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''We Come as Friends'' is a 2014 Austrian-French documentary film written, directed and produced by Hubert Sauper. The film premiered in-competition in the ''World Cinema Documentary Competition'' at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014. It won the ''Special Jury Award for Cinematic Bravery'' at the festival. The film also premiered in-competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival on February 8, 2014. It won the ''Peace Film Award'' at the festival. The film later premiered at 43rd New Directors/New Films Festival on March 20, 2014. The film also premiered at 57th San Francisco International Film Festival on April 25, 2014 in competition for ''Golden Gate Documentary Feature''. Synopsis The film focuses on war-ravaged South Sudan fighting for independence from North Sudan and its President Omar al-Bashir. Reception ''We Come as Friends'' received mostly positive reviews upon its premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. On review aggregator Rotten Tom ...
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Hubert Sauper
Hubert Sauper (born 27 July 1966) is an Austrian documentary filmmaker, director, writer, producer, and actor best known for ''Darwin's Nightmare'' (2004) which was nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award. Sauper has lived in the UK, Italy, and the United States and now lives in France. He studied film directing in universities in Vienna and France. He teaches film classes in Europe and the USA. Sauper is famed for his political documentary films, shot in cinema verite style. He earned worldwide recognition for his film's expression, content, and aesthetics. His films are usually controversial for their explicit political, social, and poetic expression. Sauper's film ''Darwin's Nightmare'' was nominated for best documentary at the Oscars, and he has been awarded for his work with more than 50 international film prizes. His two latest documentaries have received twelve International Film Prizes. He acted in several short films and two feature-length films: ''In The Circle ...
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Metacritic
Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999, and was acquired by Fandom, Inc. in 2022. Metacritic turns each critic and user review into respective percentage score. This can be done either by calculating the score from the rating given or by making a subjective decision based on the review's quality. Before averaging the scores, they are adjusted based on the critic's popularity, reputation, and the number of reviews they have written. The site also includes a summary from each review and links to the original source, using colors like green, yellow, or red to indicate the overall sentiment of the critics. Metacritic won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. It is regarded as the foremost online rev ...
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AlloCiné
AlloCiné is an entertainment website founded by Jean-David Blanc in 1988, then joined by Patrick Holzman. It has belonged to the company since 2013 Webedia. which specializes in providing information on French cinema, mostly centering on novelties' promotion with DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD information. In 2005, it began covering television series. The website is considered the "French equivalent of IMDb." Initially, Allociné was a telephone information service providing cinema program details. It later transitioned into an Internet portal, offering extensive information on all movies distributed in France. The service was known for its easy-to-remember number (40 30 20 10, later 01 40 30 20 10) and lack of additional call charges, distinguishing it from competitors. The voice of Allociné, performed by Patrice Baudrier, became popular and was notably parodied by Gad Elmaleh. The company diversified its offerings to establish itself as a leading web portal for cinema informatio ...
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Lumière Award For Best Documentary
The Lumière Award for Best Documentary () is an award presented annually by the Académie des Lumières since 2016. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s See also *Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film *BAFTA Award for Best Documentary *César Award for Best Documentary Film * David di Donatello for Best Documentary *European Film Award for Best Documentary *Goya Award for Best Documentary References External links * Lumière Award for Best Documentaryat ''AlloCiné'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Lumiere Award for Best Documentary Documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ... Awards established in 2016 French documentary film awards ...
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21st Lumière Awards
The 21st Lumière Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, was held on 8 February 2016, at the Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris to honour the best in French films of 2015. Nominees were announced on 4 January 2016. '' My Golden Days'' garnered the most nominations, with a total of seven. ''Mustang'' won four awards, out of its six nominations, including Best Film and Best First Film. Winners and nominees Films with multiple nominations and awards The following films received multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards: See also * 41st César Awards * 6th Magritte Awards References External links * * Lumière Awardsat ''AlloCiné AlloCiné is an entertainment website founded by Jean-David Blanc in 1988, then joined by Patrick Holzman. It has belonged to the company since 2013 Webedia. which specializes in providing information on French cinema, mostly centering on nove ...'' {{DEFAULTSORT:21st Lumiere Awards Lumiè ...
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European Film Award For Best Documentary
The European Film Award for Best Documentary or Prix Arte has been awarded annually since 1989 by the European Film Academy. Special Mentions were presented alongside the winner of the award until 1993, since 1999 a set of nominees are presented out of which a winner is chosen. Criteria Documentary films taken into consideration must have a minimum length of 70 minutes. They must have either had a theatrical release in at least one European country, at a European competitive feature film festival accredited by FIAPF or been screened at one of the following documentary festivals: * Cinéma du Réel (France) * Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (Denmark) * Doclisboa (Portugal) * Dok Leipzig (Germany) * International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (The Netherlands) * Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (Czech Republic) * Kraków Film Festival (Poland) * Sheffield Doc/Fest (UK) * Thessaloniki Documentary Festival The Thessaloniki Documentary Festiv ...
