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Colin Low Award
The Colin Low Award is an annual Canadian film award, presented to honour the best Canadian documentary film screened at that year's DOXA Documentary Film Festival. The award frequently, but not always, presents an honorable mention An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An awar ... in addition to the overall winner. The award is named in honour of influential Canadian documentary filmmaker Colin Low. Winners References {{reflist External linksDOXA Documentary Film Festival Canadian documentary film awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DOXA Documentary Film Festival
The DOXA Documentary Film Festival is a documentary film festival based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is held annually held for 10 days in May, and is presented by The Documentary Media Society, a non-profit organization. The festival was staged for the first time in 2000.Marke Andrews, "DOXA festival screens 50 films". ''Vancouver Sun'', May 11, 2000. Originally intended as a once-only event, by the time of its launch the organizers had decided to organize a permanent biennial festival; following the second festival in 2002, it became an annual event thereafter.Katherine Monk, "The highs and lows of recording reality". ''Vancouver Sun'', May 6, 2003. Awards DOXA award winners are given on the basis of three major criteria: "success and innovation in the realization of the project’s concept; originality and relevance of subject matter and approach; and overall artistic and technical proficiency". Jury members are filmmakers, film critics, and industry professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |