Image + Nation: 23rd season closes with big wins

By Lina Harper • November 8, 2010 7:00 pm EDT

Jury Prize: Undertow (Contracorriente) by Javier Fuentes-León, Pérou, 2009
With a special mention to : Paulista (Quanto dure o Amor?) by Roberto Moreira, Brésil, 2009
Best Short: Awakening by Christian Tafdrup, Danemark, 2010
Best documentary: Postcard to Daddy by Michael Stock, Germany, 2010

Congrats to stalwarts Charlie and Katharine!

Charlie, Olivier Lessar and Katharine at Cinéma Impériale (such a lovely theatre. And these folks are nice too).

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