Skoll’s Participant Productions Honors Pangea Day Films

By Marissa Shrum

Last night in Los Angeles, Participant Productions honored 5 films from around the world by giving their filmmakers $5,000 grants. The grants are awarded by Participant, makers of Charlie Wilson’s War and the new Standard Operating Procedure and other amazing films, as part of its Outstanding Filmmakers Awards Program. Learn more about the 5 grant winners — each film links to a page on PangeaDay.org

From Africa, DEAR MANDELA (documentary) by Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza (South Africa)

From Asia/Australia, I REMEMBER LEBANON (documentary) by Zeina Aboul Hosn (Lebanon)

From Europe, MY MOTHER’S DAUGHTER (documentary) by Saleyha Ashan (UK)

From North America, MOVING WINDMILLS (documentary) by Ari Kushnir (US)

From South America, PAPIROFLEXIA (animated) by Joaquin Baldwin (Paraguay

via TEDblog

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