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2000 AWARD RECIPIENTS

PROGRAMME AWARDS

Best Feature
AVANT LE JOUR (BEFORE DAY BREAKS)
D: Lucie Lambert; P: Sylvain L’Espérance

Best Short
ZYKLON PORTRAIT
D/P: Elida Schogt

Best Arts
À LA RECHERCHE DE LOUIS ARCHAMBAULT
D/P: Werner Volkmer

Best Biography
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DR. HENRY MORGENTALER
D: Audrey Mehler; P: Audrey Mehler, David Paperny

Best Cultural
THE HOLIER IT GETS
D: Jennifer Baichwal; P: Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier

Best History
UNWANTED SOLDIERS
D: Jari Osborne; P: Karen King, Louise Lore

Best Political
IMAGES OF A DICTATORSHIP
D: Patricio Henriquez; P: Patricio Henriquez, Raymonde Provencher, Robert Cornellier

Best Science/Technology/Environment
PANDEMIC: CASE OF THE KILLER FLU
D: Elliot Halpern; P: Elliot Halpern, Simcha Jacobovici, Garfield Kennedy

Best Social Issue
LAUGH IN THE DARK
D/P: Justine Pimlott

Best Series
TURNING POINTS OF HISTORY
Series P: Laszlo Barna, Frank Savoie, Alan Mendelsohn

CRAFT AWARDS

Best Direction
Pierre Houle
RIOPELLE, SANS TITRE, COLLAGE, 1999

Best Writing
Barry Stevens
NEWFOUNDLAND ON THE SOMME

Honourable Mention for Best Writing
Richard Desjardins
L’ERREUR BOREALE

Best Cinematography
Philippe Lavalette
VISIONNAIRES

Best Picture Editing
Caroline Christie, Elida Schogt
ZYKLON PORTRAIT

Best Original Score (Two Winners)
Michel Cusson
RIOPELLE, SANS TITRE, COLLAGE, 1999
and
Mark Korven
THE TOUGHEST JOB IN THE WORLD

Best Overall Sound
Jean-Piérre Bissonnette, Henry Junior Godding, Catherine Van Der Donckt, Benoît Dame
VISIONNAIRES

Vision TV Humanitarian Award (two winners)
VILLAGE OF WIDOWS
D: Peter Blow; P: Peter Blow, Gil Gavreau
and
ZYKLON PORTRAIT
D/P: Elida Schogt

Best Independent Canadian Film of the Festival
THE HOLIER IT GETS
D: Jennifer Baichwal; P: Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier

Honourable Mention
ZYKLON PORTRAIT
D/P: Elida Schogt

The Critics’ Prize for the Best International Documentary (two winners)
GODARD À LA TÉLÉ
D: Michel Royer; P: Christiane Graziani
and
LONG NIGHT’S JOURNEY INTO DAY
D: Deborah Hoffmann, Frances Reid; P: Frances Reid

Lifetime Achievement Award
DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus

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