BFI Doc Society Fund BEST CINEMA DOCUMENTARY
For Sama
Waad al Kateab, Ed Watts, Nevine Mabro, Ben de Pear, Siobhan Sinnerton & George Waldrum for Channel 4 News & ITN Productions for Channel 4 & PBS Frontline General theatrical release
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.
Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice- whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
A searingly intimate, profound film about love, motherhood, heroism and war. Phenomenal journalistic skills were used to take the camera into a community under impossible odds. Without being didactic, it tells a number of truths which were visceral and hugely moving. The judges, unanimous in their praise, said it was an incredible document of history that will stand the test of time.
American Factory
Production team at Higher Ground Productions & Participant Media for Netflix General theatrical release
In this documentary, hopes soar when a Chinese company reopens a shuttered factory in Ohio. But a culture clash threatens to shatter an American dream.
Honeyland
Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov & Atanas Georgiev General theatrical release
The last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.
Midnight Family
Luke Lorentzen & Kellen Quinn General theatrical release
In Mexico City’s wealthiest neighbourhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help.
¡Viva la docs!
BFI DOC SOCIETY FUND BEST CINEMA DOCUMENTARY
The award will recognise the creative ingenuity that brings the art of non-fiction to life in the most potent and impactful way on-screen. BFI Doc Society is proud to partner with The Grierson Trust, and support a training programme for Fund grantees.
Congratulations to the nominees. 8 GRIERSON 2020: THE BRITISH DOCUMENTARY AWARDS
BFI DOC SOCIETY FUND BEST CINEMA DOCUMENTARY
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