Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 14, 2009 under Awards, Documentary | 
"Diary of a Times Square Thief" Directed & Written by Klaas Bense
The nominees for the International Documentary Association’s 2009 IDA Documentary Awards competition were announced this week. The winners will be announced December 4th at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles, in a ceremony hosted by This American Life’s Ira Glass.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 6, 2009 under Academy award, Documentary, Foreign Film, Music |
The United Kingdom has selected Havana Marking’s documentary “Afghan Star” as its 2009 submission for the Academy Awards, reports indieWIRE.
“Afghan Star” details how, after 30 years of war and Taliban rule, ‘American Idol’ has come to Afghanistan and is “taking the nation by storm.” For many in the country, this was their first encounter with democracy and for the contestants, they are actually risking their lives to sing. It won both Best Director and the Audience Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival in the World Documentary section.
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