a selection of FESTIVAL AWARDS
Berlinale - Winner Ecumenical Film Award
- Amnesty Award Nomination
Cinema Eye Honor - Winner Spotlight Award
CPH:DOX - Winner Dox:Award
- Winner Politiken:Dox:Award
DMZ DOCS - Winner White Goose Award for Best Film
Palm Springs IFF - Winner Best Student Documentary
Docs Against Gravity - Winner Amnesty International Award
Documenta Madrid - Winner 2nd Prize International Competition
Italian Film & TV Association - Winner Best Editing
Hamptons IFF - Special Jury Mention
British Documentary Awards - Nominated Best Newcomer Director
IDFA - Nominated for Best Student Film
Salina DocFest - Winner Tasca D'Almerita Best Feature Film
Dok.Fest München - Special Jury Mention
BBC - Winner Documentary Development Award
Camden IFF - Winner Emerging Cinematic Vision Award
Camden IFF - Honorable Mention
Moscow Int Doc FF - Winner Audience Award
Porto/Post/Doc - Winner Biberstein Gusmão Award
Porto/Post/Doc - Special Jury Mention for Best Film
Lichter IFF - Winner Lichter Feature Film Award
DOKKA Karlsruhe - Winner DOKKA Best Feature Film Award
Würzburg IFF - Winner 2nd Documentary Award
Ethnocineca IFF -Winner Excellence in Visual Anthropology Award
Faito Doc Fest - Winner CPS Award
Stockfish, European FF - Winner Action4Climate Award
Exposures, Manchester - Winner Best Documentary
Official Best of Fest - Winner Best Film about Real People
East Sarajevo IFF - Winner Best Feature Documentary
St. Louis Int Doc FF - Special Jury Mention
Festival La Fila - Winner Best Documentary
Costa Rica IFF - Winner Best Documentary Short
Telegraph 21 - Winner Best Documentary Feature
Atlanta Int DocFF - Winner Best International Documentary
Yosemite FF - Winner John Muir Documentary Award in Gold
Uruguay Int Doc FF - Winner Special Jury Mention
DocsDF - Special Jury Mention
Go Short - Winner 3rd Place Audience Award
Moctezuma IFF - Winner Best Short Documentary
Festival of Nations - Winner Bronze Award Best Documentary
FESTIVAL PARTICIPATIONS
2020
CPH:DOX
2017
Il Migranti Film Festival, Italy
Festival contre le Racism, Germany
Ethnocineca, Austria
Festival la Première Fois, France
Bertha Doc House, UK
Forum des Images, Paris, France
Filmwochenende Würzburg, Germany
Black Movies Geneva, Switzerland
Globale Mittelhesse, Germany
Faito Doc Festival, Italia
Cinema Eye Honors
2016
Berlinale, Germany
IDFA, The Netherlands
DOC NYC, USA
True/False, USA
AFI DocFest, USA
Dok.Fest München
Hong Kong IFF, China
DocumentaMadrid, Spain
Milano Film Festival, Italy
Camden Int. Film Festival, USA
DMZ Docs, Korea
Nordisk Panorama, Sweden
États Généraux du Film Documentaire, France
Melbourne Int. Film Festival, Australia
BFI London Film Festival, UK
Prix Europa, Germany
DOCS DF, Mexico
Festival de Cine de Valdivia, Chile
Hamptons Int. Film Festival, USA
Docs Against Gravity, Poland
Crossing Europe, Austria
Innsbruck IFF, Austria
Lichter IFF, Germany
Dokka, Germany
Festival du Film Documentaire de St Louis, Senegal
Transcinema, Peru
Porto/Post/Doc, Portugal
Black Nights, Estonia
Panorama of the European Film, Egypt
Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Germany
Leeds Int. Film Festival, UK
Afrikanische Filmtage Munich, Germany
Film Africa UK, UK
Independent FilmFest Osnabrück, Germany
Corsica Doc, France
Sao Paulo Film Festival, Brazil
Antalya Film Festival, Turkey
Cinemigrante Film Festival, Argentina
FEMF, Slovenia
Zimbabwe Int. Film Festival, Zimbabwe
War on Screen, France
Festival du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium
Moldox, Moldova
Zürich Film Festival, Switzerland
Cinematik Int. Film Festival, Slovakia
Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland
Sommerberlinale Köln, Germany
DocuFest, Kosovo
Durban International Film Festival, South Africa
Biografilm Festival, Italy
Salina DOC Fest, Italy
Seoul Agape Film Festival, South Korea
Int. Film Festival Innsbruck, Austria
Docaviv, Israel
2015
DOKer, Moscow International Documentary Festival, Russia
Stockfish, European Film Festival, Island
Green Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
2014
Silver Springs International Film Festival
One World International Film Festival, Czech Republic
Sarajevo International Film Festival
Monte Carlo TV Festival
International Biennal of Scientific Films, Spain
Days of Ethnographic Film, Slovenia
World Film Festival, Estonia
Lut Festival, Republica Srpska
2013
CPH:DOX, Denmark
Camden International Film Festival, USA
ZagrebDox, Croatia
TransCinema, Peru
2011
Flahertiana Film Festival / Best of tour, Russia
Ethnographic Film Festival, Slovenia
Havanna Film Festival, Cuba
Picture This Film Festival, Canada
2010
Zagreb Dox, Croatia
Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival
Belgrade Documentary Film Festival, Serbia
Odense International Film Festival
Telegraph 21, USA
Norwegian Documentary Film Festival, Norway
Revelations Perth International Film Festival, Australia
Tiburon International Film Festival, California/USA
Golden Drum International Film Festival, Russia
Illusifilms Den Hague, Netherlands
Film and Video Festival Imperia, Italy
Cinestud International Film Festival, Netherlands
Sotocine, Muestra de Cantabria, Spain
Atlanta Underground Film Festival, USA
Saratov Suffering, Russia
Sidney Underground Film Festival, Australia
2009
Palm Springs International Film Festival, California / USA
Doc/Fest, International Documentary Film Festival, Sheffield/UK
Brooklyn International Film Festival, New York / USA
DocsDF, Mexico
Expresion en Corto, Guanajuato / Mexico
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, Texas / USA
DocsBarcelona, Spain
New York Latino Film Festival, USA
Broadway International Film Festival, LA/USA
Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival, USA
International Ethnographic Film Festival of Quebec / Canada
Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia
Flahertiana, Russia
Bronx Independent Film Festival, New York / USA
St. Louis International Film Festival, USA
Astra International Documentary Film Festival, Romania
San Diego Latino IFF, USA
Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia
Exposures, Manchester / UK
Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña del Mar, Chile
Branchage International Film Festival, Jersey/UK
International Film Festival Uruguay
Yosemite Film Festival, USA
Sehsüchte, Potsdam / Germany
Radar Hamburg International Independent Film Festival, Germany
I’ve Seen Films International Film Competition, Milan / Italy
Istanbul International Urban Films Festival, Turkey
Rome International Film Festival, USA
Go Short, Nijmegen / The Netherlands
Shoot Me Film Festival, Den Haag / The Netherlands
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, California/USA
Levante International Film Festival, Italy
Great Lakes Independent Film Festival, USA
Riverside International Film Festival, California / USA
Festival of Nations, Austria
Festival La Fila, Valladolid / Spain
DocuWest Film Festival, Colorado, USA
Cinefiesta, Puerto Rico
Montezuma International Film Festival, Costa Rica
2008
IDFA, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Gijon International Film Festival Gijon / Spain
International Documentary Festival Uruguay