Documentary festival to rename audience award in honour of the filmmaker who died last week.

The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival-Images of the 21st Century-TDF is to pay tribute the memory of Canadian documentary maker Peter Wintonick by renaming one of it awards in his honour.

From its next edition (March 14-23), the audience award for a foreign feature documentary will be renamed The Peter Wintonick Award.

Wintonick attended the first TDF and did not miss one of its 15 editions.

One organiser said: “He was a faithful friend and staunch supporter of the TDF, as well as a mentor to many of the young filmmakers bringing their work to Thessaloniki.”

The Canadian film-maker, journalist and documentary advocate died in Montreal following a battle with cancer. He was 60.

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