Awards

International Competition

City of Lisbon Award for Best International Competition Film
10 000€

Doclisboa International Competition Jury Award
3500€

Médecins Sans Frontières – Portugal Jury Award for Best International Competition Director
2000€

Portuguese Competition

Doclisboa Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film
6000€

Portuguese Authors Society Portuguese Competition Jury Award
2000€

School Award
ETIC Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film
1500€ (in technical services)

Green Years Competition

Conserveira de Lisboa Award for Best Green Years Competition Film
1000€

Pedro Fortes Award for Best Director of a Green Years Portuguese Film
Participation grant for Doc’s Kingdom – International Seminar on Documentary

Cross-Sectional Competition

Pompeu Fabra University New Talent Award
Award for Best First Feature-Length Film (over 60’) from a selection comprising all sections with the exception of the retrospective

Eligible films

Award for Best Short Film (up to 40’) from a selection comprising all sections with the exception of the retrospective

The winner will be pre-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Doclisboa – International Film Festival was selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to pre-nominate candidates to the Oscars®, thus becoming the only Portuguese festival to take part in the network of Academy-qualified festivals.

Eligible films

Healthy Workplaces Film Award

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Award for Best Feature-Length Film Dealing with Work from a selection comprising all sections with the exception of the retrospective
5000€

Eligible films

  • Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion (New Visions)
  • The Case Against Space (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Cold Call (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Chronicle of Tiredness (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Geography Is Destiny (International Competition)
  • Habibi Hussein (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Kurtág Fragments (Heart Beat)
  • Vent du matin (Portuguese Competition)
  • What Comes from Sitting in Silence? (From Earth to the Moon)

Audience Awards

RVA Legal Partners Rights and Freedoms Award
Award for Best Film Dealing with Human Rights from a selection comprising all sections with the exception of the retrospective
1500€

Eligible films

  • Amílcar (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Amnesty 1979 (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Atlas of Disappearance (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Forest Up in the Mountain (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Os Continuadores da Revolução (Portuguese Competition)
  • Dragoons (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Habibi Hussein (From Earth to the Moon)
  • The Measured Everlasting Is 1.334 Billion Years (International Competition)
  • Noli me tangere (International Competition)
  • People and Power (Portuguese Competition)

TVCine Channels Award

Award for Best Portuguese Film from a selection comprising all sections with the exception of the retrospective and competitions
1500€

Eligible films

  • Amílcar (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Letter to José Bragança de Miranda (Heart Beat)
  • Letter to a Young Writer (Heart Beat)
  • Casa do Artista – Não é Permitido Envelhecer (From Earth to the Moon)
  • The Sailor’s Life (Heart Beat)
  • O Filme do Meio (Heart Beat)
  • In This Room (Heart Beat)
  • Nha Balila (Heart Beat)
  • Our Secret (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Our Last Movie About Lisbon (From Earth to the Moon)
  • Traces (From Earth to the Moon)

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