The Awards ceremony for the 2011 Sheffield Doc/Fest took place on Sunday, June 12 at 11 A.M., at the Workstation Cinema in Sheffield, England. The inclusive dates of the fetival were June 8 to 12, 2011. The awards winners are:

Special Jury Award

Description: Awarded to honor a documentary that displays excellence in style, substance and approach.

Winner: The Interrupters - Director: Steve James - USA

Special Mention: Bombay Beach - Director: Alma Har'el - USA

Jury:

• Danny Leigh - Writer/Critic / UK
• David Courier - Senior Programmer / Sundance Film Festival / USA
• Louisa Dent - Managing Director / Artificial Eye Film Co / UK
• Satwant Gill - Head of Events / London Indian Film Festival / UK
• Yance Ford - Series Producer AMDOC POV / USA

Other Nominated Films:

• At Night I Fly
• Calvet
• Gun Fight
• Hell and Back Again
• Position Among the Stars

Sheffield Green Award

Winner: You've Been Trumped - Director: Anthony Baxter

Special Mention: Up In Smoke - Adam Wakefield

Sheffield Youth Jury Award

Winner: We Are Poets - Directors: Alex Ramseyer-Bache and Daniel Lucchesi

Student Doc Award

Winner: Eighty Eight - Directors: Josh Bamford, Seb Feehan and Hannah Bone

Sheffield Innovation Award

Winner: Welcome To Pine Point - Directors: Michael Simons and Paul Shoebridge

Special Mention: Nine Muses - Director: John Akomfrah

Sheffield Doc/Fest's Inspiration Award

Awarded to Nick Broomfield, a 'figure in the industry who has championed documentary and helped get great work into the public eye.'