5/03/2014

'Out of Mind, Out of Sight', 'Waiting for August' top Hot Docs Winners


Out of Mind, Out of Sight

Hot Docs announced the winners for this year's festival. They are:

Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award: Out of Mind, Out of Sight – John Kastner
Best International Feature Documentary Award: Waiting for August          
Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award: Grant Baldwin – Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
            -Honourable mention: Amar Wala – The Secret Trial 5
Emerging International Filmmaker Award: Orlando von Einsiedel – Virunga
Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature Documentary: Before the Last Curtain Falls
Special Jury Prize - International Feature Documentary: Walking Under Water
Best Mid-Length Documentary Award: Kings of the Wind & Electric Queens
Best Short Documentary Award: Ghost Train
            - Honorable Mention: Beach Boy
2014 Don Haig Award: Michael McNamara
Lindalee Tracey Award: Madeleine Grant (The Backward Class) and Matt Johnson (The Dirties)
Gaiam TV Conscious Media Award: Andrew Napier (Mad as Hell)           
2014 Focus On Recipient: John Zaritsky

-The Audience Award, sponsored by justeat.ca, will be announced on Monday, May 5.