WATCH DOCS jury anounces its decision:
During the closing Ceremony of the 9th International Film Festival WATCH DOCS . Human Rights in Film, the jury consisting of: cinematographer and director Jacek Petrycki (Poland, Chair of the Jury), Julia Sereda („Memorial”, Russia), Taco Ruighaver („Movies That Matter”, The Netherlands), Jean-Gabriel Périot (filmmaker, France) has announced its verdict. This year’s WATCH DOCS Award for the best film of the Festival goes to French filmmakers: Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard – directors of the film „The Arrivals” / „Les Arrivants”: „For an extremely moving portrait of the complex reality between an institution and migrants, captured in one setting”. Just a month ago, the film won main competition prize at one of the most prestigious documentary festivals worldwide – DOK Leipzig. The WATCH DOCS jury decided to honor the film „Tibet in Song” by Ngawang Choephel with a Special Mention. The film also got the WATCH DOCS Audience Award.
2009-12-13
