NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT Tops IDA Awards as Best Feature

 

Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia de la luz / Nostalgia for the Light was awarded the prize for Best Feature at the 27th edition of the IDA Documentary Awards that were handed out this evening at a ceremony at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood in Los Angeles. The Chilean documentary was competing against the Mexican documentary The Tiniest Place by Tatiana Huezo, as well as documentary films Better this World; How to Die in Oregon; and The Redemption of General Butt Naked. As it was announced last night, Guzmán's film was awarded the prize for Best Documentary Film of the Year at the 2011 Cinema Tropical Awards.