"To shoot an elephant" award for best director, at Dei Popoli Festival (Florence)
The denouncing of the attack and invasion of the Gaza Strip in 2008 which is reflected in "To shoot an elephant" has been recognised by the judges at the 50th Dei Popoli Festival (Florence). The panel of judges led by Marjan Satrapi gave the award of best director "for allowing us to share an emotional, physical and stressful experience and for being there to witness the horror and destruction implied by the besieging of gaza". They also wanted to highlight the "passionate debate" raised by this documentary.
