Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour wins international award

Citizenfour, Laura Poitras's documentary on Edward Snowden, has been named best feature at the International Documentary Association awards.

The filmmaker was presented with the award on Friday night (December 5) in a ceremony held at the Paramount Studios lot.

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She met Snowden whilst working on an investigative programme into government surveillance following 9/11, receiving emails from Snowden under the alias "citizenfour."

Poitras eventually met Snowden, who handed over classified documents that revealed surveillance programmes being carried out by the NSA.

Citizenfour beat Finding Vivian Maier, Point and Shoot, The Salt of the Earth and Tales of the Grim Sleeper to the title.

It has been announced that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Snowden in a new film to be directed by Oliver Stone.

It is believed the as-yet-untitled film will begin shooting next month in Munich.

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