Invitations are now open for the 2009 IAWRT International Awards for Excellence. Program makers have until Friday 16 October 2009 to submit an entry.
Entry forms and full details of the Entry Rules and Regulations are posted on the IAWRT website at www.iawrt.org/awards and enquiries should be directed to gerd.inger.polden@nrk.no.
The IAWRT Awards celebrate outstanding documentaries made by women and are open to all female producers, directors and journalists working in radio and television anywhere in the world.
Documentaries must be about women who are making a difference, on their own lives or on the lives of other women. Entries must be between 20 and 90 minutes long for Film and 15 – 60 minutes for Radio and have been broadcast during November 2007 – October 2009.
Entries will be assessed by an IAWRT international panel and the winners will be announced at the Annual Gala Dinner at this year’s IAWRT 33rd Biennial Conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from 17 to 21 November 2009.
The Award for the most outstanding documentary in each medium is US $750.
