PRIX EUROPA             
Best Television Current Affairs  Programme of the Year 2009
Donated by the Directorate of Communication of the Council of Europe

Backlight - Lockerbie Revisited / Tegenlicht - episode Lockerbie
Nederlandse Publieke Omroep - NPO, The Netherlands
by: Gideon Levy (author/director), Doke Romein, Jos de Putter (commissioning editors);
produced by Blazzhoffski Films, co-produced by ARTE / ZDF and BACKLIGHT – VPRO Television

Synopsis
Am 28. April 2009 musste der Fall Lockerbie neu aufgerollt werden: Der Libyer, wegen des Massenmords an 270 Menschen zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt, hatte wegen eines möglichen Justizirrtums Berufung eingelegt. Regisseur Gideon Levy berichtet von der schwierigen Suche nach Wahrheit. Der Film zeigt, wie fatal falsch die Hauptbeweise in diesem Fall eingeschätzt wurden.

Citation by the Jury
"The winning entry sheds light on the investigation and verdict in a spectacular case, and manages to do so in a surprisingly charming and humorous matter.  The Director doesn’t take no for an answer, his way of approaching and – if answers are not good enough – questioning and insisting,  surprised  and amused the jury on more than one occasion. Most impressive by far is one very simple idea: The Director makes his interview partners, among them key investigators from CIA and FBI, promise on camera to tell him the truth and nothing but the truth."