Fishing doc 'End from the Line' reels in recognition

LONDON -- Helmer Rupert Murray's sustainable fishing documentary, "The Finish from the Line," hooked the very first Puma.Creative Impact Award working in london on Tuesday. Pic trawls inside a grant of 50,000 ($68,000) to become split between your filmmakers as well as their campaign drawing awareness towards the devastating impact over-fishing is wearing the oceans and also the political figures who neglect to safeguard the earth's seafood stocks. Murray stated the doc "was created to perform a job, which ended up being to transform the way in which people considered the oceans." Producer George Duffield introduced that, consequently from the doc, another marine reserve have been produced within the Maldives, doubling the part of the world's sea presently under defense against 1% to twoPercent. The filmmakers' goal would be to achieve 10% within the next ten years. The jury granted an unexpected special commendation to helmer Anders Ostergaard's "Burma VJ," concerning the Democratic Voice of Burma, several subterranean journalists who risked their lives to document the 2007 uprising from the junta. Puma acquired one more $34,000 for that impromptu runner-up. The 2010 jury incorporated H.M. Full Noor of Jordan, helmer Morgan Spurlock, Sudanese music performer Emmanuel Jal, Orlando Bagwell, director from the Ford Foundation's JustFilms initiative, and actress Thandie Newton. The Puma.Creative Impact Award is really a new annual award praising the doc which makes the most important difference on the planet, using the prize to assist continue the filmmakers' campaign work. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com