Berlin Doc Award to Rithy Panh’s Irradiés (Irradiated)
Valued at €40,000 courtesy of public broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb), the prize money will be shared by Panh and producer Catherine Dussart.
Flemish trio pick up Berlinale Caligari Prize
Key award for feature doc Victoria, directed by Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer and Isabelle Tollenaere, which screened in Berlin’s Forum section.
Doc Prize Winners in Perspektive Deutsches Kino section
Berlinale Compass-Perspektive-Award to Walchensee Forever (Janna Ji Wonders) and Heiner Carow Prize to Natalija Yefimkina for Garagenvolk (Garage People).
Berlin review: Garage People by Natalija Yefimkina
Garage People is the Russian equivalent of Ulrich Seidl’s In the Basement, drenched in vodka and melancholy.
Films announced for new Thessaloniki comp sections
In total, 189 feature-length documentaries and 74 short documentaries from around the world will play throughout the festival’s 11-day duration (5-15 March 2020)
Magnolia does EFM deals on docs
Magnolia Pictures International revealed sales of four documentary features including The Fight and Assassins and Once Were Brothers.
Market boost at Thessaloniki
The Agora Doc Market of the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival is enhanced by three new initiatives in 2020, aimed to boost doc activity in the South-east Europe and Med region.
Oscar winner Learning to Skateboard… to close Thessaloniki 2020
Director Carol Dysinger will attend the leading Greek doc event for the March 15 conclusion
Saudi Runaway to National Geographic
National Geographic Documentary Films picks up Sundance selection entry Saudi Runaway from Berlin-based Rise and Shine.
Cinephil closes with Neon on Gunda
Neon has acquired North American rights to Gunda, directed by Russian auteur Victor Kossakovsky and selected for Berlinale Encounters.
