Nick Cunningham

Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts popular winners at pre-eminent Brit awards event.

Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva's doc about an all-girl skateboard school in Kabul wins top shorts award in London.

The Swiss-Canadian filmmaker will “share his universe’ and his cinematographic practice with the public during a Masterclass. In addition retrospective will be dedicated to his work throughout the festival.

When Italian director Paolo Pisanelli decided to organise an exhibition of photographic works by legendary filmmaker Cecilia Mangini, little did he know that he would help unearth a forgotten treasure trove of photos she had taken in Vietnam in 1965, during the height of the war against the US.

Checkpoint Berlin is both a reflection on the city’s complex 20th Century history and an erudite essay on the Wall and its absence.

Grand Prix for French Documentary awarded to Danser Sa Peine while Sous la peau picks up Audience Award

Documentary arm of EFM announces a co-operation with DAE, an Archive Day and a new program for under-represented doc professionals.

The animated documentary Carne (Spain/Brazil), In Between (Kosovo) and the doc/fiction/experimental hybrid Past Perfect get first nods. Five fiction films also submitted.

Facing deportation, hundreds of refugee children in Sweden have become afflicted with resignation syndrome, in which they withdraw into a coma-like state, trapped in a perpetual sleep lasting months or even years.

Producer/director teams behind the Russian Figures in the Urban Landscape (post-prod) and Panamanian Wild Gleaming Space (script development) are in Rotterdam to raise interest and finance.