{"id":5531,"date":"2012-08-03T23:24:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T23:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2013-06-14T14:32:02","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T21:32:02","slug":"which-film-will-be-this-seasons-audience-favorite-vote-now","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/which-film-will-be-this-seasons-audience-favorite-vote-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Film Will be This Season&#8217;s Audience Favorite? Vote Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE: Voting for the Season 10 Audience Award is now closed. Thanks for participating!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/awardabout.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/awardabout.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"awardabout\" width=\"240\" height=\"87\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1748\" \/><\/a>Statues, laurels, trophies, medals, plaques, certificates &#8230; there are plenty of awards to be won in the film business, but there is only ONE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/award\/\"><em>Independent Lens<\/em> Audience Award<\/a>, honoring our fans&#8217; favorite film of the season. Like audience awards at the great film festivals, our audience award is especially treasured by filmmakers because it is an expression of appreciation not from peers, or industry, or critics, but from the people who saw and were moved by the film. No one makes an independent documentary film for critics (we hope)!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/award_icon_large.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/award_icon_large.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"award_icon_large\" width=\"100\" height=\"101\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1749\" \/><\/a>As Lydia Nibley, director of our 2012 winner <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/two-spirits\/\">Two Spirits<\/a><\/em>, said, &#8220;It\u2019s amazing for a filmmaker to see a story that was once hidden and unexplored connect so powerfully with the <em>Independent Lens<\/em> audience \u2014 to see millions of people discussing it online and expanding the national conversation around gender in such brilliant and humane ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Think hard \u2014 of 23 broadcast premieres this season, only one can be the winner. 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