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European Film Academy
The European Film Academy is a group of European film director, filmmakers who come together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988. Every year, the European Film Academy honors films and filmmakers with the European Film Awards. The ceremony takes place every even year in a different European city and every odd year in Berlin. History The European Film Academy was founded in 1989 under the name ''European Cinema Society'' by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, along with forty other filmmakers from across Europe, including Bernardo Bertolucci, Claude Chabrol, Dušan Makavejev, István Szabó, and Wim Wenders. Bergman served as the first president, and Wenders was appointed chairman. In 1990, the organization was renamed the European Film Academy and registered as a non-profit association. In 1996, Wim Wenders succeeded Bergman as president, and Nik Powell, a British producer, was elected chairman. Mike Downey, an Irish-B ...
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Vienna International Film Festival
The Vienna International Film Festival, or Viennale, is a film festival taking place every October since 1960 in Vienna, Austria. The average number of visitors is about 75,000. Traditional cinema venues are ''Gartenbaukino'', ''Urania'', ''Metro-Kino'', ''Filmmuseum'' and ''Stadtkino''. At the end of the festival, the ''Vienna Film Prize'' is awarded. History The festival features a collection of new films from all over the world, as well as national and international premieres. Apart from new feature films in various film genres, the festival focuses on documentary films, short films, experimental films and crossover productions. Together with the ''Austrian Film Museum'', a historical retrospective is organized every year, as well as special programs, tributes and homages to international institutions and individuals. During the festival, the ''FIPRESCI, Fipresci Prize'' is awarded by international film critics. Another prize is awarded by the readers of the Austrian newspa ...
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Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (), also known as MFDF Ji.hlava or Ji.hlava IDFF, is a documentary film festival that takes place annually in Jihlava, Czech Republic, typically in late October. The 28th edition of the festival is scheduled to run from 25 October to 3 November 2024. The festival was established in 1997 by a group of high school students in Jihlava, led by Marek Hovorka, who has directed the festival since its inception. Since 2001, it has been organized by the Jihlava Association of Amateur Filmmakers, which rebranded as DOC.DREAM - the Association for the Support of Documentary Cinema in 2015. Ji.hlava IDFF is a founding member of Doc Alliance, a coalition of seven European documentary film festivals. During the 2022 festival, over 86,000 attendees viewed films, with more than 36,000 attending screenings in cinemas and nearly 50,000 viewing films online. The festival featured 376 films in 2022, and over 1,000 film professionals participated in ...
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Subversive Festival
The Subversive Festival is an annual international fortnight of political, activist, cultural, educational, literary and artistic events that takes place in Zagreb, Croatia every May. Its activities are divided into the Subversive Film Festival (which was the official name of the festival until 2011), the Subversive Forum, the Balkan Forum and the Subversive Book Fair. The cross-cutting activity is the Subversive Festival's Conference that includes major keynote lectures and round tables held in Cinema Europe. Origin and history The Festival was initially founded as the Subversive Film Festival in 2008 which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the protests of 1968. The initial edition of the festival included screening of the films by Chris Marker and Jean-Luc Godard as well as public lectures by Slavoj Žižek, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe and others. Each edition of the festival has an overarching theme that invites critical examination and public debates. In 2009 the Festiva ...
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Millennium Docs Against Gravity
The Millennium Docs Against Gravity (originally Warsaw Doc Review, then Planete Doc Review) is an annual documentary film festival in Poland held since 2004, usually in May. Grand Prix The main award at the festival is the Grand Prix Bank Millennium Award, sponsored by the Bank Millennium. References External links

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Academy Award For Best Documentary Feature
The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film is an award for documentary films. In 1941, the first awards for feature-length documentaries were bestowed as Academy Honorary Award, Special Awards to ''Kukan'' and ''Target for Tonight''. They have since been bestowed competitively each year, with the exception of 1946. Copies of every winning film (along with copies of most nominees) are held by the Academy Film Archive. Winners and nominees Following the Academy's practice, films are listed below by the award year (that is, the year they were released under the Academy's rules for eligibility). In practice, due to the limited nature of documentary distribution, a film may be released in different years in different venues, sometimes years after production is complete. 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Shortlisted finalists Finalists for Best Documentary Feature are selected by the Documentary Branch based on a ...
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