Political Film Society Award for Exposé
The Political Film Society Award for Exposé is given each year to a film that takes on a specific topic in a cinematic manner and often produces surprising information about the topic. This prize has been awarded annually by the Political Film Society (PFS) since 1988. Depending on the number of films that qualify for this category, there are years in which only one film has been nominated for this award, but in subsequent years up to fifteen films have been nominated in one year, so there is no fixed annual Number of nominees.
Like any other Political Film Society Award (PFSA), the award can be given to a mainstream film, an independent film or an international film.
Winners and nominees
2012
- Compliance
- For Greater Glory
- Lula, Son of Brazil
- Mulberry Child
2011
- Silenced (The Crucible)
- 5 Days of War
- The Bang Bang Club
- City of Life and Death
- The Lincoln Conspiracy
- The Devil's Double
- Elite Squad - In the swamp of corruption
- J. Edgar
- Kinyarwanda
- Machine Gun Preacher
- Whistleblower - On a dangerous mission
- Oranges and Sunshine
- The Conquest
- Amigo
2010
Shake Hands with the Devil - Roger Spottiswoode
- Agora - The Pillars of Heaven (Agora) - Alejandro Amenábar
- Fair Game - Nothing is more dangerous than the truth (Fair Game) - Doug Liman
- Princess Ka'iulani - Marc Forby
- Vincere - Marco Bellocchio
Because of the large number of nominations, there were two selection rounds. In the first the following films were eliminated:
- Casino Jack - George Hickenlooper
- Extraordinary Measures (Extraordinary Measures) - Tom Vaughan
- Formosa Betrayed - Adam Kane
- John Rabe - Florian Gallenberger
- Mao's Last Dancer (Mao's Last Dancer) - Bruce Beresford
2009
50 Dead Men Walking - The Spy - Kari Skogland
- The Bay - Louie Psihoyos
- Deadly Command - The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow
- State of Play - Kevin Macdonald
- The Yes Men Fix the World - Andy Bichlbaum , Mike Bonanno , Kurt Engfehr
2008
No prizes will be awarded in this category.
- Bank Job - Roger Donaldson
- Battle in Seattle - Stuart Townsend
- The counterfeiters - Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Defiance - For my brothers who never gave up - Edward Zwick
- Still Life - Jia Zhangke
2007
American gangster - Ridley Scott
- Revealed - Treason at the highest level - Billy Ray
- Charlie Wilson's War - Mike Nichols
- Holly - Guy Moshe
- Persepolis - Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
2006
Mountain Patrol (Kekexili) - Chuan Lu
- Cautiva - Gastón Biraben
- Fast Food Nation - Richard Linklater
- The Queen - Stephen Frears
- The Road to Guantanamo - Michael Winterbottom
- Sophie Scholl - The Last Days - Marc Rothemund
2005
Good Night, and Good Luck - George Clooney
- LA Crash - Paul Haggis
- Lord of War - Merchant of Death - Andrew Niccol
- North Country - Niki Caro
- Turtles Can Fly - Bahman Ghobadi
2004
Kinsey - The Truth About Sex - Bill Condon
- Hotel Rwanda - Terry George
- Osama - Siddiq Barmak
- Brotherhood - When Brothers Must Shoot Each Other - Kang Je-gyu
- The Yes Men - Dan Ollman , Sara Price , Chris Smith
2003
The journalist - Joel Schumacher
- Dark Blue - Ron Shelton
- Dirty Pretty Things - Stephen Frears
- The Merciless Sisters - Peter Mullan
- Shattered Glass - Billy Ray
2002
Antwone Fisher - Denzel Washington
- Ararat - Atom Egoyan
- Circuit - Dirk Shafer
- Enigma - The Secret - Michael Apted
- Evelyn - Bruce Beresford
- Green Dragon - Timothy Linh Bui
- The Gray Area - Tim Blake Nelson
- John Q - Nick Cassavetes
- K-19 - Showdown in the Deep - Kathryn Bigelow
- Trip to Kandahar - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Max - Menno Meyjes
- Long Walk Home - Phillip Noyce
- To End All Wars - The Real Hell - David L. Cunningham
- Tricky Life - Beatriz Flores Silva
- Y tu mamá también - Alfonso Cuarón
2001
- Ali - Michael Mann
- Baby Boy - John Singleton
- In the crosshairs - Alone against everyone - John Moore
- Born Under Libra - Ahmad Reza Darvish
- Bread and Roses - Ken Loach
- Greenfingers - Joel Hershman
- The Hidden Half - Tahmineh Milani
- The Iron Ladies - Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
- Journey to the Sun - Yeşim Ustaoğlu
- Lumumba (film) - Raoul Peck
- The Madonna of the Murderers - Barbet Schroeder
2000
Before Night Falls - Julian Schnabel
- But I'm A Cheerleader - Jamie Babbit
- Catfish in Black Bean Sauce - Chi Moui Lo
- Erin Brockovich - Steven Soderbergh
- From the Edge of the City - Konstantinos Giannaris
- Hurricane - Norman Jewison
- Ça commence aujourd'hui - Bertrand Tavernier
- Luminarias - José Luis Valenzuela
- Against all rules - Boaz Yakin
- Steal this movie! - Robert Greenwald
- Thirteen Days - Roger Donaldson
- Tigerland - Joel Schumacher
- Frontline - Between the Fronts - Roger Michell
- Traffic - Power of the Cartel - Steven Soderbergh
1999
Boys Don't Cry - Kimberly Peirce
- Bastards - Loc Thu
- Bure Baruta - Goran Paskalievic
- East of Hope Street - Tim Russ and Nate Thomas
- Insider - Michael Mann
- Naturally Native - Valerie Red-Horse
- One Man's Hero - Lance Hool
- Three Kings - David O. Russell
- Three Seasons - Tony Bui
1998
- Civil Trial - Steven Zaillian
- Four days in September - Bruno Barreto
- Regeneration - Gillies MacKinnon
1997
Rosewood Burning - John Singleton
- Amistad - Steven Spielberg
- Project: Peacemaker - Mimi Leder
- Seven years in Tibet - Jean-Jacques Annaud
1996
Dead Man Walking - Tim Robbins
1995
- Rangoon - In the Heart of the Storm (Beyond Rangoon) - John Boorman
- Panther - Mario van Peebles
1994
1993
On behalf of the father - Jim Sheridan
- The cradle of the sun - Philip Kaufman
- Schindler's List - Steven Spielberg
- Short Cuts - Robert Altman
1992
1991
Guilty of suspicion - Irwin Winkler
- Boyz n the Hood - Boys in the Quarter - John Singleton
- JFK - Dallas Crime Scene - Oliver Stone
- Paris is Burning - Jennie Livingston
1990
1989
1988
A scream in the dark - Fred Schepisi
Web links
- Political Film Society: Previous Political Film Society Award Winners (Previous winners on the official Political Film Society website , English)
- IMDb: Political Film Society (The Political Film Society in the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), English)