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2001 Hot Docs Awards Archive

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2001 AWARD RECIPIENTS

Gold Award for Best Canadian Documentary
MY LEFT BREAST
D: Gerry Rogers; P: Paul Pope

Silver Award for Best Canadian Documentary
OUT OF THE FIRE
D/P: Shelley Saywell
Honourable Mention: IN THE SHADOW OF A SAINT (D: Richard Meech)

Best Direction Award
RAVEL’S BRAIN
D: Larry Weinstein

Gold Award for Best International Documentary
SOUTHERN COMFORT
D: Kate Davis; P: Kate Davis and Elizabeth Adams

Silver Award for Best International Documentary
100% WHITE
D/P: Leo Regan
Honourable Mentions:
LALEE’S KIN: THE LEGACY OF COTTON (D: Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, Albert Maysles)
ZINAT, A SPECIAL DAY (D: Ebrahim Mokhtari)

Best Documentary in the National Spotlight
VISION MAN
D: William Long; P: Lars Aby
Honourable Mention: I REMEMBER LENA SVEDBERG (D: Carl Johan De Geer)

Best First Documentary Award
ALONE WITH WAR
D: Danièle Arbid; P: Christian Baute, Jacques-Henri Bronckart
And
LIVING AFTERWARDS
D: Laurent Bécue-Renard; P: Michel Rotman

Humanitarian Award
BREAKAWAY – A TALE OF TWO SURVIVORS
D/P: Mathew Welsh

The Audience Award
SOUTHERN COMFORT
D: Kate Davis/ P: Kate Davis, Elizabeth Adams
1st Runner Up: SPIRITS OF HAVANA (D: Bay Weyman, Luis O. Garcia)
2nd Runner Up: JUNG (WAR) IN THE LAND OF THE MUJAHEDDIN (D: Fabrizio Lazzaretti, Alberto Vendemmiati)

Special Achievement Award
Don Haig


International Showcase Jury

  • Anne Claire Poirier
  • Peter Wintonick
  • Heino Deckart

Canadian Spectrum Jury

  • Peter Lynch
  • Patricia Rozema
  • Malcolm Guy

First Documentary Jury

  • Albert Maysles
  • Gerry Rogers
  • Paul Jay

National Spotlight Jury

  • Allan King
  • Jennifer Baichwal
  • Nicole Guillemet
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