DOC NYC presents a Grand Jury Prize to one film in each of its competitive sections, determined by juries of filmmakers, critics, film executives and documentary experts. Juries may present additional awards at their discretion.
The festival also presents an Audience Award to the highest-scoring film screened in the Viewfinders and Metropolis competitions, as determined by audience ballots.
2011 Metropolis Grand Jury Prize:
GIRL WITH BLACK BALLOONS, directed by Corinne van der Borch
2011 Metropolis Special Jury Prize:
LEMON, directed by Beth Levison and Laura Brownson
In 2011, the “Metropolis” jury was comprised of technologist and producer Joe Beirne, EVP/Technology at Technicolor – PostWorks NY; noted film and television video editor Sam Pollard (If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise, a five-year follow-up to the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning When The Levees Broke); and Deborah Shaffer, the Academy Award-winning documentary director whose To Be Heard won DOC NYC’s Metropolis Grand Jury prize and Audience Award in 2010.
2011 Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize:
SCENES OF A CRIME, directed by Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock
2011 Viewfinders Special Jury Prize:
UNDEFEATED, directed by Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin
In 2011, the jury for “Viewfinders” was composed of Sewell Chan, deputy editor for Op-Ed/Sunday Review at The New York Times; Lisa Schwarzbaum, a critic at Entertainment Weekly and a member of the National Society of Film Critics; and Logan Hill, a senior editor at GQ who has written about the arts for New York, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Wired, and others.
2011 DOC NYC Audience Award:
FIRST POSITION, directed by Bess Kargman
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2010 Metropolis Grand Jury Prize:
TO BE HEARD, directed by Roland Legiardi-Laura, Edwin Martinez, Deborah Shaffer and Amy Sultan
2010 Metropolis Special Jury Prize:
LOST BOHEMIA, directed by Josef “Birdman” Astor
In 2010, the “Metropolis” jury was comprised of author/producer Nelson George, Tom Hall of the Sarasota Film Festival, and New York Magazine culture editor Mary Kaye Schilling.
2010 Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize:
WINDFALL, directed by Laura Israel
In 2010, the “Viewfinders” jury was comprised of film critic John Anderson, film writer Christopher Campbell, and Cinereach grant manager Adella Ladjevardi .
2010 DOC NYC Audience Award:
TO BE HEARD, directed by Roland Legiardi-Laura, Edwin Martinez, Deborah Shaffer and Amy Sultan
Winners of the Grand Jury Prize received a 35mm Film Recording and Digital Cinema Package (DCP), provided by The Documentary Film Group at PostWorks New York, offering comprehensive post and laboratory services for non-fiction filmmakers including data workflows, edit systems, multi-format conform, color grading, 35mm prints and digital cinema.
