The awards ceremony took place this evening at Culturgest, followed by a screening of Thanks for Coming, by Alain Cavalier, the festival’s closing film.

The 24th edition of Doclisboa announced today the winners of its International, Portuguese and Green Years Competitions, as well as its cross-sectional awards and audience awards.

International Competition

In the International Competition, the City of Lisbon Award for Best International Competition Film went to For the Moon, by Éric Baudelaire, a film which, according to the jury, “celebrates the sounds and images of cinema while embracing both the presence and absence of the visual world”.

The Doclisboa International Competition Jury Award went to Noli me tangere, by Ghassan Salhab, for “the surgical precision with which the director portrays layers of Lebanese history”.

The Médecins Sans Frontières – Portugal Jury Award for Best International Competition Director was presented to João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata for 13 Pins, whose directors, according to the jury, “achieve a degree of imaginative richness and cinematic invention that the jury simply could not overlook”.

Portuguese Competition

In the Portuguese Competition, the Doclisboa Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film was unanimously awarded to Everyone’s Voice – Jornal do Fundão, by Manuel Mozos, a work described by the jury as “a beacon of democracy, freedom of expression, resistance to fascism, and a call for social cohesion”.

The Portuguese Authors Society Portuguese Competition Jury Award went to Hypogea, by Raul Domingues, with the jury invoking a haiku by Matsuo Bashō: “for a while / secluded at a waterfall— / start of the summer retreat”.

The Portuguese Competition jury also awarded an Honourable Mention to People and Power, by Ico Costa, describing how the film plunges “into the faces, gestures, and dreams of a people repeatedly stripped of their own power”.

The School Award – ETIC Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film was also presented to People and Power, described as “a sincere portrait – displaying remarkable technical and narrative mastery – with an extremely clear and concise vision”.

Green Years Competition

In the Green Years Competition, the Conserveira de Lisboa Award for Best Green Years Film went to The Trench, by Manuel Ferreira, a film that impressed the jury with “its narrative freedom, its playful and risk-taking form, and its warm appreciation for people and places”.

The Pedro Fortes Award for Best Green Years Portuguese Film went to Vanishing Point, by Rita Torres, a work that impressed the jury with “its craft, cleverness and rigour”.

The jury also awarded an Honourable Mention to Square of the Unseen, by Theodore Selekos, noting that “there lies realistic poetry in the shadows of metropolitan light”.

Cross-sectional competitions

Among the cross-sectional competitions, the UPF Barcelona School of Management – Barcelona Film Society New Talent Award went to Promised Spaces, by Ivan Marković, for “its remarkable cinematography and its incisive exploration of social and economic divides”.

The jury also awarded an Honourable Mention to An Incomplete Calendar, by Sanaz Sohrabi, accompanied by a poetic statement ending with the question: “Who owns yesterday?”

The Healthy Workplaces Film Award, presented by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, went to Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion, by María Aparicio, a work which, according to the jury, is “masterfully anchored in the materiality of the real” and “reminds us of the role of filmmakers to confront and question the here and now of the present”.

The Award for Best Short Film went to Chronicle of Tiredness, by Natalia Marín, a film in which “close-ups of worn floors, broken tiles, and fissures between materials reveal a material history of progress coming undone”. The winning film will be pre-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Audience awards

Among the audience awards, Os Continuadores da Revolução, by Pedro Neves, won the RVA Legal Partners Rights and Freedoms Audience Award.

Meanwhile, Casa do Artista – Não é Permitido Envelhecer, by Solveig Nordlund, received the TVCine Channels Audience Award.

Closing of the 24th edition

Following the festival’s closing, the Doclisboa programme will continue with further opportunities to discover some of this year’s films. Next week, the award-winning films will be screened at Cinema Ideal on 26, 27 and 28 October. For further information on screenings and showtimes, visit the festival’s website and social media channels.

On 30 October, at 8:00 p.m., there will be an additional screening of People and Power, by Ico Costa, at Culturgest.

At Cinemateca Portuguesa, the retrospective dedicated to Lino Brocka will continue for a few more days.

Doclisboa returns in 2027, from 14 to 24 October.

Jury

International Competition: Álvaro Arroba, Declan Clarke, Lynne Sachs, Margarida Gil, Vasco Câmara

Portuguese Competition: Andrea Bussmann, Dorota Lech, Leonardo Mouramateus

Green Years Competition: Agnes Meng, Bingham Bryant, Nabil Aouad

UPF Barcelona School of Management – Barcelona Film Society New Talent Award: Ana Vilaça, Khavn, Mark Peranson

Healthy Workplaces Film Award: Annely Tank, Rui Pires, Susana Moreira Marques

School Award – ETIC: André Lino, Beatriz Almeida, Charlie Chaves, Jéssica Alves, Maria Saldanha

The Award for Best Short Film is presented by the Portuguese Competition jury.