As closed doors September 11 on the second Al Jazeera Documentary Industry days @ AJB DOC, this year’s winners were announced. Taking place in Sarajevo, AJD Industry Days is “an event that supports the expansion of documentaries worldwide, including international co-productions, and matches key decision-makers with interesting projects.” Between Sept 9-11, 22 projects from Southeast Europe, Caucasus and MENA were presented.
MAIN AWARDS
- MAIN PITCH $25,000 (The co-production award in this category is presented by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel) – THE RABBIS INTIFADA by Heather “Chana” Tenzer
- MAIN PITCH €8,000 (The co-production Award presented by Al Jazeera Balkans) – THE SREBRENICA TAPE, by Chiara Sambuchi
- WORK IN PROGRESS $15,000 (The co-production award in this category is presented by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel) – UNTIL THE BUZZING STOPS by Abd al-Kader Habak
- WORK IN PROGRESS €7,000 (The co-production Award presented by Al Jazeera Balkans) – BITTER SUGAR by Ana Barjadze
- BALKAN STARS $10,000 (The co-production award in this category is presented by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel) – I DON’T WANT TO by Hanis Bagashov
- BALKAN STARS €5,000 (The co-production Award presented by Al Jazeera Balkans) – ANOTHER FILM ABOUT THE WAR, FATHER & HOME by Damir Markovina
PARTNER AWARDS
- CROATIAN RADIOTELEVISION (HRT) – HRT TV AWARD $5,000 – CORDON by Anton Mezulić
- FILM CENTRE OF MONTENEGRO BALKAN STAR AWARD €5,000 – ANOTHER FILM ABOUT THE WAR, FATHER & HOME by Damir Markovina
- BH TELECOM AWARD €2,500 – THE SREBRENICA TAPE by Chiara Sambuchi
- SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC (Invitation and two accreditations to Sunny Side of the Doc 2023) – SOLO, Amine Boukhris & BITTER SUGAR by Ana Barjadze
- CANNES DOC AWARD (Two complimentary Marché du Film badges & a special spotlight on the winning project at Cannes Docs 2024, a program of the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes) – MY MOTHER AND I by Dilpak Majeed & BITTER SUGAR by Ana Barjadze
- BELDOCS (Invitation to pitch a project at Beldocs IDFF 2023) – REAR ADMIRAL by Mladen Ivanović
- PROGRESS FILM AWARD (Video Archive worth €3,000) – MOSCOW NIGHTS by Irina Maldea
- RADIO AND TELEVISION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (In-kind award of archive material worth € 5,000) – PARTISAN NECROPOLIS by Chris Leslie
- THE INSTITUTE OF DOCUMENTARY (IDF) – EAST SILVER CARAVAN AWARD (One year of festival distribution service. During the year, films are submitted for consideration to international film festivals) – DECEMBER by Grzegorz Paprzycki
- EURODOC AWARD (Participation in a 5-day Eurodoc Session and a year-long membership worth € 3,000) – JANA by Maaria Sayed
- DOHA FILM INSTITUTE – DFI PRODUCERS LAB AWARD (Selection of one project to participate in the DFI Producers Lab 2023) – SOLO by Amine Boukhris
- JCC: CARTHAGE FILM FESTIVAL – TAKMIL – CARTHAGE PRO AWARD (Postproduction support) – MY MOTHER AND I by Dilpak Majeed
- MIA, INTERNATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL MARKET – MIA AWARD (Attendance in the MIA Co-Production Market and Pitching Forum) – ANOTHER FILM ABOUT THE WAR, FATHER & HOME by Damir Markovina
- MOVIES THAT MATTER IMPACT AWARD (One project will be selected to attend the Festival, Industry Days Film & Impact, which will include free accreditation and accommodation) – BITTER SUGAR by Ana Barjadze
- SHEFFIELD DOCFEST AWARD Industry pass for Sheffield DocFest 2024) – SOLO by Amine Boukhris
- THE AL JAZEERA DIGITAL DOCUMENTARY AWARD (An award of $5,000 supports emerging documentary filmmakers who show promise of adapting long-form stories to digital format, including short documentaries) – DECEMBER by Grzegorz Paprzycki
