The 16 outstanding films made by emerging filmmakers competing for this year’s Doc Alliance Award have been announced. 8 feature-length and 8 short films are chosen by the programmers of 8 prestigious documentary film festivals, united at the Doc Alliance and representing different European regions and perspectives on the art of documentary filmmaking. Many of the nominated films are discoveries form recent editions of the partner festivals.
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). Additionally, 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 critc (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 network of documentary film festivals supports emerging talents in European documentary film. Each of the seven 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 have selected one short and one feature-length documentary film to compete for the 2024 Doc Alliance Award.
Full list of Best Feature 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
Full list of Best Short 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
The Doc Alliance Award is endowed with 5,000 EUR (Best Feature) and 3,000 EUR (Best Short) for the 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 cordially 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.
Application forms can be found on the Doc Alliance website. For more information contact Barbora Trávníčková, coordinator of the festival network.
More information about the nominated films
More information about the guest festival 2024: Docudays UA
Film stills of all nominees for download
Press contact: Doc Alliance Press Office
