The 11 films from the most different countries, the best ones selected out of more than 2 000 entries submitted, promise cinema par excellence.


All of them hot favourites for a prize, because we talk about the much-treasured Silver and Golden Doves which are awarded by the International Jury for Documentary Film.

The films:

• 48 by Susana Sousa Dias de | Portugal 2009 | 92:50 min.

• Armadillo by Janus Metz | Denmark 2010 | 91:00 min.

• Close to Heaven (Dem Himmel ganz nah) by Titus Faschina | Germany, Romania 2010 | 90:00 min.

• Dreaming Films (Les films rêvés) by eric Pauwels | Belgium 2010 | 180:00 min.

• Empire of Mid-South (L'Empire du Milieu du Sud) by Eric Deroo, Jacques Perrin | France 2009 | 85:00 min.

• Gaza on Air by Samir Abdalla | Egypt, Palastine, France 2010 | 90:00 min.

• Goodnight Nobody by Jacqueline Zünd | Switzerland, Germany 2010 | 77:00 min.

• Let's run away from her (Ucieknijmy od niej) by Marcin Koszalka | Poland 2010 | 50:00 min.

• Steam of Life (Miesten vuoro) by Berghäll Joonas, Mika Hotakainen | Finland, Sweden 2010 | 81:00 min.

• The North of Calabria (Na polnoc od Kalabrii) by Marcin Sauter | Poland 2009 | 67:00 min.

• Vodka Factory by Jerzy Sladkowski | Sweden 2010 | 96:00 min.