Jurors: Jaie Laplante (Executive Director, Miami Film Festival) Amy Nicholson, filmmaker Valerie Torres (Director of Theatrical Sales and Exhibitor Relations, Shout! Factory)įilms featured in the U.S. Jurors’ statement: “We give an honorable mention to Refuge for addressing one of the U.S.’s most urgent problems - the lack of civil dialogue, or any dialogue, between our warring cultural factions.” Special Mention: Refuge, directed/produced by Erin Berhardt and Din Blankenship. We are inspired by the charming, original method the filmmakers took in documenting the creative joy of Wakaliwood, a community that relies on ingenuity and imagination to overcome the economic obstacles of global audiovisual production and we appreciate how Once Upon a Time in Uganda demonstrates the connective power of international film festivals in asserting that ‘the audience is our family.'” Juror’s statement: “We choose Once Upon a Time in Uganda for illustrating the transformative capacity of film to bridge cultures and change lives. Alan Hofmanis and Isaac Nabwana in “Once Upon a Time in Uganda” (Photo courtesy of Blue Finch Films) Grand Jury Prize: Once Upon a Time in Uganda, directed by Cathryne Czubek, co-directed by Hugo Perez, and produced by Gigi Dement, Cathryne Czubek, Matt Porwoll, Hugo Perez, and Kyaligamba Ark Martin. Remaining screening: Wednesday, November 17 at 9:40pm at Cinépolis Chelsea. Competition: The jury selected from among twelve new American nonfiction films in this section. Voting for the festival’s Audience Award continues through November 18 the winner of the award will be announced on November 19. Winners of the 2021 Grand Jury Prize in the U.S., International, Kaleidoscope, Metropolis, and Shorts competitions will each receive a deliverables package provided by PostWorks New York. The Short List awards were voted on by two juries of filmmaker peers. The Short List: Features program-a selection of nonfiction films that the festival’s programming team considers to be among the year’s strongest contenders for Oscars and other awards-vied for awards in four categories: Directing, Producing, Cinematography, and Editing, with a Directing prize also awarded in the Short List: Shorts section. Competition, International Competition, and Kaleidoscope sections, as well as its long-running Metropolis and Shorts lineups, to recognize for their outstanding achievements in form and content. For a full schedule of films and events, see Ticket and pass information is below.įor DOC NYC’s competitive sections, five juries selected films from the festival’s new U.S. Online DOC NYC Live conversations, presented on Facebook Live, will take place on November 22 with the filmmakers from the Short List: Shorts section, and on November 23 with talent behind the films in the festival’s Short List: Features section. Select winners also have in-theater screenings during the festival’s final two days in person in New York. DOC NYC’s online screenings run through November 28, with some 100 features available to stream across the United States, including almost all the award winners. The in-person portion of the festival’s hybrid 12th edition continues through November 18 with screenings and panels at New York’s IFC Center and Cinépolis Chelsea, along with a special closing night presentation of The First Wave at The Beacon Theatre. Winners of the inaugural IF/Then Shorts x Redford Center Nature Access Pitch competition were also announced. Competition, International Competition, Metropolis, Kaleidoscope, Shorts, Short List: Features, and Short List: Shorts sections. The following is a press release from DOC NYC:ĭOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, revealed the 2021 award winners for its juried U.S.
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