The Jewish Chronicle by Ben WeichAn Act of Defiance recounts the story of a mixed group of black and Jewish men who were arrested in 1963 for conspiring to commit sabotage against the South African state
A movie about Jews’ role in opposing apartheid rule in South Africa took home the best film award as the UK Jewish Film Festival (Ukjff) drew to a close.
An Act of Defiance (aka Bram Fischer), directed by Jean van de Velde, recounts the story of a mixed group of black and Jewish men who were arrested in 1963 for conspiring to commit sabotage against the South African state.
The film won the 2017 Dorfman Best Film award, it was announced last night at the festival’s closing event.
The decision was reached by judges Simon Chinn, Henry Goodman, Daniel Gordon, Kate Muir and Ben Steele, who agreed unanimously that the award go to the historical courtroom drama.
A movie about Jews’ role in opposing apartheid rule in South Africa took home the best film award as the UK Jewish Film Festival (Ukjff) drew to a close.
An Act of Defiance (aka Bram Fischer), directed by Jean van de Velde, recounts the story of a mixed group of black and Jewish men who were arrested in 1963 for conspiring to commit sabotage against the South African state.
The film won the 2017 Dorfman Best Film award, it was announced last night at the festival’s closing event.
The decision was reached by judges Simon Chinn, Henry Goodman, Daniel Gordon, Kate Muir and Ben Steele, who agreed unanimously that the award go to the historical courtroom drama.
- 12/2/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Details of sessions at the Media Production Show today (June 10) - register to attend the free event now.
Day 1: The Media Production Show from The Media Production Show on Vimeo.
The Media Production Show continues today with more than 20 seminars across the event [click here for full list].
At the Keynote Theatre, the sessions will kick off at 11am with a Dop Masterclass with speakers Ben Steele and Andrew Muggleton, both BAFTA Craft Award nominees 2016, Photography – Factual for BBC4’s Handmade: Metal; and Robert Shacklady, Dop.
At 12.30pm, challenges facing the UK indie film sector will be debated by Jason Maza and Gina Powell of Unstoppable Entertainment (Adulthood, The Anomaly), chaired by Screen International.
Diversity in the creative sector will be explored at 1.30pm with speakers Fraser Ayres, actor and founder of TriForce Network, and Edi Smockum, director of ThinkBigger, with session chair Gavin Ramjaun of ITV Studios.
At 2.30pm, delegates will be invited to go behind the scenes of the...
Day 1: The Media Production Show from The Media Production Show on Vimeo.
The Media Production Show continues today with more than 20 seminars across the event [click here for full list].
At the Keynote Theatre, the sessions will kick off at 11am with a Dop Masterclass with speakers Ben Steele and Andrew Muggleton, both BAFTA Craft Award nominees 2016, Photography – Factual for BBC4’s Handmade: Metal; and Robert Shacklady, Dop.
At 12.30pm, challenges facing the UK indie film sector will be debated by Jason Maza and Gina Powell of Unstoppable Entertainment (Adulthood, The Anomaly), chaired by Screen International.
Diversity in the creative sector will be explored at 1.30pm with speakers Fraser Ayres, actor and founder of TriForce Network, and Edi Smockum, director of ThinkBigger, with session chair Gavin Ramjaun of ITV Studios.
At 2.30pm, delegates will be invited to go behind the scenes of the...
- 6/10/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Documentary awards took place last night [Nov 3] at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Particle Fever and Cutie and the Boxer were among the film winners at last night’s Grierson Awards, held in association with Sky Atlantic and Shell.
Mark Levinson’s Particle Fever, about the quest for find the Higgs boson, won the Satusfaction Best Science or Natural History Documentary and was praised as a “stunning piece of work” by the jury, while Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer scooped the Bertha Dochouse Best Cinema Documentary award with the jury calling it a “true gem”.
The big winner on the night was Channel 4 as it took a record eight of the 13 award available, including two wins for Education Yorkshire for Envy Best Documentary Series Award and Radio Times Reader’s Choice Award.
