Grierson Awards - call for entries

May 8, 08:44 PM by Kate Taylor

Documentary filmmakers are being invited to enter the UK’s most prestigious documentary awards, named after the Scot said to be the ‘father’ of the genre. The annual Grierson Awards commemorate the work of pioneering Scottish filmmaker, John Grierson. Established in the year of his death – 1972 – they have previously recognised the work of, among others, Olivia Lichtenstein, Nick Broomfield and Pawel Pawlikowski. For more information, please visit www.griersontrust.org. Deadline for entries is 6pm on Friday 30 May 2008.