NathanielKahn's My Architect won the inaugural Sterling Award for a feature film at theSilverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival.

More than 70films screened at the festival, a joint venture between the American FilmInstitute and the Discovery Channel, which ran from Jun 18-22 at the SilverTheatre And Cultural Centre in Silver Spring, Maryland.

My Architect charts the efforts of the director andillegitimate son of the celebrated architect Louis I Khan as he attempts todiscover more about his father's mysterious life.

The SilverdocsAudience Award for best feature went to Peter Schnall's This Is A GameLadies, about theRutgers University women's hoops team.

Meanwhile KerriYost's Billy won the Silverdocs Audience Award for the best short.

Etienne Sauretcollected a special jury award for Collateral Damages, which explores the emotional andpsychological impact of September 11 on New York City firefighters.

The SterlingAward Award Certificates of Merit for Shorts went to: Almudena Carracedo'sWelcome. A Docu-Journey Of Impressions; Marina Razbezhkina's Life As It Is (Prosto Zhizn); and Hide Your Words (Harfhayat Ra Penhan Kon) by Behnam Behzadi.

'The goal ofSilverdocs was to engage the unique Washington, DC audiences to celebrate thedocumentary form,' Nina Gilden Seavey, festival director, said in astatement.