We’re getting excited: on 19 May, the Doc Alliance Awards will be presented in Cannes as part of the Marché du Film industry programme. Two documentary films by emerging European talents will be honored, with prize money of €5,000 for Best Feature and €3,000 for Best Short.

The seven European film festivals that make up the Doc Alliance network, together with guest festival Golden Apricot IFF, have nominated 16 documentaries from their recent programmes. Each festival selected one feature and one short film.

We’re especially thrilled to be in the race with Holler for Service (feature) and Cold Call (short) — fingers crossed for both teams!

Nominated for Best Feature:

• A Song Without Home (სიმღერა სახლის გარეშე), Georgia/USA, director: Rati Tsiteladze, nominated by CPH:DOX

• Afterlives, Germany/Belgium/France, director: Kevin B. Lee, nominated by Doclisboa

• Fantasy (Fantaisie), France, director: Isabel Pagliai, nominated by FIDMarseille

• Holler For Service, Germany/USA, directors: Ole Elfenkaemper, Kathrin Seward, nominated by DOK Leipzig

• Imago, France/Belgium, director: Déni Oumar Pitsaev, nominated by Golden Apricot IFF

• Minimum Love (Minimum lásky), Czech Republic, director: Maja Penčič, nominated by Ji.hlava IDFF

• The Case Against Space, UK/France, director: Graeme Arnfield, nominated by Visions du Réel

• Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest, Germany/Netherlands, director: Viv Li, nominated by Millennium Docs Against Gravity

Nominated for Best Short:

• Amma, Do Giraffes Cry?, Czech Republic, director: Kartikeya Saxena, nominated by Millennium Docs Against Gravity

• Apocalypse Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and the Day After Tomorrow (Apokalypsa včera, dnes, zítra a pozítří), Ukraine/Czech Republic, director: Anastasiia Bonadyha, nominated by Ji.hlava IDFF

• Cold Call, Germany, director: Stefanie Schroeder, nominated by DOK Leipzig

• Conversations and Dreams, Czech Republic/Armenia, director: Melanya Hamasyan, nominated by Golden Apricot IFF

• Errabonda, Denmark/Italy, director: Emma Harris, nominated by CPH:DOX

• Some of You Fucked Eva, France, director: Lilith Grasmug, nominated by FIDMarseille

• The Divided City of Mitrovica (Podeljeni grad Kosovska Mitrovica), Serbia/Kosovo, director: Marko Grba Singh, nominated by Doclisboa

• The Interpreter, UK, director: Mohamad Hafeda, nominated by Visions du Réel

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Who will choose the winners?

This year’s jury brings together three renowned film experts: Wouter Jansen (CEO and founder of Square Eyes), Maria Palacios Cruz (director of Open City Documentary Festival), and critic, filmmaker, and producer Mark Peranson.

We can’t wait for the award ceremony on 19 May! Stay tuned, we’ll announce the winners right here in our news section.

Read more in our press release.