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SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN WINS OSCAR

See Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn's acceptance speech here

Posted on 25th Feb

BAFTA GLORY FOR SUGAR MAN AND THE IMPOSTER

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN wins the BAFTA for best documentary, while Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis win for best debut for THE IMPOSTER.

see backstage interview and photos on Bafta website

Posted on 12th Feb

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN NOMINATED FOR OSCAR!

Congratulations to director Malik Bendjelloul - and to everyone involved.

Posted on 10th Jan

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN WINS IDA AWARD

Searching For Sugar Man continued its winning streak by winning the prestigious International Documentary Association Award for best documentary feature.

Read more here

Posted on 8th Dec

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN WINS NBR BEST DOC

The prestigious National Board of Review has voted SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN its best documentary of 2012.

Read more at Realscreen

Posted on 5th Dec

SUGAR MAN AND THE IMPOSTER BOTH OSCAR SHORTLISTED

The fifteen documentaries which will proceed to the next round of voting for the Academy Awards next February include both SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN and THE IMPOSTER.

read more at Screen International

Posted on 4th Dec

SUGAR MAN WINS THREE MORE PRIZES

Searching for Sugar Man has won the Audience Award and the award for Best Music Documentary at IDFA and also the Audience Award at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival.

Read more about Doha at Hollywood Reporter

Read more about IDFA at DocGeeks

Posted on 27th Nov

SUGAR MAN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DOCUMENTARY OF ALL TIME IN SOUTH AFRICA

Read more here

Posted on 27th Nov

SUGAR MAN NOMINATED FOR IDA AWARD

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN was today nominated for the prestigious International Documentary Association Award.  The awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on December 7th.

Read more at LA Times

Posted on 22nd Oct

SUGAR MAN WINS AUDIENCE AWARD AT MELBOURNE

Searching for Sugar Man has won yet another Audience Award, this time at the Melbourne International Film Festival.  This sets it up perfectly for its Australian release on October 4th, courtesy of Madman.

Read more here

Posted on 27th Aug

SUGAR MAN TAKES AUDIENCE AWARD AT DURBAN

Searching for Sugar Man won the Documentary Audience Choice Award at the Durban International Film Festival, setting the film up nicely for its 31st August South African release, courtesy of Ster Kinekor.

Read more

Posted on 31st Jul

SUGAR MAN WINS GRAND JURY PRIZE IN MOSCOW

Continuing it's award-winning run, Searching for Sugar Man picked up the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at the Moscow International Film Festival.

Posted on 30th Jun

SUGAR MAN WINS LA FILM FESTIVAL AUDIENCE AWARD

Read more at Variety

Posted on 26th Jun

SUGAR MAN WINS TWO PRIZES AT SUNDANCE

Searching for Sugar Man has won both the Special Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the World Cinema Documentary category at the 2012 Sundance FIlm Festival.

Read more at Indiewire

Posted on 29th Jan

UK, AUSTRALIAN AND FRENCH DEALS FOR FOR SUGAR MAN

Hot on the heels of the Sony Pictures Classics acquisition, Madman in Australia, Studio Canal in the UK and ARP in France have concluded distribution deals for SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN.

Read more at Screen Daily

Posted on 24th Jan

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN IS FIRST SALE OF SUNDANCE

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN, which opened Sundance in the World Documentary competition, was snapped up by Sony Pictures Classics in what was the very first acquisition of the festival.

Read more at Deadline Hollywood

Posted on 19th Jan

TWO RED BOX FILMS IN COMPETITION AT SUNDANCE

30 November: Sundance today announces its competition line up which includes The Imposter and Searching for Sugar Man, which is to open the festival in the World Cinema Documentary category.

Read the Sundance press release here

Posted on 30th Nov