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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Attention: Entertainment Writers and Editors

Chicago International Documentary Festival Announces
2007 Festival Winners

Chicago, IL – The Chicago International Documentary Festival (CIDF) announced the winners of the 2007 CIDF Awards at its Closing Night Gala, which was held to a full house on April 7th at Doc Films in the University of Chicago. The gala also featured World Premiere of the work in progress film Senator Obama Goes to Africa by Chicago-based filmmaker Bob Hercules.

CHICAGO DOC GRAND PRIX
"The Monastery - Mr. Vig & the Nun" by Pernille Rose Groenkjaer, Denmark
$25,000.00 in unrestricted cash & an original sculpture

CHICAGO DOC SHORT FILM GRAND PRIX
"On A Tightrope" by Petr Lom, Canada/Norway
$ 5.000.00 in unrestricted cash and an original sculpture

CHICAGO DOC GRAND PRIX JURY SPECIAL PRIZE
"Souvenirs" by Shahar Cohen & Halil Efrat, Israel

CHICAGO DOC GRAND PRIX JURY HONORABLE MENTION
"Losers and Winners" by Ulrike Franke and Michael Loeken, Germany

CHICAGO DOC SKY IS THE LIMIT PRODUCTION AWARD
"Stone Silence" by Krzysztof Kopczynski, Poland
$ 20,000 in cash and a plaque

ARIE & BOZENA ZWEIG INNOVATION AWARD
"Blockade" by Sergei Loznica, Russia
"Even If She Had Been a Criminal…" by Jean-Gabriel Periot, France
$2,500.00 in unrestricted cash and a plaque

NATASHA ISAACS CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
"War/Dance" by Andrea Nix Fine & Sean Fine, USA
$2,500.00 in unrestricted cash and a plaque

CHICAGO DOC AUDIENCE AWARD
"Mystic Ball" by Greg Hamilton, Canada/USA
$1,000.00 in unrestricted cash and a plaque

CHICAGO DOC HUMANITARIAN AWARD
"Shame" by Mohammed Ali Naqvi, USA
"The Blood of Yingzhou District" by Ruby Yang, China/USA
$1,000.00 in unrestricted cash and a plaque

DISCOVERING EYE AWARD
For the Most Promising Young Filmmaker
"Manda Bala (Send A Bullet)" by Jason Kohn, USA
500.00 in unrestricted cash and a plaque

JUSTYNA & THOMAS ROSZAK OUR CHILDREN OF THE WORLD AWARD
"Angel’s Fire", "Bread", "Lima’s Streets", "Welcome to Poptun"
by Marcelo Bukin, Spain/Peru/Guatemala
500.00 in unrestricted cash and a plaque

FILM CRITICS' AWARD
"Losers and Winners" by Ulrike Franke and Michael Loeken, Germany

INTERNATIONAL PRESS AWARD
"Ghosts of Cite Soleil" by Asger Leth, Denmark

CHICAGO DOC PRESIDENT’S AWARD
"In Memoriam Alexander Litvinenko" by Jos de Putter, Masha Novikova, The Netherlands
"Orange Revolution" by Steve York, USA