kedi ceyla torun

Jane (as in Goodall) was awarded the top honor of Best Documentary and filmmaker Ceyda Torun’s Kedi won the award for Best First Documentary at the second annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards gala, held on November 2 at BRIC in Brooklyn, New York. Jane was one of 16 films nominated for Best Documentary. The others included femme-helmed Beware the Slenderman (directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky) Faces Places (co-directed by Agnes Varda and JR), Kedi (directed by Ceyla Torun), and One of Us (directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady).