5 Broken Cameras by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi was among the award winners announced at the closing ceremony of the Sundance Film Festival Saturday January 28. This film made with money from IDFA’s Jan Vrijman Fund won the World Cinema Directing Award, Documentary. At last year’s edition of IDFA, 5 Broken Cameras won both the Audience Award and the Special Jury Prize.
Putin’s Kiss by Lise Birk Pedersen, which had its world premiere at IDFA 2011, also won a Sundance award: the World Cinema Cinematography Award, Documentary.
5 Broken Cameras
5 Broken Cameras (Palestine/France/Israel/Netherlands, 2011) by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi is a compelling personal portrait of a Palestinian village resisting the advance of Jewish settlements. It was filmed over a period of several years by one of the villagers.
In 2010, the film received a financial contribution from IDFA’s
Jan Vrijman Fund, which supports documentary projects in developing countries twice a year. 5 Broken Cameras was also developed at
IDFAcademy’s Summer School, in 2010.
IDFA 2011 / Sundance / Berlinale
At IDFA 2011, 5 Broken Cameras won both the
Audience Award and the
Special Jury Prize, which was awarded by the jury of IDFA’s Competition for Feature-Length Documentary.
Following IDFA, the film was selected for the World Documentary Competition at
Sundance, where last Saturday it received the World Cinema Directing Award. 5 Broken Cameras is also one of the 23 IDFA titles selected for the European Film Market at the upcoming
Berlin Film Festival.
5 Broken Cameras is screening at cinemas in the Netherlands as part of The Best of IDFA on Tour.
Putin’s Kiss
Putin’s Kiss (Denmark, 2011) by Lise Birk Pedersen also won an award in the Sundance world documentary competition: the World Cinema Cinematography Award, Documentary. Putin’s Kiss focuses on a Russian student’s dilemma: should she stay with the Nashi patriotic youth movement or join the liberal opposition? The film was previously selected for the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary at IDFA 2011.