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2006 International Documentary Challenge Awards
And the winners are...
BEST FILM OF THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY CHALLENGE
Relatively Free
Team: Gotanda
Produced & Directed by: Alessandro Cassigoli & Dalia Castel
Rome, Italy
Genre: Social Issue/Political
BEST DIRECTING
Volumen
Team: Walkabout Workshop
Director: Damon Ristau
Missoula, Montana, USA
Genre: Music
BEST EDITING
Un-Natural State
Team: Worthy Foes
Editor: Adam Lingo
Washington, DC, USA
Genre: Nature
BEST WRITING
Star Spangled Blues
Team: High Plains Films
Writer: Gita Saedi
Missoula, Montana, USA
Genre: 1st Person
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lao Shan Lao Yin
Team: Beijing Dreams
Director of Photography: Jakob Mader
Beijing, China
Genre: Experimental
BEST SOUNDTRACK
My Small Piece of Land
Team: The Galileus Group
Music by Waji Bernat
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Genre: Nature
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Star Spangled Blues" by Ned Mudd
from Star Spangled Blues
Team: High Plains Films
Missoula, Montana, USA
Genre: 1st Person
BEST USE OF "FREEDOM" THEME
My Small Piece of Land
Team: The Galileus Group
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Genre: Nature
BEST USE OF 1st PERSON GENRE
Relative Freedom
Team: Whoretoculture Films
Washington DC, USA
BEST USE OF HISTORICAL GENRE
Chains
Team: Reel Roots
Los Angeles, California, USA
BEST USE OF MUSIC GENRE
Volumen
Team: Walkabout Workshop
Missoula, Montana, USA
BEST USE OF SOCIAL ISSUE/POLITICAL GENRE
Relatively Free
Team: Gotanda
Rome, Italy
BEST USE OF EXPERIMENTAL GENRE
Lao Shan Lao Yin
Team: Beijing Dreams
Beijing, China
BEST USE OF SPORTS GENRE
Cockers
Team: Roll 'em
Koror, Palau
BEST USE OF NATURE GENRE
They Once Ruled
Team: IVAN & JAMES
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
BEST USE OF DIRECT CINEMA GENRE
When the Spirit Moves You
Team: Hang Her Films
Marina Del Ray, California, USA
BEST USE OF CHARACTER STUDY GENRE
As Long As It Takes
Mack/Grumet Productions
Washington, DC, USA
BEST USE OF BIOGRAPHY GENRE
Whitfield
Smoke and Mirror Productions
Missoula, Montana, USA
SPECIAL JUDGES' AWARDS
IDC "ORIGINAL VISION" AWARD
Vanish
Team: Merlinians
City, State
Genre: 1st Person
BEST USE OF TIME/DATE STAMP:
Lao Shan Lao Yin
Team: Beijing Dreams
Beijing, China
Genre: Experimental
BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM
Blind Ambitions
Team: The Blue Stomata
Delano, Minnesota, USA
Genre: Character Study
BEST USE OF HUBCAPS BY A SUBJECT
Little Brooklyn
Team: RAINLake
New York, New York, USA
Genre: Biography
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