27/01/2014 - To Kill A Man wins World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic while the Cinematography Award goes to Lilting

20,000 Days On Earth by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard

20,000 Days On Earth [+see also:
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film profile] was the British frontrunner at the Sundance Film Festival’s 2014 awards. Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard won the Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary for the film and Jonathan Amos the Editing Award: World Cinema Documentary. Nadav Schirman’s The Green Prince [+see also:
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film profile] (Germany/Israel/UK) won the Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary. Ula Pontikos won the Cinematography Award: World Cinema Dramatic for Lilting [+see also:
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film profile] (UK). Stuart Murdoch’s God Help The Girl [+see also:
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Other kudos for European cinema include Alejandro Fernández Almendras’s To Kill A Man [+see also:
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film profile] (Chile/France) winning the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic; Talal Derki’s Return To Homs [+see also:
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film profile] (Syria/Germany) winning the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary; Writer/Director Eskil Vogt’s Blind [+see also:
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interview: Eskil Vogt
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film profile] (Norway/Netherlands) the Screenwriting Award: World Cinema Dramatic; Thomas Balmès and Nina Bernfeld winning the Cinematography Award: World Cinema Documentary for Balmès’ Happiness (France/Finland); and Hubert Sauper’s We Come As Friends [+see also:
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The 2014 Festival presented 121 feature-length films, representing 37 countries and 54 first-time filmmakers, including 35 in competition.