▪ 2008 Sundance Film Festival WORLD CINEMA COMPETITION ▪ Winner 60th Locarno International Film Festival, Grand Price of the Critics Week, the Prix SRG SSR idée suisse, Switzerland ▪ The national Russian award „Laurel branch“ (Lavrovaya vetv) for Best Documentary Cinema 2008, Moskau, Russia (the Russian „Oscar“ for Documentary) ▪ Winner 29. Filmfestival MAX OPHÜLS PREIS, Best Documentary, Germany ▪ Winner 2008 ACHTUNG BERLIN- NEW BERLIN FILM AWARD Film Festival, Best Cinematography, Germany ▪ Winner San Luis Cine Documentary International Festival 2008, Best Documentary, Argentina • Winner DOCLISBOA Lisbon International Documentary Film Festival 2008, Best Documentary IPJ University award, Portugal ▪ Winner XVIII "Message To Man" International Film Festival, Best Full Length Documentary, Russia ▪ Winner "Mujeres en direccion" International Film Week of Women Directors, Best Documentary, Spain ▪ Winner International Film Festival ON HUMAN RIGHTS DERHUMALC, Argentina 2009 ▪ Winner International Film Festival MiradasDoc 09, Tenerife, Canary Isles 2009 ▪ Winner Festival des Libertés, The Festival des Libertés Award 2009, Bruxelles, Belgium ▪ Film Prize from Saarländischen Ministerpräsidenten, 29. Filmfestival MAX OPHÜLS PREIS, Germany ▪ Film Prize of Human Rights from "Radio Exterior de Espana", Mujeres en direccion "International Film Week of Women Directors", Spain ▪ Film Prize from Urban-TV Madrid 2009, International Television Festival on Urban Life&Ecology, Spain ▪ Film Prize CANAL+ Award, International Film Festival MiradasDoc 09, Canary Isles 2009 ▪ Special Jury Mention International Film Festival the Expresión en Corto, Mexico ▪ FBW: Prädikat Wertvoll, Germany
▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - Sundance Film International Festival 2008, USA ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008, United Kingdom ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - Melbourne International Film Festival 2008, Australia ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 22th AFI FEST Los Angeles 2008, USA ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 34th Seattle International Film Festival 2008, USA ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2008, USA ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 28th Cambridge Film Festival 2008, United Kingdom ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 32th Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City 2008, USA ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 10th Planete Doc Review Film Festival 2008, Polen ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - Calgary International Film Festival 2008, Canada ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 60th Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - The national Russian Film Festival „Laurel branch Moscow“ 2008, Russia ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 29. Filmfestival MAX OPHÜLS PREIS, Germany ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - ACHTUNG BERLIN-NEW BERLIN FILM AWARD Film Festival, Germany ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - San Luis Cine Documentary International Festival 2008, Argentina ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - DOCLISBOA Lisbon International Documentary Film Festival 2008, Portugal ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - XVIII "Message To Man" St. Petersburg International Film Festival, Russia ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION -"Mujeres en direccion" International Film Week of Women Directors, Spain ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - International Film Festival ON HUMAN RIGHTS DERHUMALC, Argentina ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - International Television Festival on Urban Life&Ecology 09 Madrid, Spain ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - International Film Festival the Expresión en Corto, Mexico ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - EBS International Film Festival Seoul 2008, Korea ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - Film Festival for Child Rights by UNICEF Romania and SIGNIS, Romania ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - Roma Independent Film Festival 2008, Italy ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - Banja Luka International Film Festival 2008, Bosnia and Herzegovina ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival 2008, Belgium ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 11th German Film Festival London. United Kingdom ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 7th German Film Festival in Moskau, St. Petersburg, Nowosibirsk, Russia ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - ARTDOCFEST Documentary Film Festival Moskau 2008, Russia ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 19. Kinofest Lünen – Das Festival für deutsche Filme 2008, Germany ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 25. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm and Videofest 2008, Germany ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - 23 Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds, United Kingdom ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - Free Zone Belgrade Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - VERZIO International Human Rights Film Festival Budapest, Hungary ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - DocPoint Documentary Film Festival 2009, Helsinki ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - PROJECT AFI 20/20, 22th AFI FEST Los Angeles 2008 - 2009, ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - PROJECT AFI 20/20, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - PROJECT AFI 20/20, American Film Institute, Main, USA ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - PROJECT AFI 20/20, Goa and Mumbai, India ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - ZagrebDox 2009, Croatia ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - Guth Gafa Documentary Film Festival, Gortahork, Ireland ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - International Human Rights Film Festival Albania, Tirana, Albania ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - Miradas Doc International Documentary Film Festival, Tenerife, Canary Isles ▪ OFFICIAL SELECTION - International Film Festival des Libertés 2009, Bruxelles, Belgium
▪ PANORAMA - International Human Rights Film Festival Nürnberg, Germany ▪ PANORAMA - One World International Human Rights Film Festival 2008, Czech Republic ▪ PANORAMA - 10th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2008, Greece ▪ PANORAMA - IFFF International Women's Film Festival Dortmund, Cologne 2008, Germany ▪ PANORAMA - 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008, The Netherlands ▪ PANORAMA - TOMORROW International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia ▪ PANORAMA - CROSSING EUROPE Filmfestival Linz, Linz, Österreich |