Edward Watts Biography

Awards

• 2016BAFTA TV Award-Best Current Affairs: nominated
• 2016Current Affairs-: winner
• 2019Jury Prize - Bader-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2019Main Award-: winner
• 2019Best International Documentary-Best International Documentary: winner
• 2019Tübingen Audience Award-: winner
• 2019Checkpoints Award-: winner
• 2019Best Film Unipol Award-International Competition: winner
• 2019Audience Award-International Competition: winner
• 2019British Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2019British Independent Film Award-Best British Independent Film: winner
• 2019British Independent Film Award-Best Director: winner
• 2019Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2019Golden Eye-: winner
• 2019Tanit d'Argent-Official Competition: winner
• 2019Tanit d'Or-Documentary Feature Film: nominated
• 2019Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2019Golden Hitchcock-Feature Documentary: winner
• 2019Prémio DocsDF-Women on Frame: winner
• 2019Human Rights Award-Human Rights Dox: nominated
• 2019Amnesty International Human Rights Award-Best Film: winner
• 2019Best Documentary-: winner
• 2019European Film Award-European Documentary: winner
• 2019Lost Weekend Award-Best Director - Documentary: winner
• 2019Phoenix Award-: nominated
• 2019Jury Prize-Feature Documentary: winner
• 2019Human Rights Award-: winner
• 2019Documentary Award-Best International Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2019Best of Fest-Grand Jury Prize - Special Mention: winner
• 2019Festival Prize-Best International Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution-Best Film: winner
• 2019Richard D. Propes Social Impact Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019Best Documentary Feature-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019Best International Documentary-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2019Special Jury Prize-International Feature Documentary: winner
• 2019Audience Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2019Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019Municipality of Bitola Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2019IDA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2019IDA Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2019Audience Award-IDFA Audience Award: winner
• 2019Karama Feather Award-: winner
• 2019Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2019People's Choice Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2019Mohamed Amin Courage in Filmmaking Award-: winner
• 2019Documentary Jury Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2019Audience Choice Award-World Cinema - Documentary: winner
• 2019Norman Vaughan Indomitable Spirit Award-: winner
• 2019Audience Award-Bayern 2 and SZ Audience Award: winner
• 2019Best of Fest Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2019Festival Award-Impact Award: winner
• 2019Jury Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2019Special Jury Mention-European Documentary Competition: winner
• 2019Golden Duke-European Documentary Competition: nominated
• 2019College Jury Prize-Special Mention: winner
• 2019Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019SXSW Grand Jury Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019SFCS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2019Golden Space Needle Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2019Grand Jury Award-Special Mention: winner
• 2019Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2019Grand Jury Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2019Norman Vaughan Indomitable Spirit Award-: winner
• 2019Grand Prize for Best Film-: winner
• 2019Grand Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2020Oscar-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2020ACCA-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2020BAFTA Film Award-Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer: nominated
• 2020BAFTA Film Award-Best Film Not in the English Language: nominated
• 2020BAFTA Film Award-Outstanding British Film of the Year: nominated
• 2020BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2020Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2020Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2020Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020Audience Award-North Sea Port Audience Award: winner
• 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2020ICS Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020ALFS Award-Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year: nominated
• 2020Amnesty International Award - Special Mention-: winner
• 2020Right to Know Competition-: nominated
• 2020OFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Picture: nominated
• 2020RTS Television Award-Director - Documentary/Factual & Non Drama: winner
• 2020RTS Craft & Design Award-Director - Documentary/Factual & Non Drama: winner
• 2020The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2021Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
• 2021CinEuphoria-Best Documentary - International Competition: winner
• 2021CinEuphoria-Freedom of Expression - Honorary Award: winner
• 2021CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award: winner
• 2021Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): winner