AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
Awards
Saving Mes Aynak has screened across 4 continents in over 80 cities around the world.
best direction award
Buddha International Film Festival | Pune, Maharashtra
Grand Prize & audience Award
International Festival of Archaeological Film of Bidasoa | San Sebastian & Irun, Spain
grand prize & Audience award
ICRONOS - International Festival of Archaeological Films | Bordeaux, France
Grand Prize
AGON - the 10th International Meeting of Archaeology Films | Athens, Greece
best international documentary feature
Life After Oil International Film Festival | Sardinia, Italy
Green Spark Award
American Conservation Film Festival | USA
The 37th telly award
Best Documentary Feature | Worldwide
Silver plaque for best documentary in arts & humanities
Chicago International Film Festival TV Awards | USA
special jury mention
Master of Art Film Festival | Sofia, Bulgaria
Abu Rayhan Biruni Award
Ahvaz International Science Film Festival | Ahvaz, Iran
Grand Prize
Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival | Hilton Head Island, SC
Audience Favorite Film Award
Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival | Hilton Head Island, SC
Best Documentary, Intl One-Hour Film Competition
Cinemambiente Environmental Film Festival | Turin, Italy
Best Film
The Archaeology Channel International Film & Video Festival | Eugene OR
Best Public Education Value
The Archaeology Channel International Film & Video Festival | Eugene, OR
Honorable Mention by Jury For Inspiration
The Archaeology Channel International Film & Video Festival | Eugene, OR
Best Director
Association for Asian Studies Film Expo | Chicago, IL
IDFA Honorary Award for 2015 — Brent Huffman for Saving Mes Aynak
IAFOR Documentary Film Award , The International Academic Forum| Kobe, Japan
Television Broadcasts
BTN (Buddhist True network)
August 17, 2016 | South Korea
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH - REBROADCAST
June 23, 2016
NHK
May 7, 2016 | Japan
Al Jazeera English
July 1, 2015 | Witness Programme
SRF (SCHWEIZER RADIO UND FERNSEHEN)
July 5, 2015 | Swiss TV
Al Jazeera America
July 12 & 18, 2015 + December 24 & 26, 2015 | AJAM Presents
RTL Television
2015 | German TV
RSI (Radiotelevisione svizzera)
2015 | Swiss TV
KLASIK TV
2016 | Croatia
HISTOIRE (HD1)
2016 | France
Festivals
IDFA (INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTAry film festival amsterdam) — World Premiere
November 2014 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
FIPA (Festival International De Programmes Audiovisuels)
January 21, 2015 | Biarritz, France
AHVAZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL —Middle East premiere
February 2015 | Ahvaz, Iran
INTERNATIONAL VERA FILM FESTIVAL
March 13, 2015 | Mariehamn, Åland, Finland
Association for Asian studies film expo
March 27, 2015 | Chicago, IL
Millenium International Film Festival
March 28, 2015 | Brussels, Belgium
AMDOCS (AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL) — NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
March 28, 2015 | Palm Springs, CA
FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
April 11, 2015 | Durham, NC
Festival of Tolerance
April 14, 2015 | Zagreb, Croatia
EDOC '14 (ENCUENTROS DEL OTRO CINE) — South American Premiere
May 2015 | Quito, Ecuador
The Archaeology Channel International Film And Video Festival
May 15, 2015 | Eugene, OR
Dokufest (International Documentary & short film festival)
August 12, 2015 | Prizren, Republic of Kosovo
Doku.Arts Film Festival: Architecture in motion
September 18, 2015 | Berlin, Germany
International Human Rights Film Festival
September 21, 2015 | Tiranë, Albania
Cinemambiente Environmental Film Festival
October 9, 2015 | Turin, Italy
Arkhaios Cultural Heritage & Archaeology Film Festival
October 24, 2015 | Hilton Head Island, SC
Providence Art & Design Film Festival
October 31, 2015 | Providence, RI
"Buddha Goes Boppard" Doku Film Festival
November 1, 2015 | Boppard, Germany
InScience: Dutch International Science Film Festival
November 6 - 7, 2015 | Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival — Japanese Premiere
November 14, 2015 | Kobe, Japan
Festival of South Asian Documentaries — south asian Premiere
November 19, 2015 | Kathmandu, Nepal
REFRAME PETERBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — Canadian Premiere
January 30, 2016 | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM SUR L'ART (FIFA)
March 10 - 20, 2016 | Montréal, Quebec, Canada
SAN FRANCISCO GREEN FILM FESTIVAL
April 14 - 20, 2016 | San Francisco, CA
SAN FRANCISCO GREEN FILM FESTIVAL - ENCORE SCREENING!
