Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival - Award Winners - 2007 YIDFF

2007 YIDFF

The tenth festival edition was held 4–11 October 2007. Apart from the usual regional and international competition programs, the festival also screened a program devoted to German documentaries focused on German history. In total 238 films were shown, and attendance was around 23,000.

Award Film Director
Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize
(The Grand Prize)
Fengming, a Chinese Memoir
(He Fengming)
 Wang Bing
Mayor's Prize
(Award of Excellence)
Encounters
(Encontros)
 Pierre-Marie Goulet
Runner-up Prize
Potosi: The Journey
(Potosi, le temps du voyage)
M
 Ron Havilio

Nicolás Prividera
Special Jury Prize
Tarachime birth/mother
(Tarachime)
 Naomi Kawase
Shinsuke Ogawa Award
Bingai
 Feng Yan
Citizens' Prize
Mr. Pilipenko and His Submarine
(Herr Pilipenko und sein U-Boot)
Back Drop Kurdistan
 René Harder, &
Jan Hinrik Drevs
Masaru Nomoto
Community Cinema Award
Bingai
 Feng Yan

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