The nominations have been announced for the Doc Alliance Award 2024. The 16 films (8 feature-length and 8 short films) are chosen by the programmers of 8 leading documentary film festivals, seven of which are united under the Doc Alliance umbrella and “representing different European regions and perspectives on the art of documentary filmmaking.”
Each of the seven Doc Alliance member festivals (CPH:DOX, Doclisboa, DOK Leipzig, FIDMarseille, Ji.hlava IDFF, Millennium Docs Against Gravity FF and Visions du Réel) as well as this year’s guest festival Docudays UA selected one short and one feature-length documentary film to compete for the 2024 award.
The winners (best short film and best feature-length documentary) will be presented at the award ceremony of this year’s guest festival Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Kyiv (31 May – 9 June 2024). A selection of nominated films will be screened at the festival.
The winning films will be decided by three film professionals: Olivia Cooper-Hadjian, programmer and film critic (Cahiers du cinéma), Beatrice Fiorentino, Artistic Director of Venice Film Critics’ Week, and Marko Grba Singh, filmmaker and the Artistic Director at Beldocs.
The Doc Alliance Award is endowed with 5,000 EUR (Best Feature) and 3,000 EUR (Best Short) for the successful filmmakers to spend on their next projects. In addition, each of the festivals in the network shows at least three films from the selection at its next edition.
The network also invites European documentary film festivals to apply as guest festival 2025. The guest festival will be part of the network for one year and will co-select the nominations for the Doc Alliance Award. They will participate on joint events and expertise exchange.
Best Feature Doc nominees:
- Balomania, Denmark / Spain, director: Sissel Morell Dargis, nominated by CPH:DOX
- The Gate, Germany, directors: Jasmin Herold and Michael David Beamish, nominated by DOK Leipzig
- In Limbo (W zawieszeniu), Poland / Ukraine, director: Alina Maksimenko, nominated by Millennium Docs Against Gravity
- Iron Butterflies (Залізні метелики), Ukraine / Germany, director Roman Liubyi, nominated by Docudays UA
- The Landscape and the Fury (Landschaft und Wahn), Switzerland, director: Nicole Vögele, nominated by Visions du Réel
- Losing Faith (Die ängstliche Verkehrsteilnehmerin), Austria / Germany, director: Martha Mechow, nominated by FIDMarseille
- The Melusinas at the Edge of the River (As Melusinas à Margem do Rio), Portugal / Luxemburg, director: Melanie Pereira, nominated by Doclisboa
- You Will Never See It All (Chybění), Czech Republic / Slovakia, director: Štěpán Pech, nominated by Ji.hlava IDFF
Best Short Doc nominees:
- Crushed, Belgium, director: Camille Vigny, nominated by Visions du Réel
- Finale, Denmark, director: Marlene Lyngstad, nominated by CPH:DOX
- getty abortions, Germany / Austria, director: Franzis Kabisch, nominated by DOK Leipzig
- Grandmamauntsistercat, Netherlands / Poland, director: Zuza Banasińska, nominated by Millennium Docs Against Gravity
- I Stumble Every Time I Hear From Kyiv (Щоразу затинаюся від звістки з Києва), Belgium / Ukraine / Portugal / Hungary, director: Daryna Mamaisur, nominated by Docudays UA
- Like the Glitch of a Ghost, Netherlands / Portugal, director: Paula Albuquerque, nominated by Doclisboa
- The Most Beautiful Corner in the World (Najkrajší kút v šírom svete), Slovakia, director: Róbert Mihály, nominated by Ji.hlava IDFF
- Smoke of the Fire (O fumo do fogo), Portugal / Ukraine / Belgium / Hungary, director: Daryna Mamaisur, nominated by FIDMarseille
In 2023, the Doc Alliance Feature Doc Award was won by Death of a City by João Rosas (Portugal, 2022, 116 min), nominated by Doclisboa. The Doc Alliance Short Doc Award was won by The Cervix Pass by Marie Bottois (France, 2022, 15 min), nominated by FIDMarseille.
