SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN and THE IMPOSTER took five nominations each - more than of any other nominated film - at the 2012 Cinema Eye awards for Nonfiction which will take place in New York in January.
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.
Red Box Films' new feature documentary telling the inside story of the James Bond film franchise opens in the UK to coincide with Global James Bond day - the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Dr No.
The Imposter had one of the biggest opening weekends of any documentary in the UK, taking nearly £347,000 over the 4 day bank holiday weekend for a per screen average of just over £7,000 on 49 screens.
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.
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.
THE IMPOSTER had the best opening of any independent film in the US amid significant critical acclaim.
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.
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.