Alex Gibney-Produced Documentary About Palestinian-American Scholar Edward Said Among Winners at CPH:DOX Industry Awards
variety.comAnnika Pham At the industry awards of Copenhagen’s documentary festival CPH:DOX last night, the U.S. project “Untitled Edward Said Documentary” by Maiken Baird, whose credits include Netflix’s “Venus and Serena” and “Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich,” won the new Al Jazeera Documentary Channel Co-Production Award, with a cash prize of €10,000 ($10,800).
The project is being produced by Alex Gibney, Paul Dallas and Sarah Mowaswes. The Indian/U.S. project “Metropolis,” directed by Anupama Srinivasan and Anirban Dutta (Sundance winners for “Nocturnes”), was handed the $25,000 Sandbox Films Science Pitch Prize.
The two documentaries were among the most buzzed about titles looking for co-financing at this week’s CPH:DOX industry days, which closes today.
The jury for the Al Jazeera Documentary Channel Co-Production Award consisted of Al Jazeera Documentary managing director Jamel Dallali, director Amber Fares, and Rasmus Steen, head of IMS Documentary Film.
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