The prizes of the inaugural Al Jazeera Documentary Industry Days were handed out September 12. The Industry Days ran September 10-12, during which 32 projects from Southeast Europe, the Caucasus and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were presented. Total prize money exceeded $60,000.
WINNERS
MAIN PITCH $25 000 (Co-production award presented by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel): Cinema Under Siege by Srđan Šarenac
MAIN PITCH €8 000 € (The co-production Award presented by Al Jazeera Balkans): Last Letters From My Grandma by Olga Lucovnicova
WORK IN PROGRESS $15 000 (The co-production award in this category is presented by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel): Friday at the Window by Atieh Zare
WORK IN PROGRESS €7 000 (The co-production Award presented by Al Jazeera Balkans): Land of Sar by Petra Seliškar
BALKAN STARS $10 000 (The co-production award in this category is presented by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel): Woman of God by Maja Prettner, Iza Strehar, Boštjan Virc
BALKAN STARS €5 000 (The co-production Award presented by Al Jazeera Balkans): Hvar League by Emina Kujundžić
BH TELECOM AWARD €2 500: ASSASSINATION OF HAKIJA TURAJLIĆ, Mirza Pašić
CURRENT TIME TV €1 000: Abastumani by Mariam Chachia, Nik Voigt
SUNNYSIDE OF THE DOC (Invitation and accreditation to Sunny Side of the Doc 2023): Women of My Life by Zahraa Ghandour
CANNES DOC AWARD (Two complimentary Marché du Film badges & a special spotlight on the winning project at Cannes Docs 2023, a program of the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes): Do You Love Me? by Lana Daher & Let’s Play Soldiers by Mariam Al-Dhubhani, Mohammed Al-Jaberi
BELDOCS (Invitation to pitch a project at Beldocs IDFF 2023): Hvar League by Emina Kujundžić
MIA|DOC (Invitation to pitch a project at MiaDoc 2022): Cinema Under Siege by Srđan Šarenac
EASTDOC PLATFORM (East Silver Caravan Award): Abastumani by Mariam Chachia, Nik Voigt
PROGRESS FILM AWARD (Video Archive worth €3 000): Cinema Under Siege by Srđan Šarenac
RADIO AND TELEVISION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (Television Archive): Assassination of Hakija Turajlić by Mirza Pašić
