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2015 Full Frame Doc Film Fest Announces Winners: Lyric R. Cabral, Alexandra Shiva, Phie Ambo

Female documentarians made up 8 of the 11 award winners at the 2015 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina.

Betzabé Garcia’s “Kings of Nowhere” and Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe’s “(T)Error” won the festival’s grand jury prize, while Alexandra Shiva’s “How to Dance in Ohio” picked up the audience award. Phie Ambo’s “Good Things Await” garnered The Nicholas School Environmental Award.

Here are the female award winners from the 2015 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival:

The Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award
KINGS OF NOWHERE, directed by Betzabé Garcia
(T)ERROR, directed by Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe

Full Frame Jury Award for Best Short
LAST DAY OF FREEDOM, directed by Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones

Full Frame Audience Award — Feature
HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO, directed by Alexandra Shiva

Full Frame Audience Award — Short
GIOVANNI AND THE WATER BALLET, directed by Astrid Bussink

Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award
LAST DAY OF FREEDOM, directed by Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones

Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award
TOCANDO LA LUZ (TOUCH THE LIGHT), directed by Jennifer Redfearn

The Nicholas School Environmental Award
GOOD THINGS AWAIT, directed by Phie Ambo


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