Talal Derki Biography

Awards

• 2014Black Pearl Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2014Documentary Film Competition-Special Jury Award: winner
• 2014Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award-: winner
• 2014Silver Horn-Best Feature-Length Documentary: winner
• 2014Cracow Students Jury Award-Documentary Competition: winner
• 2014Golden Gate Award - Special Jury Recognition-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2014Golden Gate Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2014Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Documentary: winner
• 2014Special Mention-International Competition: winner
• 2014Big Stamp-International Competition: nominated
• 2014Movies That Matter Award - Special Mention-: winner
• 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film: nominated
• 2017Best Feature-Length Documentary-IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary: nominated
• 2018Tanit d'Or-Documentary Feature Film: nominated
• 2018DocsBarcelona TV3 Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2018DocEdge Award-Best International Feature: winner
• 2018Human Rights Award-Human Rights Dox: nominated
• 2018Best Arab Film-Documentary: winner
• 2018Golden Star-Feature Documentary Competition: nominated
• 2018Silver Star-Feature Documentary Competition: winner
• 2018European Film Award-European Documentary: nominated
• 2018Special Jury Mention-Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award: winner
• 2018Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award-: winner
• 2018Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution-Best Film: nominated
• 2018IDA Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2018Creative Recognition Award-Best Writing: nominated
• 2018WATCH DOCS Award-Best Feature-length Documentary: winner
• 2018Golden Horn-International Documentary Film Competition: winner
• 2018FIPRESCI Prize-International Documentary Film Competition: winner
• 2018Documentary Award-: nominated
• 2018Best Feature-Length Documentary-Special Mention: winner
• 2018Best Documentary-: nominated
• 2018Grand Prize-International Feature Competition: nominated
• 2018Fritz-Gerlich-Preis-: winner
• 2018Main Feature Award-Best Documentary Film: winner
• 2018Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2018Grand Jury Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2018Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Documentary: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Film Over 45' - International Selection: winner
• 2018Special Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2018Big Stamp-International Competition: winner
• 2018Movies That Matter Award-: winner
• 2019Oscar-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2019Audience Award-: winner
• 2019Critics Prize-Best Film: winner
• 2019Young Adults Jury Award-Best Film: winner
• 2019Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: nominated
• 2019Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2019Best Documentary-: winner
• 2019International Documentary Award-: winner
• 2019Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2019Award for Best Documentary-: nominated
• 2019The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2019The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2019Youth Award-: winner
• 2019Golden Wheel-Best Film: nominated
• 2023Tanit d'Or-Documentary Feature Film: nominated
• 2024Al Jazeera Award-Runner Up for Best Documentary: nominated
• 2024Jury Award-Special Jury Prize: winner
• 2024The Mayor of Gdynia Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2024Bydgoszcz ART.DOC Award - Special Mention-Best Documentary: winner
• 2024Jury Prize-Frame Competition for Best Documentary: winner
• 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: nominated
• 2025Film Award in Gold-Best Documentary (Bester Dokumentarfilm): nominated