''Distant Constellation'' is a 2017 documentary film directed by
Shevaun Mizrahi. It was nominated for a
2018 Independent Spirit Award and included in ''
Film Comment
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s Best Undistributed Films of 2017. The film was produced by Deniz Buga and Shelly Grizim.
Awards
It received many awards both in the US and internationally, including the
International Documentary Association
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Best Cinematography Award. It is also nominated for two
Cinema Eye Honor Awards. The details on the awards are below:
Viennale (Vienna International Film Festival) - FIPRESCI PRIZE
* Won: International Critics Prize ''Distant Constellation,'' 2017
Seville Film Festival 2017
* Won: New Waves Non-fiction Award ''Distant Constellation, 2017''
The 23rd annual Independent Spirit Awards Nomination
* Nominated: The 23rd annual Independent Spirit Awards Nomination
Best Picture Prize at Jeonju International Film Festival
* Won: Best Picture Prize at Jeonju International Film Festival 2018
Locarno Festival 2017
* Won: Jury's Special Mention Award, 2017
Some other awards that the documentary won are:
* International Documentary Association Awards, Best Cinematography Award
* International Documentary Association Awards, Best Editing Nominee
* Cinema Eye Honors, Best Debut Film Nominee
* Cinema Eye Honors, Best Cinematography Nominee
*
London Film Festival
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In 2016, the British Film Institute, BFI estim ...
, Best Documentary Nominee
* Tacoma Film Festival, Best Documentary Award
*
DokuFest, Best Film Award
*
Message to Man
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, Best Debut Award
* Message to Man, International Federation of Film Societies Prize
* Yerevan Golden Apricot Film Festival, Best Documentary Award
Press Coverage
* Indiewire wrote,
''— "Distant Constellation is one of the more exciting achievements in nonfiction cinema in recent memory... Soulful, humorous, visually delicate."''
*''Hollywood Reporter'' called it,
''— "A quiet gem."''
*''Slant Magazine'' wrote,
''— "A master class in the art of the portrait."''
*''Financial Times'' called it,
''— "A dazzling study of age and memory."''
* It was ''Sight & Sound'' Film of the month. It appeared in the ''Sight & Sound'' September 2018 edition. They wrote:
''— "Funny, startling and touching... Dreamlike... an unusually warm, complex and illuminating picture."''
References
External links
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Turkish documentary films
2017 films
2017 documentary films
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