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In The Rearview
Photo: Courtesy of DocFest
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In The Rearview took home the Grand Jury Award for the International Competition at this year's Sheffield DocFest as the winners were announced tonight.
Maciek Hamela's film documents Ukrainians fleeing their country on a minibus and the jury said they were "stunned by the brilliant simplicity" of it.
Jing Guo's Stone Town, which charts seismic change in a Chinese fishing village, received a special mention.
The Grand Jury Award in the International First Feature Competition went to Q by Jude Chenab, which charts her family's connection to a Syrian religious order.
The Tim Hetherington Award - which recognises a film and filmmaker that best reflects the legacy of photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who died will covering the Libyan civil war - went to 20 Days In Mariupol, directed by Мstyslav Chernov.
The Grand Jury Award for the International Short Film Competition went to Anders Hammer for The Takeover, which documents the changes in Afghanistan after the Taliban gained power.