Oct 5, 2016 | San Francisco Public Library, USA
ROSHD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2016 | Mashhad, Iran
MASTER OF ART FILM FESTIVAL
April 15 - 22, 2016 | Sofia, Bulgaria
LIFE AFTER OIL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Aug 4-7, 2016 | Sardinia, Italy
PYONGYANG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Sep 16-21, 2016 | North Korea
T.H.I.S. BUDDHIST FILM FESTIVAL
Sep 18, 2016 | Singapore
ICRONOS - FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM D'ARCHÉOLOGIE DE BORDEAUX
Oct 26-29, 2016 | France
THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FILMS - AGON
Oct 17 - 23, 2016 | Athens, Greece
AMERICAN CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL
October 21-23 & 28-30, 2016 | Shepherdstown, West Virginia
CHINA ONSCREEN BIENNIAL (COB)
Nov 9 | UCLA Television & Film Archive, Los Angeles, CA. Director Brent will Skype in.
Nov 27 | National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Director Brent will attend in person.
GLIMMERGLASS FILM DAY
Nov 11, 2016 | Cooperstown, NY
Post-screening discussion led by Hannah Bloch, NPR Digital Editor, former Time correspondent in Afghanistan
BEIRUT ART FILM FESTIVAL
Nov 8 - 13, 2016 | Lebanon
16TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL FILM FESTIVAL OF THE BIDASOA
Nov 19 - 26, 2016 | San Sebastian & Irun, Spain
Afghan Documentary Film Festival
March - April | Stockholm, Sweden
International Archaeology Film Festival
March 19 | Verde Valley Archaeology Center, Camp Verde, AZ
AFGHANISTAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Spring 2017 | Stockholm, Sweden
Boston University American Institute of Afghan Studies
Spring 2017 | Boston, MA
World Environmental Film Festival
3-9 June, 2017 | Hyderabad, India
Notable Screenings
Block Museum of Art — Sneak Preview Screening
March 6, 2015 | Northwestern University
The Music Box Theatre — Chicago Premiere
June 2, 1015 | Chicago, IL
Ho Center for Buddhist Studies
May 7, 2015 | Stanford University
THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE
June 23, 2015 | University of Chicago
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
September 15, 2015 | Washington, DC
YALE HIMALAYA INSTITUTE
October 17, 2015 | Yale University
The IAFOR Documentary Film Award
November 14, 2015 | The International Academic Forum
Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures
December 15, 2015 | Prague, Czech Republic
Louvre - jOURNÉES INTERNATIONALES DU FILM SUR L’ART
January 28, 2016 | Musée de Louvre — Paris, France
FORDHAM ART LAW SOCIETY
February 12, 2016 | Fordham University, New York, NY
GARDNER CENTER FOR ASIAN ART AND IDEAS
February 20, 2016 | Asian Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum
NORWICH UNIVERSITY
March 4, 2016, 2 - 4pm (ET) | Northfield, Vermont
HABIB UNIVERSITY
March 11 - 12, 2016 | Karachi, Pakistan
American University of afghanistan
April 3, 2016 | Kabul, Afghanistan
National Museums of World Culture
April 20, 2016 | Göteborg, Sweden
BUDDHISTDOOR - University of hong kong
April 23, 2016 | Hong Kong
SCREENING WITH THE SOLIDARITY PARTY OF AFGHANISTAN
Aug 4, 2016 | Kabul, Afghanistan
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Aug 13, 2016 | Chicago, USA
THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART
Sep 10, 2016 | Missouri, USA
MCDANIEL COLLEGE - WORLD WISE DOCUMENTARY FILM SERIES
Nov 2, 2016 | Westminster, MD
Theoretical Archaeology Group conference
Dec 19-21 | University of Southampton, UK
University of Chicago
"Cultural Heritage and Cultural Diplomacy" class with Professor Larry Rothfield,
Museum of Macedonia
Feb 28, 2PM | with the Association of Archaeology Students of Skopje (Axios) at the University of Skopje
UC Berkeley
April 14, 2017 | Director Brent Huffman in Person
The Danish Film Institute/Cinematheque
April 21, 2017 | Gothersgade 55, 1123 København, Denmark
Midwest Buddhist Temple
April 23, 2017 | 435 W Menomonee St, Chicago, IL 60614
Buddhist Sitting Group
April 1 | Emerson Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Georgia
Fowler Museum
June 21, 2017 | 7:00 PM | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA