MUMBAI: Seung-Jun Yi‘s Planet of Snail has won the best feature length documentary award the 24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).

The film, that traces the man‘s interactions with the world and his loving wife, had been an early favorite of audiences and industry-attendees alike.

A special jury award and the audience award went to Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi for 5 Broken Cameras. Mid-length Argentinian documentary Montenegro by Jorge Gaggero and Chinese-Canadian co-production The Vanishing Spring Light picked up other international honours. The top Dutch award was bagged by Jessica Gorter for 900 Days.

Other notable documentaries that eclipsed awards were The Ambassador, They Call it Myanmar - Lifting the Curtain and Cape Spin.