IT’S ALL TRUE ANNOUNCES WINNERS * JL’s Passion wins the Brazilian Feature and Medium-‐Length Competition ** France is Our Mother Country is chosen as the best Feature film of the International Competition *** The Mulberry Mountain Range II and Super Unit are the winners of Best Brazilian and International Shorts Film, respectively The main event dedicated to the culture of documentary in Latin America, It’s All True – 20th International Documentary Film Festival has announced this Saturday evening, April 18th, the winners of this 2015 edition. The international jury was formed by French filmmaker and critic Laetitia Mikles, Chilean documentary filmmaker Cristián Leighton and American curator Thom Powers. The Brazilian jury was formed by filmmaker Carla Gallo, curator Fabiano Canosa and filmmaker and director of photography Lauro Escorel. For the first time in the Festival’s history, the winners of both Brazilian and International Best Short Films are automatically qualified for evaluation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, on the dispute for a place among the nominees for Best Documentary Short Film at the Oscars. It’s All True is the first and only festival in South America to merit this status. The official award winners of It’s All True 2015 are: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Best Feature or Medium-‐Length Documentary (Official Jury) France is Our Mother Country, by Rithy Panh Best Short Documentary (Official Jury) Super Unit, by Teresa Czepiec Honorable Mention for Feature or Medium-‐Length Documentary (Official Jury) Tea Time, by Maite Alberdi Honorable Mention for Short Documentary (Official Jury) Bear, by Pascal Flörks BRAZILIAN COMPETITION Best Feature or Medium-‐Length Documentary (Official Jury) JL’s Passion, by Carlos Nader Best Short Documentary (Official Jury) The Mulberry Mountain Range II, by Jamille Fortunato PARALLEL AWARDS CANAL BRASIL SHORT FILM AWARD Jury formed by Christian Peterman, Alessandro Giannini, Edu Fernandes, Renata D'Elia and Marcelo Costa Best Short Documentary in Brazilian Competition De Profundis, by Isabela Cribari ABRACCINE AWARD (Brazilian Film Critics Association)
Jury formed by Luiza Lusvarghi, Heitor Augusto and Rodrigo Zavala Best Feature or Medium-‐Length Documentary in Brazilian Competition JL’s Passion, by Carlos Nader Best Short Documentary in Brazilian Competition Untitled # 2 : LA MER LARME, by Carlos Adriano ABD-‐SP AWARD FOR BEST BRAZILIAN SHORT FILM (Brazilian Association of Documentary and Short Filmmakers – Separate Jury) Best Short Documentary in Brazilian Competition The Mulberry Mountain Range II, by Jamille Fortunato MISTIKA AWARD Best Short Documentary in Brazilian Competition The Mulberry Mountain Range II, by Jamille Fortunato It’s All True – 20th International Documentary Film Festival São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, from April 9th to 19th. Belo Horizonte, from April 29th to May 4th. Santos, from April 7th to 10th. Brasilia, from May 27th to June 1st. Foundation and direction: Amir Labaki It’s All True – 20th International Documentary Film Festival is co-‐realization of BNDES, OI, PETROBRAS, SABESP, CCBB, SPCINE and RIOFILME, with the support of the Ministry of Culture – Audiovisual Secretariat/ Law 8.313/91 (Rouanet Cultural Bill), and the State Government of São Paulo/ SP Department of Culture – Cultural Action Program (PROAC), Rio State Government/ Rio Department of Culture – Rio Cultural Bill and São Paulo Department of Culture. Free entrance in all venues. PRESS OFFICE SAO PAULO – Genco Assessoria Karina Almeida (11) 98556-‐5242 [email protected] Beatriz Macruz [email protected] Johanna Leblanc [email protected] Paula C. Ferraz [email protected] RIO DE JANEIRO Liliam Hargreaves -‐ (21) 99136-‐0941 [email protected]