
• George Foundation Award for Mid Length Documentary
June 2011 London Documentary Festival - Open City Festival
• Time Out Best City Film Award
July 2011Pärnu International Documentary and Antropology Film Festival
• French Ambassador’s Prize for most innovative Documentary of today
October 2011 Poindimié Documentary Film Festival - Ânûû-rû âboro
• Audience Award
November 2011 Florence International Film Festival of Social Documentaries - Festival dei Popoli
• Best Ethno-Antropological Film (Targa Gianpaolo Paoli)

Plank
Dir: Billy Pols
Prod: Hazazah Film
April 2011 Beijing International Film Festival (BIFF)
• Award Certificate

Position Among the Stars
Dir: Leonard Retel Helmrich
Prod: Scarabeefilms
• January 2011 Park City Sundance Film Festival (United States)  
  World Cinema Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary
• March 2011 ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival (Croatia)
  Big Stamp Award for Best Film of the International Competition 
April 2011 Sarasota Film Festival - Cine-World (United States)
• Documentary Feature Competition Special Jury Prize
June 2011 Alba Film Festival
• Best Long documentary
July 2011 Durban International Film Festival
• Best Documentary
December 2011 Los Angeles International Documentary Association
•  IDA-Humanitas Award 
December 2011 The European Film Awards
• Nomination European Film Award Best Documentary

Rainmakers
Dir: Floris-Jan van Luyn
Prod: Submarine
March 2011 International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (Switzerland)
•  FIFDH Grand Award
May 2011 Leuven International Documentary Film Festival - Docville 
• “Con-Science” award

The Rainbow Warriors of Waiheke Island
Dir: Suzanne Raes
Prod: IDTV Docs
June 2011Goiás International Festival of Environmental Film and Video - Fica
• Carmo Bernardes Award for Best Feature Length Film (€ 15.000,--)

This is my picture when I was dead
Dir: Mahmoud Al Massad
Prod: iSee Film / KeyDocs productie
January 2011 Dubai International Film Festival (United Arab Emirates)
• Best Documentary

Winter Of Love
Dir: Gülsah Dogan
Prod: SeriousFilm
October 2011 Berlin Prix Europa
• PRIX EUROPA IRIS - Best Multicultural Television Programme of the Year 2011

Wistful Wilderness
Dir: Digna Sinke
Prod: SNG Film
August 2011 Freistadt Neue Heimat Film Festival  (Austria)
•  Best Documentary Award
January 2011 Helsinki Documentary Film Festival - DocPoint
•  Best Documentary Award
April 2011Dortmund / Cologne International Women's Film Festival
•  Best Documentary Award
March 2011 Sarajevo  Environmental Film Festival - EKO OKO
•  Best Documentary Award
July 2011Palić European Film Festival
•  Best Documentary Award
August 2011 Gelsenkirchen Ruhrtriennale
•  Best Documentary Award
September 2011 Brussels Women Film Festival - Elles Tournent
•  Best Documentary Award



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