Pangea Day: Video

Participant Prize Winners

To recognize the intercontinental theme of Pangea Day, Participant sponsored the "Outstanding Filmmakers Award" program which honored one film from each of the five continents (as defined by Pangea Day) with a $5000 cash prize. Here are the 5 recipients of the Participant Outstanding Filmmakers Awards:

Dear Mandela

South Africa / USA

A documentary short film about South Africa's new apartheid, where forced evictions and dire poverty are too clearly a reminder of days past.

The Directors: Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza

I Remember Lebanon

Lebanon

After years of civil war, most Lebanese were coming to terms with their nation's past and looking forward to a peaceful future. Director Zeina Aboul Hosn visited Beirut a week before the war began. This film is a journey through her memories of Beirut—as the bombs started falling.

The Director: Zeina Aboul Hosn

Moving Windmills

USA

In late 2006, a Malawian newspaper first wrote about a remarkable young man from a remote rural village north of the capital city. This is his story.

The Director: Scott Thrift & Ari Kushnir

My Mother's Daughter

In 2001, journalist Yvonne Ridley was detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Whilst sitting in a prison cell, she was unaware of events unfolding at home in Tanfield. Joyce, her previously shy mother, had donned the press mantel.

The Director: Saleyha Ahsan

Papiroflexia

Paraguay

Papiroflexia (Spanish for "origami") is the animated tale of Fred, a skillful paper folder who could shape the world with his hands. Originally created as a poem by the director, it was turned into a short animated film in the UCLA Animation Workshop.

The Director: Joaquin Baldwin

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