Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country took the top prize at Full Frame this weekend. Last year’s winner, Trouble the Water, went on to be nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards. Burma VJ was a finalist in the documentary category at Sundance this year. The film also picked up the Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award and Full/Frame Working Film Award.
Update: Full Frame sent the official press release out just around 6 p.m. Here is the full list of winners with the full name of each award.
2009 Full Frame Winners
Anne Dellinger Grand Jury Award: Burma VJ
Special Jury Award: Unmistaken Child
Audience Award: The Way We Get By
Full Frame Jury Award for Best Short: 12 Notes Down
Honorable Mentions: The Flying Shepherd and La Chiorola
CDS Filmmaker Award: Burma VJ
Full Frame HBO Emerging Filmmaker Award Competition Films: Love on Delivery
Honorable Mentions: 45365 and California Company Town
Charles Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award: Voices from El-Sayed
Full Frame Inspiration Award: Unmistaken Child
Full Frame President’s Award: Oil Blue
The Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights: Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
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