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2005 Hot Docs Awards Archive

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2005 AWARD RECIPIENTS

Best International Documentary
STREET FIGHT
D: Marshall Curry
Honourable Mention: THE DEVIL’S MINER (D: Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani)
Special Jury Prize: THE SWENKAS (D: Jeppe Rønde)
Sponsored by A&E and Playback.

Best Documentary in Spotlight on Israel Program
SENTENCED TO MARRIAGE
D: Anat Zuria
Honourable Mention: WALL (D: Simone Bitton)
Sponsored by the New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television, comes with a $5000 cash prize.

Best Canadian Documentary - Feature Length
HOGTOWN: THE POLITICS OF POLICING
D: Min Sook Lee
Sponsored by The Documentary Channel the Documentary Organization of Canada and comes with a $5,000 cash prize courtesy of The Documentary Channel.

Best Direction - Feature Length Canadian Documentary
LITTLE JESUS
D: André-Line Beauparlant
Sponsored by CBC Television, CBC Newsworld and the NFB.

Best Short to Mid-Length Canadian Documentary
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND THE ROOSTER’S CROW
D: Nadja Drost
Honourable Mention: OPERATION HOMECOMING (D: Luc Côté)
Sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts and the OMDC.

Best Direction - Short to Mid-Length Canadian Documentary
THE ALMA DRAWINGS
D: Jeremy Munce
Honourable Mention: 9 MONTHS, 6 BLOCKS (D: Chris Romeike)
Sponsored by DGC Ontario.

FIPRESCI Award for Best First Documentary
THE DEVIL’S MINER
D: Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani

2005 Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement Award
Presented to Errol Morris by Hot Docs Board of Directors

OMNI Prize for Best Third Language/Ethno-Cultural Rendezvous Pitch
FAMOUS PLAYERS, pitched by Dominka Dittwald
Includes $10,000 in development money via the OMNI Diversity Television Independent Producers Fund.

CBC Camera Prize
TWIN TREK, pitched by June Chua
Includes a $10,000 camera rental package for the best Rendezvous pitch received by the CBC.

Kodak Entertainment Imaging Prize for Best Rendezvous Pitch
Marco Williams
Includes a prize of $5,000 worth of film stock.

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Prize
VENDETTA SONG
D: Eylem Kaftan
Awarded to the best Canadian documentary on international development, the prize comes with a $5000 cash prize.

Hot Docs Audience Award
STREET FIGHT
D: Marshall Curry
Sponsored by History Television.

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