DOK Leipzig announced 10 October its DOK Industry award winners. A total of five awards were handed out. Three were award to projects presented at the 2023 DOK Co-Pro Market.
Belarusian director Daria Yurkevich received the Saxon Award for the Best Documentary Project by a Female Director for her project Genesis (Belarus, Germany). The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros, sponsored by the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism.
Divia (Ukraine, Poland) by Dmytro Hreshko picked up the Current Time TV Award, endowed with 2,000 euros and sponsored by Current Time TV.
Shaina 13 to 15 (France) by Tamara Erde received the Unifrance Doc Award, providing subtitling services, sponsored by TitraFilm, and a Unifrance membership for its French producer.
At DOK Preview Germany, Johatsu – Into Thin Air (WT) (Germany, Japan), directed by Andreas Hartmann and Arata Mori, was awarded the D-Facto Motion Works-in-Progress Prize, which comes with the post-production grant of 10,000 euros, sponsored by D-Facto Motion GmbH.
At DOK Short n’ Sweet, A MOVE (Iran) by Elahe Esmaili received the Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg Award, which comes with a Letter of Intent, a short evaluation and one consultation session for sales opportunities.
