6TM Wins New Visions Award at Ji.hlava Documentary Festival
Searching for SmarterChild took the U.S. New Visions Award, and a Danish producer received the APA World Excellence Award, per Variety.
6TM, directed by Karim Akalay and produced by Walid Bekhti, won the New Visions Award for the most promising European project at the Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival, according to Variety. The U.S. New Visions Award went to Searching for SmarterChild, directed by Lindsey Sitz and Zan Gillies and produced by Erin Williams-Weir.
The European prize was presented in cooperation with UPP, which donated an in-kind visual post-production grant worth about 15,000 Euros, and Soundaquare, which provided sound mixing and a final sound master valued at about 5,000 Euros. The U.S. award was presented in partnership with AmDocs, with the winner receiving $7,000 in cash.
The festival also gave the APA World Excellence Award to Danish producer Signe Byrge Sørensen.
Searching for SmarterChild looks back to 2003, when the online chatbot SmarterChild was created and became a sounding board for a generation.
Quick answers
What did 6TM win at the Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival?
6TM won the New Visions Award for the most promising European project. It is directed by Karim Akalay and produced by Walid Bekhti.
What did the U.S. New Visions Award winner receive?
The U.S. New Visions Award, presented in partnership with AmDocs, came with $7,000 in cash. It went to Searching for SmarterChild.