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Sigrid Dyrekjær Emmy for The Territory

There was a Dane on the list when this year’s International Emmy Awards were handed out Monday in Los Angeles. Film producer Sigrid Dyekjær received the prestigious television award for her work on the documentary “The Territory”, according to the communications agency Neumann in a press release. “I am deeply grateful for the amazing team that has worked so hard to translate this important story into film,” says Sigrid Dyekjær in the announcement and continues: “The importance of this film cannot be overstated, and therefore it is with great pleasure that my colleagues and I have now received this award.”     “The Territory” tells the story of the indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people fighting against deforestation and fires in an area of the Amazon rainforest. The 2022 documentary won in the category “Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking”. /ritzau/