The ‘No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka’ documentary was one of 5 documentaries to win a BRITDOC Impact prize on Friday.
The awards, held by the non-profit BRITDOC (British Documentary Foundation), honour documentaries that have had significant impact in work towards social change and justice.
"We're thrilled to be celebrating these five fantastic films, not only bringing great stories to communities but bringing about real world change. It doesn’t get better than this," said Jess Search, Director of BRITDOC, to the Huffington Post.
No Fire Zone stands a chance to win another award worth $5,000, the Netflix High 5, which will be awarded to the production team that gets the highest number of support tweets.
A vote for the No Fire Zone documentary to win the award can be placed by sending a tweet containing “#NetflixHi5 to @nofirezonemovie” by Monday night.
Humanitarian activist Queen Noor of Jordan in a blog post congratulated the film makers for the award and said the "shocking" documentary played a "crucial role" in the UN Human Rights Council's decision to "order an independent review of the death of 70,000 civilians".
The documentary was earlier nominated for an award by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Emmy), which takes place in the US next week.
No Fire Zone documentary nominated for Emmy awards (13 October 2014)
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