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In a ceremony in Auckland last night filmmaker Leanne Pooley was made an Arts Laureate along with 4 other New Zealand artists. The award includes $50,000 to help the artist further their artistic endeavours. New Generation Awards of $25,000 were also announced. Image by Ken Baker Courtesy of the Arts Foundation.

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Leanne Pooley – NZ Documentary Filmmaker – The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls

With more than 20 international awards to its credit, TOPP TWINS-UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS is being released in America. Starting in New York on the 13th of May the film will roll out across the country over the next 2 months. Venues and screening times at:http://topptwins.com/tv-and-film/film-festival-listings

Check out the wonderful revue in the New York Times>

http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/movies/the-topp-twins-untouchable-girls-review.html

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With wins at The Seattle Film Festival, Newdoc New York, Frameline San Francisco and Outfest in LA, the Topp Twins movie continues to amass accolades.

Leanne Pooley’s documentary Topp Twins-Untouchable Girls continues to win prizes around the world. To add to a growing list this past week the documentary won “Best International Feature Film” at the Florida Film Festival, as well as the Audience Award for “Best Documentary” at both the Nashville and River Run Film Festivals!

The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls has just won Best Documentary Feature at the Portland International Film Festival.

The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls has scooped the Audience Dragon Award for Best Feature Film at the Gothenburg Film Festival in Sweden. This covered all films at the festival, both drama and documentary.

“Topp Twins – Untouchable Girls” has won another international award, this time at the Pacific Film Festival in Tahiti.

“Topp Twins-Untouchable Girls” has been nominated for a GLAAD Award. The Glaads are often referred to as the Gay Oscars! GLAAD stands for Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Their mission is to promote and ensure fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. The GLAAD Media Awards are in their 21st year.