Directed by Johnny Burke, Andrew Hinton. Â Â
By The American Bazaar Staff
WASHINGTON, DC: ‘Tashi and the Monk’, a documentary based in Arunachal Pradesh, directed by Johnny Burke and Andrew Hinton, won the Best Short and the Pare Lorentz Award at the International Documentary Association’s (IDA) Documentary Awards, presented in Los Angeles last week.
‘Tashi and the Monk’ is a story of love and redemption told through the relationship of Buddhist monk Lobsang Phuntsok and his five-year-old charge Tashi Drolma.
Lobsang was trained under the guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, but eight years ago he left behind a life as a spiritual teacher in the United States to create a unique community in the foothills of the Himalayas which rescues orphaned and neglected children. The film’s core is the arrival of Tashi to the community. Her mother recently passed away and she’s been abandoned by her alcoholic father. Wild and troubled, Tashi struggles to find her place amongst 84 new siblings.
Laura Poitras’ Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour took the top honor, the best feature award, and actor Robert Redford was bestowed the career achievement award, reported Hollywood Reporter.
Three new series awards were also unveiled at the event with the OWN program Our America With Lisa Ling receiving the IDA’s inaugural best episodic series award; NPR’s multiplatform series Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt receiving the first best short-form series award; and ITVS’ doc showcase Independent Lens receiving the new curated series award. The best limited series honor went to Showtime’s Time of Death.
The list of winners:
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Robert Redford
PIONEER AWARD
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
PRESERVATION AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Rithy Panh
EMERGING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER AWARD sponsored by Red Fire Films and Modern VideoFilm
Darius Clark Monroe
BEST FEATURE AWARD
Citizenfour
Director: Laura Poitras
RADiUS-TWC, Participant Media, and
HBO Documentary Films
BEST SHORT AWARD
Tashi and the Monk
Directors: Andrew Hinton, Johnny Burke
HBO Documentary Films
BEST CURATED SERIES AWARD
Independent Lens
Executive Producer: Sally Jo Fifer
Deputy Executive Producer: Lois Vossen
Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with PBS
BEST LIMITED SERIES AWARD
Time of Death
Executive Producers: Cynthia Childs, Dan Cutforth, Casey Kriley, Jane Lipsitz, Alexandra Lipsitz
Co-Executive Producer: Miggi Hood, Sandy Shapiro
Showtime
BEST EPISODIC SERIES AWARD
Our America With Lisa Ling
Executive Producers: Amy Bucher, Gregory Henry, Lisa Ling, David Shadrack Smith
OWN
BEST SHORT FORM SERIES AWARD
Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt
Executive Producer: Alex Blumberg
NPR
DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD
My Dad’s a Rocker
Director: Zuxin Hou
University of Southern California
HUMANITAS DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Limited Partnership
Director: Thomas G. Miller
PBS / Independent Lens
PARE LORENTZ AWARD
Tashi and the Monk
Directors: Andrew Hinton, Johnny Burke
HBO Documentary Films
ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD
1971
Director: Johanna Hamilton
Independent Lens/ PBS
CREATIVE RECOGNITION AWARD WINNERS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY presented by Canon
Elevator
Cinematography By: Hatuey Viveros Lavielle
BEST EDITING
Last Days in Vietnam
Editing By: Don Kleszy
BEST MUSIC
Alfred and Jakobine
Music By: Nick Urata
BEST WRITING
Finding Vivian Maier
Written By: John Maloof & Charlie Siskel