‘Farming the Revolution’ Harvests Top International Competition Award at Hot Docs
04.05.2024 - 01:31
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Jennie Punter Nishta Jain’s “Farming the Revolution” has won Hot Docs’ Best International Feature Documentary Award, it was announced Friday at the festival’s awards ceremony, held in Toronto at the Centre for Social Innovation–Annex. Produced by Jain (Raintree Films) and Valérie Montmartin (Little Big Story) and co-directed by cinematographer Akash Basumatari, the film follows the massive year-long gathering of Indian farmers protesting unjust new farm laws that they felt would impact their markets. The jury said, “‘Farming the Revolution’ spotlights the power of ordinary people with an enduring cinematic sophistication and an indomitable lyrical presence.” The award comes with a Cnd.
$10,000 cash prize. The film, a co-production between India and Norway, now automatically qualifies for consideration in the Academy’s Best Documentary Feature category without the standard theatrical run, providing it complies with Academy rules. It is distributed by Cinephil.
Pablo Álvarez-Mesa’s “The Soldier’s Lagoon”—which traces Simon Bolívar’s campaign to liberate Colombia while exploring contemporary political and environmental realities in the Andes’ páramo region—won the Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award and a Cnd. $10,000 cash prize. The Canadian feature documentary jury said, “a myriad of issues from post-colonial legacies including environmental, land and military destruction .
. . [are] mirrored in the film’s strong artistic vision—a commitment to astonishing cinematography, to 16mm film, to an evocative and meditative sonic world.” “Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story,” directed by Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, was awarded the DGC Special Jury Prize for Canadian Feature Documentary and a Cdn $5,000 cash
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