Award History
Official Awards 2008
Best Feature-Length Documentary
Prize shared by the films: “LT22. Radio La Colifata” by Carlos Larrondo (Argentina) and “The Not Dead” by Brian Hill (England)
Best Short Documentary
“Rough Cut” by Firouzéh Khosrovani (Iran)
Honorary Special Mention
“Shit and Chicks” by Kees van der Geest (Holland-Ghana)
“Under Construction” by Zhenchen Liu (France-China)
Best Debut Documentary
“Stone Silence” by Krzysztof Kopczynski (Poland-Afghanistan)
Best Spanish Documentary
“Tapólogo” by Gabriela and Rally Gutiérrez Dejar (Spain-South Africa)
Special Mention
“Por mis hijos” (“For My Children”) by Aymée Cruzalegui (Spain)
Best Canarian Documentary
“En el ala del sueño, Juan Ismael” (“On the Wing of A Dream”) by Miguel G. Morales
CANAL+ Award
“Celia: The Queen” by Joe Cardona (USA)
Audience Award
“One Goal” by Sergi Agusti (Spain-Sierra Leone)
Best Human Rights Documentary
“The Forgotten Woman” by Dilip Metha (India)
Personal View Award
Abbas Kiarostami
Official Award 2007
Best Feature-Length Documentary
“La ciudad de los fotógrafos” (“The City of Photographers”) by Sebastián Moreno, Chile.
Special Mention
“Sisters-In-Law” by Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi, England- Cameroon.
Best Short Documentary
“Children of Darfur” by Camila Nielsson, Denmark-Sudan.
Shared Special Mention
“La M Manda” (“The M Rules”) by Marisa Crespo and Moisés Romera, Spain-India (2007).
“Hora de Cenar” (“Time for Dinner”) by Gor Baghdasaryan, Armenia (2006).
Honorary Mention
“Alguna tristeza” (“Some Sadness”) by Juan Alejandro Ramírez, Peru (2006).
Debut Documentary
“9 Star Hotel” by Ido Haar, Palestine-Israel (2006).
Special Mention for a Debut Documentary
“Felices Fiestas” (“Happy Holidays”) by Juan Barney, Argentina (2006)
Honorary Mention
“El Telón de Azúcar” (“The Sugar Curtain”) by Camila Guzmán, Spain- Cuba (2006)
Best Spanish Documentary
“La Sombra del Iceberg” (“The Iceberg’s Shadow”) by Raúl Riebenbauer, Hugo Doménech, Spain (2007).
Best Canarian Documentary
“La vida según era…” (“Life As It Was...”) by José Ángel Alayón Dévora
Special Mention
“La muerte no tiene amigos” (“Death Knows No Friends” by Ayoze O’Shanahan.
Audience Award
“Welcome” by Chus Barrera and Alicia Fernández.
CANAL+ Award
“La ciudad de los fotógrafos” (“The City of Photographers”) by Sebastián Moreno, Chile.
ODIEA Best Human Rights Documentary Award
“The Birthday” by Negin Kianfar and Daisy Mohr.
Personal View Award
Basilio Martín Patino
Official Awards 2006
Best Feature-Length Documentary
“The Mother’s House” by François Verster, South Africa.
Best Short Documentary
“Cuarto oscuro” (“Darkroom”), by the El Cuarto Oscuro Group, Argentina.
Best Debut Documentary
“Palestine Blues” by Nida Sinnokrot, Palestine.
Best Human Rights Documentary
“Muxes: auténticas, intrépidas y buscadoras del peligro” (“Muxes: Authentic, Intrepid Seekers of Danger”) by Alejandra Islas Caro, Mexico.
Documanía Special Award
“The Mother’s House” by François Verster, South Africa.
Special Audience Award
“Agadez Nomade FM” by Christian Lelong and Pierre Mortimore, France.
Judges’ Special Mentions
“Agadez Nomade FM” by Christian Lelong, France.
“Daf” by Bahmann Ghobadi, Iran.
“Apaga y vámonos” (“Let’s Call it a Day”) by Manel Mayol, Spain.
Judges’ Honorary Mention for Best Documentary/Best Short/Best Debut Documentary
“Hors les murs” (“Outside the Walls”) by Alexandre Leborgne, Philippines.
“Arcana” by Cristóbal Vicente, Chile.
“Barrio” (“Neighborhood”) by Ernesto Pardo, Mexico.
“Algunas migajas para los pájaros” (“Some Crumbs for the Birds”) by Nassim Amauche, Jordan.
Personal View Award
Patricio Guzmán