Grierson Awards

...and imaginative first feature for "Ajami," which takes place in a Jewish-Arab neighborhood. The Middle East was also the focus of the Grierson Award for best documentary, which went to Yoav Shamir for "Defamation," his exploration of...

In this article: London Film Festival, British Film Institute, Grierson Award, John Hillcoat, The Road, Cannes Film Festival, Jacques Audiard, Souleymane Cisse, and John Hurt

...Scandar Copti and their movie "Ajami," a crime drama set on the streets of a tough Jaffa neighborhood rife with ethnic tension. The Grierson Award, honoring documentaries, was won by Israeli film maker Yoav Shamir's "Defamation," which...

In this article: London, The White Ribbon, The Elephant Man, Oscar, Grierson Award, Tell Me Who You Are, Anxiety, Michael Haneke, and Jacques Audiard

...Alfonso Cuaron and on screen talent such as Dominic Cooper and Jodie Whittaker. Winners of the two new awards and the Sutherland and Grierson Award received a specially commissioned "Star of London" award designed by sculptor Almuth...

In this article: Paul Gambaccini, London, Jacques Audiard, John Hurt, The Road, Anjelica Huston, British Film Institute, Grierson Award, and John Hillcoat

...written by Ronan Bennett, with Kenneth Branagh, Juliet Stephenson, Tom Conti. 2006, nomination, Carol Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer, BAFTA Awards 2008, nomination, Best Drama-Documentary, Ten Days to War, (Grierson Awards)

In this article: David Belton, 10 Days To War, Michael Caton-Jones, 1994 Rwandan Genocide, Ecole Technique Officielle, TV Documentary, Simon Schama, Vincent van Gogh, and Jessica Lynch

...filmmaker Peter Watkins. He won the UNICEF award in 2005 for his short documentary Waiting For Sunrise, and also was shortlisted for a Grierson Award for Best Newcomer in 2006. Ahmad's first documentary was a 10-minute short, filmed in...

In this article: Aneel Ahmad, Boot Polish, Unicef, NFTS, Lahore, Danny Boyle, Jassi Sidhu, and British Film Institute

...include the Sutherland Trophy, "awarded to the maker of the most original and imaginative first feature screening in the festival". The Grierson Award will be given to the best documentary while the inaugural best British newcomer award for...

In this article: John Hurt, Souleymane Cisse, 44 Inch Chest, British Film Institute, A Serious Man, Grierson Award, Bright Star, The Road, The Limits of Control, and London Film Festival

...2005. It was nominated for a British Independent Film Award, a Grierson and a Directors Guild of America award. It was also shortlisted for a Grierson and an Academy Award. It was theatrically released in the US by Wellspring and shown on...

In this article: Amnesia, Unknown White Male, Retrograde amnesia, Rupert Murray, Roger Ebert, and Allegation

...a 60 minute documentary about the story of the greatest loss of fathers in British history; half a million died in the Great War and this is the story of the lasting effect it had on their children. It was shortlisted for the Grierson Award.

In this article: Grierson Award and Bristol

The Grierson Awards celebrate innovative and exciting new documentary films. The awards have been set up by The Grierson Trust to commemorate the life and work of world renowned Documentary Filmmaker John Grierson. The awards were first...

In this article: Documentary, John Grierson, Climate change, Global warming, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Documentary film, Harry Watt, W.H. Auden, and Night Mail

...Journalism. In 2000, he was made an Honorary member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society His project Poltergeist won a prestigious Grierson Award in 2004. His films on climate change have won him a Gold Hugo Award , 2 Wildscreen...

In this article: David Sington, Climate change, Grierson Award, BBC World Service, Trinity College, Cambridge, PBS, and Poltergeist