Peter Aker’s Sing Your Heart Out received the Sky Atlantic Best Student Documentary, while former Wall To Wall chief executive Alex Graham was awarded...
Particle Fever and Cutie and the Boxer were among the film winners at last night’s Grierson Awards, held in association with Sky Atlantic and Shell.
Mark Levinson’s Particle Fever, about the quest for find the Higgs boson, won the Satusfaction Best Science or Natural History Documentary and was praised as a “stunning piece of work” by the jury, while Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer scooped the Bertha Dochouse Best Cinema Documentary award with the jury calling it a “true gem”.
The big winner on the night was Channel 4 as it took a record eight of the 13 award available, including two wins for Education Yorkshire for Envy Best Documentary Series Award and Radio Times Reader’s Choice Award.
Peter Aker’s Sing Your Heart Out received the Sky Atlantic Best Student Documentary, while former Wall To Wall chief executive Alex Graham was awarded...
- 11/4/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Documentary awards took place last night [Nov 3] at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Particle Fever and Cutie and the Boxer were among the film winners at last night’s Grierson Awards, held in association with Sky Atlantic and Shell.
Mark Levinson’s Particle Fever, about the quest for find the Higgs boson, won the Satusfaction Best Science or Natural History Documentary and was praised as a “stunning piece of work” by the jury, while Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer scooped the Bertha Dochouse Best Cinema Documentary award with the jury calling it a “true gem”.
The big winner on the night was Channel 4 as it took a record eight of the 13 award available, including two wins for Education Yorkshire for Envy Best Documentary Series Award and Radio Times Reader’s Choice Award.
Peter Aker’s Sing Your Heart Out received the Sky Atlantic Best Student Documentary, while former Wall To Wall chief executive Alex Graham was awarded...
Particle Fever and Cutie and the Boxer were among the film winners at last night’s Grierson Awards, held in association with Sky Atlantic and Shell.
Mark Levinson’s Particle Fever, about the quest for find the Higgs boson, won the Satusfaction Best Science or Natural History Documentary and was praised as a “stunning piece of work” by the jury, while Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer scooped the Bertha Dochouse Best Cinema Documentary award with the jury calling it a “true gem”.
The big winner on the night was Channel 4 as it took a record eight of the 13 award available, including two wins for Education Yorkshire for Envy Best Documentary Series Award and Radio Times Reader’s Choice Award.
Peter Aker’s Sing Your Heart Out received the Sky Atlantic Best Student Documentary, while former Wall To Wall chief executive Alex Graham was awarded...
- 11/4/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
With the Winter Olympics starting in Sochi on Friday (February 7), we're all going to be seeing a lot more of Russia on the TV over the next couple of weeks.
However, what won't be shown while we're scratching our heads at the curling is the brutal treatment of the Lgbt community in Russia, where some gay people are currently being hunted down like animals.
Liz Mackean's new Dispatches documentary, Hunted, is a bleak and brutal depiction of what life is really like in Russia for the gay community right now. Airing tonight on Channel 4, it's a documentary that will make British viewers extremely uncomfortable.
"Only 1% of the gay population dares to live openly," says Mackean. "I think it just shows where the problem is. There is a problem with visibility. Most Russians don't know a gay person and all those old problems and connections with pedophilia and homosexuality being a danger to children,...
However, what won't be shown while we're scratching our heads at the curling is the brutal treatment of the Lgbt community in Russia, where some gay people are currently being hunted down like animals.
Liz Mackean's new Dispatches documentary, Hunted, is a bleak and brutal depiction of what life is really like in Russia for the gay community right now. Airing tonight on Channel 4, it's a documentary that will make British viewers extremely uncomfortable.
"Only 1% of the gay population dares to live openly," says Mackean. "I think it just shows where the problem is. There is a problem with visibility. Most Russians don't know a gay person and all those old problems and connections with pedophilia and homosexuality being a danger to children,...
- 2/5/2014
- Digital Spy
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