Awards
FIPRESCI Award For Best Documentary
LATEST NEWS - FAVELA RISING WINS FIPRESCI AWARD
The Closing Night of the 53rd Sydney Film Festival saw the prestigious FIPRESCI Award for Best Documentary presented to FAVELA RISING, directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary. The announcement was made at the State Theatre by two of this year’s FIPRESCI judges Rachael Turk and Oscar Hillerstrom. FAVELA RISING was one of the most inspiring films of this year’s Sydney Film Festival program and follows the story of charismatic Riodrug trafficker, Anderson Sa, who turned his back against the violence to preach a positive message in a musical form. Read the full article.
Sydney Film Festival, in partnership with FIPRESCI International Federation of Film Critics (Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique) and FCCA (Film Critics Circle of Australia) will again host an international critics jury to award a prize for documentary. The jury of three will judge documentaries entered from around the world.
FIPRESCI exists to support film culture and to provide professional support both for film critics and filmmakers.
Films in this year's program that are eligible for the FIPRESCI Award are marked with the FIPRESCI logo on their allocated website page. The 2006 winner will be announced at the Closing Night Awards Ceremony, Saturday 24 June, 2006.
Since its inception in 1953, Sydney Film Festival has developed a tradition of programming strong and innovative documentaries. The FIPRESCI Award - now in its fifth year - recognises this tradition, and will build on it. Last year's winner of the FIPRESCI Award was Hubert Sauper's Darwin's Nightmare.
For more than a decade Australian critics, through the FCCA, have been serving on FIPRESCI juries at film festivals in Europe and the Asia-Pacific Region. The FCCA is pleased to once again facilitate the relationship between the Sydney Film Festival, the Australian critical establishment and FIPRESCI, allowing international critics to experience and participate in the Festival and Australian film culture.
