2010 Grierson Awards - Winners Announced
- Posted: 9th Nov 2010
- Category: Industry News
- Tags: Grierson Awards, Grierson Trust, documentary, documentary awards
Celebrating documentaries from Britain and abroad, the Grierson Awards always make for an interesting look at what is being celebrated and innovated in the genre. The awards acknowledge works that have made a significant contribution and that demonstrate quality, integrity, creativity, originality and overall excellence.
The winners for this year have just been announced and include:
Shell International Best Documentary on a Contemporary Issue
Moving to Mars Dir. Mat Whitecross
Best Documentary on the Arts
Arena: T.S. Eliot Dir. Adam Low
History Today Best Historical Documentary
Requiem for Detroit Dir. Julien Temple
Best Science Documentary
Race and Intelligence: Science’s Last Taboo Dir. David Hickman
Most Entertaining Documentary
Exit Through the Gift Shop Dir. Banksy
Best Drama Documentary
Endgame Dir. Peter Travis
Envy Best Documentary Series
The Force Dir. Patrick Forbes
Best Cinema Documentary
Mugabe and the White African Dir. Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson
The Jonathan Gili Award for the Best Newcomer
Sons of Cuba Dir. Andrew Lang
Trustees' Award
Penny Woolcock
For more information on the awards and the work that narrowly missed out visit the Grierson Trust website.