Photo by Brian Brooks (November 13, 2006)
The international documentary competition jury members headed out of the main tent at the AFI festival village Sunday afternoon into the warm afternoon. This year's jurors, actress Darryl Hannah, Academy Award-nominated director Jessica Sanders and ("Sing!") and filmmaker Wash Westmoreland ("Quinceanera") picked Mark Verkerk's "Buddha's Lost Children" for best doc. The film is the story of a Thai boxing champion's journey to save childen from the impoverished Golden Triangle region of the country. The jury also presented a special mention to
J.B. Rutagarama's "
Back Home."
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