It’s award time at the 68th edition of DOK Leipzig! Ten Partnership Awards were handed out at the Schaubühne Lindenfels in Leipzig on Saturday. We congratulate all the winners!

These films have been awarded:

ver.di-Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness (2,000 €):
 “The Woman Who Poked the Leopard” by Patience Nitumwesiga 

DEFA Sponsoring Prize (4,000 €):
 “The Woman Who Poked the Leopard” by Patience Nitumwesiga 

MDR Film Prize (3,000 €) 
“Welded Together” Anastasiya Miroshnichenko

Prize of the Interreligious Jury (2,000 €)
“The Thing to Be Done” by Srđan Kovačević’s

Special Mention:
Jennifer Chiu’s “Clan of the Painted Lady”

Young Eyes Film Award (2,000 €):
“Fantastique” by Marjolijn Prins

Prize of the International Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize): 
“The Red Moon Eclipse” by Caroline Guimbal

mephisto 97.6 Award:
“Once in a Body” by María Cristina Pérez.

Gedanken-Aufschluss Documentary Film Award:
“Sediments” by Laura Coppens’ 

Gedanken-Aufschluss Animated Film Award:
“Clot” by Levi Stoops

film.land.sachsen Prize for Film Culture in Rural Areas
“Intersection – It’s Political” by Karoline Rößler

Film Prize Leipziger Ring (2,500 €):
“A Simple Soldier” by Juan Camilo Cruz

Congratulations to all film teams!