Magnolia Award: Documentary
Nature Documentary Golden Award: A Rain Story NHK, Japan
Jury comment:
The patience and new interpretation of this film will no doubt encourage new avenues for the making of Nature Documentaries. The peaceful and technical speculation of Nature developed by this documentary will encourage those who believe that documentaries can change the World.
Nature Documentary Silver Award: Superswarm John Downer Production, UK
Jury comment:
This film represents a fin example of the use of cutting edge filming techniques to both entertain and inform television audiences about one of the natural worlds most remarkable phenomena: the mass swarming of a wide variety of animal species
History and Biography Documentary Golden Award: Must Read After My Death , Morgan Dews, USA
Jury comment:
This is a deeply moving, inspiring, creative and unique documentary. We can perceive and confront the truth of the secret and essence of human nature. It is a shocking and thought provoking work
History and Biography Documentary Silver Award: Grace Under Pressure Olympic Committee and CCTV, China
Jury comment:
this film is a beautifully crafted and emotionally powerful examination of the extreme stresses imposed on elite Olympic athletes by an expectant public and the terrible personal consequences faced as a result of failure
Social Documentary Golden Award: The English Surgeon Eyeline Films UK
Jury comment:
The director offers us a compelling and extremely moving account of the harsh realities of post-communist healthcare without ever crossing the line to cheap sentimentalism or unwanted sensationalism. The breathless narrative drive takes the viewer to Despair, and back, while never avoiding essential ethical questions of contemporary brain surgery. The main theme is hope.
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Social Documentary Silver Award: Using Zhou Hao China 21 Century Publishing Co. Ltd. China
Jury comment:
Under the unusual conflict of human nature, the director records a tragedy in our daily social life. It has important filming and imaging values and represents a remarkable anthropological study.
Asian Documentary Golden Award: After Disaster China Chengdu Military Area Political Department TV Center, China
Jury comment:
Getting rid of pains and despair, this powerful documentary reveals life attitude and inner power of ordinary Chinese people facing the trauma of earthquake.
Asian Documentary Silver Award: Baseball Boys Taiwan Public TV Service, China
Jury comment:
This is a film about childhood, growth and hometown. Children\'s passion and endeavor for baseball lightens this peaceful and beautiful work of art.