Reason by Indian filmmaker Anand Patwardhan has emerged as the winner of the Feature-Length Documentary Competition at the 31st edition of the IDFA, which runs from 14-25 November. The awards ceremony took place last night at the International Theatre Amsterdam.

The 240-minute film, Patwardhan's 15th as a director, is a wide-ranging examination of Indian society, where secular rationalists are hunted down as they attempt to stem the rising tide of religious and nationalist fundamentalism. The award includes a financial prize of €15,000.

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The Special Jury Award in the same competition, worth €2,500, went to the Chilean-German co-production Los Reyes [+leggi anche:
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In the Competition for First Appearance, the main prize of €10,000 went to Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva for Giacinto Scelsi. The First Motion of the Immovable [+leggi anche:
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Two Polish co-productions scooped the prizes in the Mid-Length Competition: Summa by Belarusian director Andrei Kutsila won the main award (€10,000), while Pavel Zielinski's In Touch, which has Icelandic involvement, snagged the Special Jury Award (€2,500).

In the Dutch Competition, the Beeld en Geluid IDFA Award for Dutch Documentary, worth €7,500, went to 'Now something is slowly changing' [+leggi anche:
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Mahdi Fleifel's I Signed the Petition (UK/Germany/Switzerland) triumphed in the Short Documentary Competition and got €5,000, while the Special Jury Award, worth €2,500, was bestowed upon Payal Kapadia's And What Is Summer Saying (India).

Here is the full list of award winners:

IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary

IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary
Reason - Anand Patwardhan (India)

Special Jury Award
Los Reyes [+leggi anche:
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IDFA Competition for First Appearance

IDFA Award for Best First Appearance
Giacinto Scelsi. The First Motion of the Immovable [+leggi anche:
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Special Jury Award
Kabul, City in the Wind [+leggi anche:
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IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary

IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary 
Summa - Andrei Kutsila (Poland/Belarus)

Special Jury Award
In Touch (Poland/Iceland)

IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary

Beeld en Geluid IDFA Award for Dutch Documentary
'Now something is slowly changing' [+leggi anche:
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Special Jury Award
But Now Is Perfect [+leggi anche:
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IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling
1 the Road - Ross Goodwin (USA)

IDFA DocLab Award for Immersive Non-Fiction
Eat | Tech | Kitchen - Klasien van de Zandschulp, Emilie Baltz (Netherlands/USA)

IDFA Competition for Short Documentary

IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary
I Signed the Petition - Mahdi Fleifel (UK/Germany/Switzerland)

Special Jury Award
And What Is Summer Saying - Payal Kapadia (India)

IDFA Competition for Student Documentary

IDFA Award for Best Student Documentary 
In Search… [+leggi anche:
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Special Jury Award
Backwards - Dana Gelman (Israel)

IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs

IDFA Award for Best Children’s Documentary
Dancing for You - Katarzyna Lesisz (Poland)

Special Jury Award
The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon - Martijn Blekendaal (Netherlands)

Amsterdam Human Rights Award 
Island of the Hungry Ghosts [+leggi anche:
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Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Documentary Stipend 
Sophie Dros (Netherlands)