JAPAN PRIZE 2016 Prize Winners

The Grand Prix Japan Prize 2016
THE AMINA PROFILE
Entering Organization esperamos
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Country/Region Canada
Media Film
(By Leh-Chyun Lin)
The Amina Profile confronts how we see the modern world around us. It disrupts our trust in media and journalism, questions how our personal relationships will play out in the digital age and makes us look again at complex political and social situations. The jurors were left debating the rich layers of complexity the film makers so artfully and beautifully present to us. The film thoroughly deserves the award of the Japan Prize Grand Prix 2016.
(By Nathalie Cloutier)
We made The Amina Profile with the goal of critically examining both the way we consume news and stories brought to us by the media and the kind of access to reality they actually give us. The director, Sophie Deraspe, crafted the story, following Sandra’s journey and giving us an inside look at a personal drama that turned into a saga with universal significance. We always produce and create with the intention of affecting, challenging and maybe even changing the way audiences see and understand the world we live in. The JAPAN PRIZE underlines the educational purpose of storytelling and celebrates the bold intentions we had in making this film, and because of that it is the greatest honour we could receive. Receiving the award for Best Work in the Lifelong Learning Category was in itself a great honour, and receiving the Grand Prix was undreamed of—especially considering the high quality of the works in all categories. The production companies, Esperamos and the National Film Board of Canada, as well as the director, Sophie Deraspe, are humbled by this great award.

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