British Rory Peck Awards handed out
November 10th, 2006 by Zsofia
Last night was “Rory Peck Awards” night at London’s National Film Theatre, celebrating the work of freelance cameramen and camerawomen in TV news, current affairs and features.
The Sony Impact Award, which honours ground-breaking freelance footage providing humanitarian imagery, went to the Iraqi filmmaker and doctor Ali Fadhil, whose film “Iraq’s Missing Billions” was produced for Channel 4’s Dispatches.
The Hard News Award was received by Palestinian filmmaker Zakaria Abu Harbid for his story about a 12-year-old girl in the aftermath of an explosion killed her entire family on Gaza Beach. The third award, the Rory Peck Award for Features, went to South African Dirk Nel, who won for his feature on violence towards Guatamalean women.
The Rory Peck Trust was founded in 1995 in honour of Rory Peck, a respected cameraman who was killed in 1993 while covering the October coup outside Moscow’s television centre, Ostankino. Through training, bursaries and the annual awards, the Trust aims to support the vital work of freelance cameramen and women, and to raise their profile within broadcasters worldwide.
For more info: Rory Peck Awards homepage
