Sunny Side wrapped Thursday with an awards ceremony announcing winners of the Pitch Sessions in multiple categories.
There were statues built in her honor.
There were paintings made of her.
Directors Jascha Hannover and Katharina Warda win Best History Pitch at Sunny Side of the Doc.Matthew Carey
She was in every beauty magazine.
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The project leverages material shot in the GDR in the 1970s.
The pitch award comes with a 3,000 prize.
‘Our Sister Angela: Black Power in the GDR’Florianfilm GmbH/Dare Pictures/La Lutta
Producers ofInside Gazatell Business Doc Europe they hope to release the film next summer.
It is a personal story, but its actually a totally universal story, Wood told Deadline.
What people dont know is that there are around 69 million traumatic brain injuries globally each year.
So, Im one of millions of people who go through this.
Woods teared up when he heard his project would take home the prize.
Through their creative dialogue, this hybrid documentary offers a disarming look at the legacy of war.
Its a story of mass human migration but not one on the radar of many people.
About a million and a half alone headed south, eventually making it to Chile.
You have to be traveling for a year to pass through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.
And in every place you go, you receive a kick in the butt.
Who wants a poor migrant?
Infante said he wasnt expecting his film to win the Best Impact Movie Award.
I was very surprised.
But in the end, Im very, very happy.
