WINNER: TV Documentary

During late 2009, journalist Najibullah Quraishi spent 10 days with one of the most dangerous and fanatical insurgent factions involved in the Afghan war. At great risk to his own life, he accompanies them as they prepare and carry out attacks on NATO supply routes and observes as they argue amongst each other when things go wrong.

The jury said:

'A fundamentally brave piece of film-making which deserves enormous praise for all involved, above all Najibullah Quraishi who spent two weeks with the insurgents in northern Afghanistan. In this difficult and dangerous environment, we were allowed to see the protagonists as three-dimensional humans: funny, murderous, fallible, scared. This was a powerful portrait of a radicalised enemy and was considered, perhaps because of the strength of its actuality, to have been the most gripping of all the films.'

The jury panel:

• CHAIR: Phil Grabsky, Director, Seventh Art Productions
• Patrick Holland, Executive Producer, Ricochet
• Simon Gilchrist, Independent Producer/Director
• Alistair Clay, Media Relations Manager, Plan UK

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