Domestic detective story “The Closer We Get,” U.K. director Karen Guthrie’s feature bow, has won the International Feature Documentary Award at the 2015 Hot Docs festival, where it had its world premiere earlier this week. The award comes with a Can $10,000 ($8,223) cash prize.
At Friday’s award ceremony, the special jury prize for international doc feature was presented to Ukrainian director Ostap Kostyuk’s “The Living Fire,” with an honorable mention going to U.S. helmer Adam Lough’s “Hot Sugar’s Cold World.”
Evangelia Kranioti’s “Exotica, Erotica, Etc.” nabbed the Emerging International Filmmaker Award.
The Canadian feature documentary award went to Charles Wilkinson’s “Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World,” which looks at the lives, work and current challenges of aboriginal right activists, newcomer ecologists and islanders living on Haida Gwaii, the stunningly beautiful archipelago on Canada’s northwest coast.
Sophie Deraspe’s “The Amina Profile...
At Friday’s award ceremony, the special jury prize for international doc feature was presented to Ukrainian director Ostap Kostyuk’s “The Living Fire,” with an honorable mention going to U.S. helmer Adam Lough’s “Hot Sugar’s Cold World.”
Evangelia Kranioti’s “Exotica, Erotica, Etc.” nabbed the Emerging International Filmmaker Award.
The Canadian feature documentary award went to Charles Wilkinson’s “Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World,” which looks at the lives, work and current challenges of aboriginal right activists, newcomer ecologists and islanders living on Haida Gwaii, the stunningly beautiful archipelago on Canada’s northwest coast.
Sophie Deraspe’s “The Amina Profile...
- 5/2/2015
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety - Film News
Similar News
The Roddenberry Archive & Otoy Unveil New Virtual ‘Star Trek’ Experience Allowing Trekkies To Examine Every Evolution Of The Starship Enterprise Bridge & Even Walk Across It
- 4/27/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The President’s Analyst
- 6/8/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Artificial Eye co-founder Pamela Engel dies aged 82
- 7/17/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Shepherd’s High: Sophie Deraspe Currently Filming “Berger” with Félix-Antoine Duval
- 6/8/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Montreal’s Sphere Films International to close down
- 6/8/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The films opening in key European territories this weekend: ‘The New Mutants’, ‘Ema’, ‘Police’
- 9/4/2020
- by Ben Dalton¬Michael Rosser¬Martin Blaney¬Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
‘Justice League’ TV Spot: Bruce and Diana Put the Team Together
- 10/11/2017
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
6 Mysteries We Want to See Answered in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'
- 10/2/2017
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
New Photos From The Last Jedi Give Us a Good look at Supreme Leader Snoke, Luke, and More!
- 7/27/2017
- by Kristian Odland
- GeekTyrant
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.