Tim Hetherington Award

The Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014 awards were announced June 12th at The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield and the Tim Hetherington Award was given to Profession: Documentarist (Directors: Shirin Barghnavard, Firouzeh Khosrovani, Farhnaz Sharifi, Mina Keshavarz, Sepideh Abtahi, Sahar Salahshoor and Nahid Rezaei, Iran, 2014, 80mins)
http://sheffdocfest.com/films/5725

Presented by Tim’s mother Judith Hetherington and Oli Harbottle of Dogwoof, the award celebrates the life and legacy of photojournalist and humanitarian Tim Hetherington, whose objectives as a filmmaker were to highlight the plight of people so often ignored by the world and mainstream media.

Tim's Trust, SIDF and Dogwoof  were particularly influenced by these brave film makers from Iran who, with risk to themselves and their families, continue to produce work which  highlights and informs us about the repressive life of artists and other women in Iran. 
 
Accepting the award Sharin Barghnavard declared it an honour “to accept this precious award from Tim’s mother” and remembered Tim’s legacy as someone who “dedicated his own life to pass beyond the borders.”

About DocFest:
Sheffield Doc/Fest, short for Sheffield International Documentary Festival (SIDF), is an annual international documentary digital media festival held in Sheffield, England.
Since beginning in 1994, Doc/Fest has grown to become the UK's biggest festival of its kind and the third documentary festival in the world.
www.sheffdocfest.com