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Oscar-Winner ’20 Days In Mariupol’ Clinches Two Grierson Awards As Filmmakers Voice Palestine Support After Asif Kapadia Uproar
'20 Days In Mariupol' scooped two Grierson Awards, as filmmakers such as Mobeen Azhar voiced support Palestine after the Asif Kapadia scandal.
The Grierson Awards has found itself at the crucible of industry debate about the Israel-Gaza conflict after removing Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia as a patron amid a backlash over social media posts considered to be antisemitic. Mobeen Azhar, who has won a BAFTA for Muslims Like Us, presented the award for Best History Documentary and said journalists must stick to their values as truthseekers when it comes to the conflict in the Middle East. Filmmaker Jasleen Kaur Sethi, who was nominated for ITV documentary Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family, wrote on Instagram: “I wanted to … remember the people whose lives have been irrevocably changed in conflicts around the world, particularly the children of #Palestine.”
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