{"id":573359,"date":"2023-05-06T23:05:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T20:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hot-docs-awards-christian-einshojs-the-mountains-takes-top-jury-prize\/"},"modified":"2023-05-06T23:05:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T20:05:51","slug":"hot-docs-awards-christian-einshojs-the-mountains-takes-top-jury-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hot-docs-awards-christian-einshojs-the-mountains-takes-top-jury-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hot Docs Awards: Christian Einshoj\u2019s \u2018The Mountains\u2019 Takes Top Jury Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The Hot Docs Canadian\u00a0International\u00a0Documentary Festival awarded its best international feature film prize to Danish filmmaker Christian Einsh\u00f8j\u2019s <em>The Mountains<\/em>, a portrait of a Scandinavian family struck by a tragedy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Einsh\u00f8j\u00a0also won the best emerging international filmmaker award at the Toronto festival, which handed out its top jury prizes on Saturday. Hot Docs opened its 30th edition with another Danish film, <em>Twice Colonized<\/em>, Lin Alluna\u2019s feature about Greenlandic Inuit lawyer and protector of her ancestral lands, Aaju Peter, after a world premiere at Sundance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The Canadian documentary festival also gave its special jury prize for best international feature to\u00a0director Edward Lovelace\u2019s <em>Name Me Lawand,<\/em> which follows a young deaf Kurdish boy joyfully learning communication skills at a U.K. school after a treacherous journey from Iraq, only to later face deportation from his new home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Other winners included the best Canadian feature documentary award going to director Denys Desjardins\u2019\u00a0<em>I Lost My Mom<\/em>. The best short doc award went to Iranian director Milad Khosravi\u2019s <em>Mrs. Iran\u2019s Husband<\/em>, an exploration of family and labor in Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    There was also an honorable mention for Micah Levin\u2019s <em>Dear Ani,<\/em> about an aspiring songwriter\u2019s creatively obsessive correspondence with music icon Ani DiFranco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The prize for best mid-length doc went to <em>Being in a Place \u2013 A Portrait of Margaret Tait<\/em>, by director\u00a0Luke Fowler, and the special jury prize for best Canadian feature doc was picked up by <em>Caiti Blues,<\/em> from director Justine Harbonnier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In all, 214 films from 72 countries will screen at Hot Docs in Toronto from April 27 to May 7. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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