Awards & Juries

Awards & Juries

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Nine Golden and Silver Doves as well as numerous partnership awards have been awarded at DOK Leipzig 2023. The awards were presented on Festival Saturday, 14 October.
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The 2023 Dove winners on stage at the award ceremony.
© Susann Bargas Gomez
International Competition Documentary Film

Jury

  • Jennifer Fox, USA
  • Radu Jude, Romania
  • Marie-Pierre Macia, France
  • Steven Markovitz, South Africa
  • Rima Mismar, Lebanon

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Golden Dove Feature-Length Film

10,000 €

granted by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk

“While the Green Grass Grows”
Peter Mettler
(Switzerland, Canada)

 

Silver Dove Feature-Length Film

6,000 €

granted by 3sat for the best feature-length documentary film by an up-and-coming director (with up to three directorial works)

“Beauty and the Lawyer”
Hovhannes Ishkhanyan
(Armenia, France)

 

Golden Dove Short Film

3,000 €

“An Asian Ghost Story”
Bo Wang
(Netherlands, Hong Kong)

 

Silver Dove Short Film

1,500 €

granted by the Saxon State Institute for Private Broadcasting and New Media for the best short documentary film by an up-and-coming director (with up to three directorial works)

“30 Kilometres per Second”
Jani Peltonen
(Finland)

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MDR is dedicated to the large-scale promotion of documentary film and has been sponsoring the Golden Dove in the International Competition Documentary Film, endowed with 10,000 Euros, since 2013.

3sat has been presenting independent documentary films in its programme and supporting their production since 1993. By granting an award for up-and-coming talents at DOK Leipzig is underlining its engagement for international young directors.

As a cooperation partner and award donor of DOK Leipzig, SLM particularly promotes young filmmakers as well as offers for the development of critical media competence for all age groups. It supports the DOK Masterclasses, the implementation of the XR exhibition DOK Neuland as well as the media literacy activities of DOK Spotters and DOK Education.

The winning films of the Golden Doves in the International Competition Documentary Film will qualify for consideration for the annual ACADEMY AWARDS® provided that the films otherwise comply with the Academy’s rules.

International Competition Animated Film

Jury

  • Pavel Horáček, Czech Republik
  • Anne Isensee, Germany
  • Irina Rubina, Germany

More about the jury members

Golden Dove Feature-Length Film

3,000 €

“No Changes Have Taken in Our Life”
Xu Jingwei
(China)

Golden Dove Short Film

1,500 €

granted by the German Institute for Animated Film e. V.

“Such Miracles Do Happen” 
Barbara Rupik
(Poland)

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Founded in 1993, the DIAF preserves, researches and presents the heritage of German animated film. By sponsoring the Golden Dove Short Film in the International Competition Animated Film, it also honours international trends and innovations in this field.

The winning film of the Golden Dove Short Film in the International Competition Animated Film will qualify for consideration for the annual ACADEMY AWARDS® provided that the film otherwise complies with the Academy’s rules.

German Competition Documentary Film

Golden Dove Feature-length Film

10,000 €

donated by Doris Apell-Kölmel and Michael Kölmel

“One Hundred Four” (Einhundertvier)
Jonathan Schörnig
(Germany)
 

Golden Dove Short Film

1,500 €

“getty abortions”
Franzis Kabisch
(Germany)

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Audience Competition

Jury

  • Billie Bauermeister, Germany
  • Fritz Czaplinski, Germany
  • Anna Eulitz, Germany
  • Charlotte Hennrich, Germany
  • Annegret Weiß, Germany

Golden Dove 

3,000 €

granted pro rata by Leipziger Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Filmkunst e. V.

“The Mother of All Lies”
Asmae El Moudir
(Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar)

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Partnership Awards

DEFA Sponsoring Prize

 

“The Children of Korntal”
Julia Charakter (Germany)

4,000 €

granted by the DEFA Foundation for an outstanding feature-length documentary film by a German director in the competitions

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The DEFA Foundation, in accordance with its statutory motto “Rediscover the Past – Support the Future”, has awarded the DEFA Sponsoring Prize at DOK Leipzig since 2005. The Prize is intended to support up-and-coming filmmakers in the critical investigation of contemporary issues.

MDR Film Prize

 

“The Last Relic”
Marianna Kaat (Estonia, Norway)

3,000 €

for an outstanding Eastern European documentary film

Jury

  • Thomas Beyer, Germany
  • Sylva Kleemann, Germany
  • Marek Kozakiewicz, Laureate 2022
  • Claritta Kratochwil, Germany
  • Annett Meltschack, Germany
  • Anja Zhukova, Germany
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Since 1995, the MDR has sponsored the MDR Film Prize for an outstanding Eastern European documentary, endowed with 3,000 Euros. The developments in Eastern Europe are one of the major topics the broadcaster has been following for years.

Film Prize Leipziger Ring

has been awarded ex aequo to to films this year:

 

“One Hundred Four” (Einhundertvier) 
Jonathan Schörnig (Germany)

and 

“Where Zebus Speak French” 
Nantenaina Lova (France, Madagascar, Germany, Burkina Faso)

2,500 €

for an outstanding documentary film about human rights, democracy or civil engagement, granted by Stiftung Friedliche Revolution

Jury

  • Lutz Mükke, Germany
  • Bettina Röder, Germany
  • Jule Würfel, Germany 
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Prize of the Interreligious Jury

 

„Kumva – Which Comes from Silence“ 
Sarah Mallégol (France)

2,250 €

for a film in the International Competition Documentary Film, donated by the VCH-Hotels Germany together with VCH-Hotel Michaelis in Leipzig as well as the Interreligious Round Table and the Oratorium Leipzig

The Interreligious Jury is appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS.

Jury

  • Barbara Guggenheim, Germany
  • Chantal Laroche, France
  • Bojidar Manov, Bulgaria
  • Mohammad Rezaeian, Switzerland
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Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize

 

“One Hundred Four” (Einhundertvier)
Jonathan Schörnig (Germany)

2,000 €

for the best current feature-length German documentary film (75 min and longer) along with the purchase of the licence and the subtitling in eight languages

Jury

  • Cem Kaya, Laureate 2022
  • Noni Lickleder, Goethe-Institut Headquarters Munich/Germany
  • Renata Prokurat, Goethe-Institut Warsaw/Poland
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The Goethe-Institut is the global cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany. It promotes the study of German abroad and encourages international cultural cooperation. With the Documentary Film Prize, which is awarded on a rotating basis at the most important Documentary Film Festivals in Germany, it grants the winning film audiences all over the world.

ver.di Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness

 

“One Hundred Four” (Einhundertvier)
Jonathan Schörnig (Germany)

1,500 €

for a film in the German Competition Documentary Film

 

Jury

  • Jürgen Kautz, Germany
  • Gundula Lasch, Germany
  • Rüdiger Steinmetz, Germany
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Prize of the International Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize)

 

“Universe Department Store”
Taewoong Won (South Korea)

for a film in the International Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film

Jury

  • Ingrid Beerbaum, Germany
  • Irena Kotelovich, Belarus
  • Shy K. Segev, Israel
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mephisto 97.6 Award

 

“Compound Eyes of Tropical” 
Zhang Xu Zhan (Taiwan)

for the best short animated film

 

Jury

  • Elske Beckmann, Germany
  • Max Herbst, Germany
  • Henri Scheweling, Germany
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Gedanken-Aufschluss

awarded by a jury of prisoners of the Juvenile Detention Centre Regis-Breitingen

“For the Time Being”
Nele Dehnenkamp (Germany)

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