CAPTIONS Top to bottom: Chris Hegedus, Nancy Buirski, Lana Jokel with Chris, the Pennebaker family, D A Pennebaker. Festival and Award photography by c.b. grubb.

To D A Pennebaker and his pioneering career in documentary film,
we awarded Pennebaker Hegedus Films with the inaugural Pennebaker.
A special recognition was made by filmmaker Lana Jokel to Chris Hegedus.
Filmmaker Nancy Buirski made the tribute to the legendary documentarian.