The UK Documentary Festival Sheffield Docfest, which took place from June 18 to 22, has announced its award-winning documentaries. Among the winners is Grenfell: discovered<\/em>, a film that follows the forensic examination of the Grenfell Tower Fire in 2017, which claimed the lives of 72 people. The film, directed by Olaide Sadiq, won the audience award.<\/p>\n In the international competition, Anastasiya Miroshnichenko’s Welded together<\/em> took home the Grand Jury Award. The film sheds light on alcoholism in Belarus and was described by the jury as a "honest and tender representation" of a young woman’s struggle to keep her family together. A special mention was given to The petrol station companion<\/em> by Karla Murthy.<\/p>\n The first feature jury award went to the US documentary Look<\/em> Present<\/em>, directed by Vickie Curtis and Doug Anderson. The film explores gender-specific violence in Guatemala. A special mention was given to the Ecuadorian documentary Carmela and the hikers<\/em> by Luis Herrera and Esteban Coloma.<\/p>\n The Tim Hetherington Award was given to Sudan, remember us<\/em>, a film that premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year. The documentary follows the fall of the Sudanese leader Oamr al-Bashir in 2019 and the subsequent civil war.<\/p>\n According to the festival, the 32nd edition of Sheffield Docfest saw a 20% increase in ticket sales. This is a significant achievement, indicating the growing interest in documentary films and the success of the festival in showcasing thought-provoking and impactful documentaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Award-Winning Documentaries at Sheffield Docfest The UK Documentary Festival Sheffield Docfest, which took place from June 18 to 22, has announced its award-winning documentaries. Among the winners is Grenfell: discovered, a film that follows the forensic examination of the Grenfell Tower Fire in 2017, which claimed the lives of 72 people. The film, directed by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14373,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14371\/revisions\/14373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}International Competition Winners<\/h2>\n
Feature Jury Award Winners<\/h2>\n
Tim Hetherington Award Winner<\/h2>\n
Festival Success<\/h2>\n