AFO in Cooperation with PSFF Presented the Grand Prize!

This prize is awarded to both the PSFF competition selection and the competition films from the most recent AFO. The jury, composed of experts in the fields of science popularization and documentary film, awarded this prize of 10000 USD to Among The Wolves, directed by Tanguy Dumortier and Olivier Larrey. According to them, the Film “illustrates, as if by accident, the fundamental shift in science film that has taken place in the last two decades. From being a puppeteer and manipulator, the documentary filmmaker becomes a mere spectator, gaining much-needed distance. The film shows that building tension in a predator film can be done through a variety of methods and techniques. The attempt to overwhelm with brutality is replaced by completely different and more civil metrics: time, and most importantly, trust in the viewer’s ability to see.” They conclude that “this film gives hope that careful dramaturgy can be worth more than a single money shot. But despite this humanistic intention, the film does not obscure the reality of filmmaking: to capture the life of a predator, a documentarian must begin to think like one himself.”