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Published by Beyond Borders
Aug 30, 2021
“Beyond Borders” 8th International Documentary Festival in Castellorizo (August 20-27) is inviting documentary filmmakers from all over the world to submit their films to the competition for 2023.

6th “Beyond Borders” winners announced

JURY VERDICT for 6th BEYOND BORDERS International Documentary Festival

 

 

 

The jury



 

 

SPECIAL MENTION

High Maintenance

by Barak Heymann

…for the sensitive portrayal of the internationally praised artist Dani Karavan, giving the audience a gripping insight into a free-minded personality.  

 

   

 

BEST SHORT LENGTH DOCUMENTARY

Dafa Metti (Difficult)

by Tal Amiran 

for its original way of showing the dark side of life of immigrant street vendors against the glittering lights of Paris

   
   
   

 

SPECIAL AWARD OF ODYSSEY

My own personal Lebanon

by Theo Panagopoulos

for courageously revealing the secrets and traumas of war that have been haunting the filmmakers family, 

   
   
   

 

BEST GREEK DOCUMENTARY

Golden Dawn: A Public Affair

by Angélique Kourounis

…for persistingly showing the five years of successful fight for the victims of fascism in Greece, setting an example on how personal engagement can protect our democracies.  

   
   
   

 

SPECIAL JURY PRICE

A Black Jesus

by Luca Lucchesi

…for sensitvely  and wittingly unfolding the contradiction of a local community which worships a black cruzifix and at the same time struggles to accept the presence of black immigrants. 













 

   
   
   

 

 

BEST SOCIO-POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY

 

The Patriarch’s Room

by Danae Elon

…for the remarkable investigation revealing the conspiracy of men of power,and excelling in a very elaborate, cinematographic and entertaining narrative.

   
   
   

 

BEST HISTORY DOCUMENTARY

Midnight Traveler

by Hassan Fazili

for the filmmakers' highly personal documentation of his family's escape journey from Afghanistan to Europe, revealing moments of fear, love, anger and hope, introducing a perspective of daily life which has rarely seen before. This film shows history in the making, in a region of ongoing conflict.

   
   
   

 

 

 

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