The awards of the 65th edition of DOK Leipzig (17-23 October) were presented on Saturday at the closing ceremony in the Schaubühne Lindenfels. The festival's top prize, the €10,000 Golden Dove in the International Competition, went to Anhell69 [+leggi anche:
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The €6,000 Silver Dove for the best feature-length documentary or animated film by an up-and-coming director in the International Competition was awarded to Faustine Cros for the Belgian-French production A Life Like Any Other [+leggi anche:
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In the Competition for the Audience Award, judged by a jury of film enthusiasts and friends of the festival, the Golden Dove and €3,000 went to Three Women [+leggi anche:
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In the newly established Panorama Middle and Eastern Europe section, the MDR Prize went to Marek Kozakiewicz's Silent Love [+leggi anche:
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Among the shorts in the International Competition, Will You Look at Me by China's Shuli Huang was honoured as the best documentary film, while Marta Magnuska's Misaligned (Poland/Latvia) picked up the Golden Dove for the best animated film. The newly established Silver Dove in the section went to South Korea's Sujin Moon for Persona.

At the DOK Co-Pro Market, the Saxon Award for the Best Documentary Project by a Female Director, including €5,000, was handed to A Bit of a Stranger [+leggi anche:
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Here is the full list of DOK Leipzig award winners:

International Competition Long Film

Golden Dove
Anhell69 [+leggi anche:
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Silver Dove
A Life Like Any Other [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
A Hawk as Big as a Horse - Sasha Kulak (France)

Competition for the Audience Award

Golden Dove Long Documentary and Animated Film
Three Women [+leggi anche:
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Silver Dove Short Documentary and Animated Film
Lada, Ivan's Sister - Olesya Shchukina (Russia/France)

German Competition

Golden Dove
Dead Birds Flying High - Sönje Storm (Germany)

Silver Dove
Border Conversations - Jonathan Brunner (Germany)

International Competition Short Film

Golden Dove Short Documentary Film
Will You Look at Me - Shuli Huang (China)

Golden Dove Short Animated Film
Misaligned - Marta Magnuska (Poland/Latvia)

Silver Dove Short Documentary and Animated Film
Persona - Sujin Moon (South Korea)

Special Mention
Ramboy - Matthias Joulaud, Lucien Roux (Switzerland)

Partner awards

DEFA Sponsoring Prize
Three Women - Maksym Melnyk

MDR Film Prize
Silent Love [+leggi anche:
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Film Prize Leipziger Ring
Pastor Lothar Stops - Tilman König (Germany)

Young Eyes Film Award
Blue Sky White Clouds - Astrid Menzel (Germany)

Prize of the Interreligious Jury
A Life Like Any Other - Faustine Cros

ver.di Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness
Pastor Lothar Stops - Tilman König

FIPRESCI Prize
One Mother - Mickaël Bandela (France)

mephisto 97.6 Award
Sliver Cave - Caibei Cai (China)

Gedanken-Aufschluss Award
Yonii - Julius Gintaras Blum (Germany)

DOK Industry Awards

Saxon Award for the Best Documentary Project by a Female Director
A Bit of a Stranger [+leggi anche:
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Current Time TV Award
Blum - Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Croatia/Germany)

The EWA Diverse Voices Award
In the Light of Darkness (India)

Unifrance Doc Award
Under the Dance Floor - Sará Timár (Hungary/France)

D-Facto Motion Works-in-Progress Prize
300 Trillion - Rudolph Herzog (Germany)

Square Eyes Festival Consultation Award
The Art of Detaching One’s Memory - Jan Carlo Natividad (Philippines)