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Ostrov â Lost Island is not lost on Hot Docs, winning the Best International Feature Documentary Award Four Seasons in a Day, were also noticed at the Canadian gathering Laurent Stoop and Svetlana Rodina accepting their Best International Feature Documentary Award for Ostrov â Lost Island during the online awards ceremony Itâs a wrap â the 28 th edition of North Americaâs largest documentary festival, Hot Docs, concluded on 9 May with 11 awards and CAD 67,000 (roughly â¬45,500) presented to Canadian and international filmmakers during an online ceremony. On the European front, Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop, was named Best International Feature Documentary. Described by Cineuropa as a story âbetween utopia and dystopia, speaking of modern-day Russia torn between nostalgia and harsh realityâ, and focusing on the people living on the titular fishing island in the Caspian Sea, it led jurors ....
One of Ours and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, director of Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, have emerged as award-winners at this year’s Hot Docs Festival. The Hot Docs Awards Presentation, held virtually May 7, saw 11 awards and CA$67,000 in cash and prizes presented to Canadian and international filmmakers. Zo reken (pictured), directed and produced by Licha, won the best Canadian feature documentary award, which includes a $10,000 cash prize. The film sees humanitarian aid workers in Port-au-Prince share candid thoughts about the grim realities of colonialism, international aid and “11 years of unkept promises.” The $5,000 special jury prize for a Canadian feature documentary was presented to Mathurin’s ....
‘Ostrov – Lost Island,’ ‘Zo Reken’ Win Hot Docs’ Top Jury Awards Variety 3 hrs ago Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop’s “Ostrov Lost Island” and Emanuel Licha’s “Zo Reken” took the top Hot Docs jury awards at a special online ceremony webcast from Toronto Friday night. Eleven awards and $67,000 CAD ($55,200) in cash and prizes were presented to emerging and established Canadian and international filmmakers. More from Variety Best International Feature Documentary Award-winner “Ostrov Lost Island” chronicles a fishing community in the Caspian Sea, where elders cling to tradition and youth look to a new kind of future. The award comes with a $10,000 CAD cash prize courtesy of the Panicaro Foundation. ....
NOW Magazine Hot Docs 2021: Zo Reken, One Of Ours claim top prizes Emanuel Licha, Yasmine Mathurin and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers won honours at the annual doc fest By Kevin Ritchie Courtesy of Hot Docs Emanuel Licha s Zo Reken looks at the long aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Directors Emanuel Licha, Yasmine Mathurin and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers have won the top Canadian film awards at the 2021 Hot Docs film festival. At a livestreamed ceremony earlier this evening, Montreal’s Licha picked up the $10,000 Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award for Zo Reken, a portrait of Haitians and aid workers in Port-au-Prince dealing with the ongoing humanitarian crisis sparked by an earthquake 11 years ago. ....
Hot Docs is in sync with Lalita Krishna. Krishna (pictured), the president of In Sync Media, has been named this year’s recipient of the Don Haig Award, presented to an outstanding Canadian independent producer with a feature-length film in competition at Hot Docs – in this case, 2021 official selection Bangla Surf Girls. Selected by a jury of independent producers, the award recognizes creative vision, entrepreneurship and a track record of mentoring emerging Canadian filmmakers. Krishna’s 20 years of credentials include films that reflect her strong belief in empowering underrepresented voices, with recent credits including coproducing Fear of Dancing for CBC Gem, Documentary Channel, and producing Untying the Knot, for CBC’s Documentary Channel in November 2019. ....