The Flats, a movie about The Troubles in Northern Eire, gained the highest award at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen at a Friday night time, incomes a €10,000 prize.
The documentary directed by Alessadra Celisia takes place in “New Lodge within the heart of Belfast, a neighborhood nonetheless haunted by the almost 30-year battle between Catholics and Protestants which formally led to 1998.”
Of their quotation, the jury known as the movie witty, multi-layered, profound and provocative. They wrote, “Our essential award acknowledges not solely inventive and conceptual daring, however a filmmaker with the humility to appreciate when the story outgrows its framework, and the boldness to comply with the place it, and its fantastically vivid characters lead. We reside in a world of divisions, borders and locked gates. Coming like a dialog shouted by means of a kind of locked gates, our profitable movie is a collective portrait of a number of proud, humorous, resourceful people, who could be prepared to die for his or her neighborhood however who select every day the more durable, braver and extra hopeful possibility of dwelling for it as an alternative.”
‘Two Strangers Attempting To not Kill Every Different’
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A dozen world premieres made up the documentary competitors. The jury, made up of Jessica Kiang, Nataša City, Monica Hellström, Rémi Bohnhomme, and Carla Gutiérrez, awarded a Particular Point out to Two Strangers Attempting To not Kill Every Different, directed by Jacob Perlmutter & Manon Ouimet. Deadline premiered the trailer for Two Strangers, a movie concerning the romantic partnership of artists Maggie Barrett and Joel Meyerowitz. [Scroll for list of CPH:DOX winners].
‘No Different Land‘
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No Different Land, the documentary set within the West Financial institution which gained the highest prize for documentary on the Berlinale, took the Viewers Award at CPH:DOX. Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor directed the movie. Abraham particularly has obtained harsh criticism in Israel after his acceptance speech in Berlin, by which he contrasted his rights as an Israeli with these of his Palestinian co-director, Adra. In line with CPH:DOX, No Different Land provoked robust reactions amongst viewers, with some viewers members calling it “heartbreaking”, “eye-opening”, “courageous”, “stunning,” and “trustworthy.”
The viewers award comes with a €5,000 prize.
‘Black Snow’
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Within the F:ACT AWARD competitors, the highest prize went to Black Snow, directed by Alina Simone. Within the movie, described by CPH:DOX describes the movie as a “journalistic thriller with deep private penalties,” a Siberian mom and citizen journalist makes an attempt to show an enormous environmental scandal, placing her at odds with the authoritarian authorities.
“In a world the place a authorities is committing environmental crimes in opposition to its residents in probably the most corrupt cynical approach, the place communities are brutality uncared for, a unprecedented brave girl fights for justice in opposition to big forces, the place her life is at stake,” wrote the jury, composed of Lena Karbe, Sigal Yehuda, and Maria Bäck. “She continues to think about a society that places individuals earlier than revenue, whereas being threatened by the totalitarian system. We have been impressed by her power and dedication for humanity. The director’s sensitivity for the protagonist’s security and the intimate relationship they created significantly impressed us.”
‘Black Field Diaries’
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The pageant’s HUMAN:RIGHTS Award (and a €5,000 prize) went to Black Field Diaries, directed by Shiori Ito. “A rare girl takes management of her narrative in a movie that gives distinctive perception into a person struggle for womens’ rights in a rustic, and a world, that stigmatizes and denies rights to the survivors of sexual assault,” the jury wrote. Jurors included Leah Sapin, Mette Hoffmann-Meyer, and Hanna Atallah.
Grand me, director Atiye Zare Arandi’s movie about “a 9-year-old Iranian woman [who] plans to sue her mother and father after their bitter divorce,” gained the NEXT:WAVE Award, chosen from amongst 14 contenders.
‘Grand me’
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“‘The movie we selected to award skillfully materializes the in-between and unsure area of an ongoing custody battle by which the 9 yr previous Melina is caught between her mother and father and the ensuing disillusioning confrontation with the actual, in addition to the chasm between the separate realities of Melina, her mom, and her grandparents,” famous the jury, made up of Sofie Cato Maas, Wim Vanecker, and Christian Einshøj. “The movie finds its advantage on this intersection, drawing consideration to questions of motherhood, transformation, and the notion of belonging, not directly interrogating the unequal place and rights of ladies in modern Iranian society. The movie is in the end a testomony to the resilience of Melina and her grandparents, but additionally to the inherent imperfection and shortcomings of what it’s to be human.”
The NEXT:Wave Award additionally comes with a €5,000 prize.
The awards ceremony happened on the Social Cinema venue inside the Kunsthal Charlottenborg, the pageant’s hub.
That is the complete record of awards winners:
DOX:AWARD
12 feature-length world premieres competed within the pageant’s essential worldwide competitors DOX:AWARD. The primary prize goes to the darkish and really cinematic The Flats by Alessandra Celesia (France / UK / Eire / Belgium), along with a money prize of €10,000 sponsored by DR.
On their motivation for selecting The Flats, the jury mentioned:
“Our essential award acknowledges not solely inventive and conceptual daring, however a filmmaker with the humility to appreciate when the story outgrows its framework, and the boldness to comply with the place it, and its fantastically vivid characters lead. We reside in a world of divisions, borders and locked gates. Coming like a dialog shouted by means of a kind of locked gates, our profitable movie is a collective portrait of a number of proud, humorous, resourceful people, who could be prepared to die for his or her neighborhood however who select every day the more durable, braver and extra hopeful possibility of dwelling for it as an alternative. The Dox:Award goes to Alessandra Celesia for the witty, multi-layered, profound and provocative The Flats.’’
A Particular Point out goes to Two Strangers Attempting To not Kill Every Different by Jacob Perlmutter & Manon Ouimet (UK, DK & USA).
F:ACT AWARD
10 movies exploring the intersection between documentary filmmaking and investigative journalism have been in competitors for the F:ACT Award. The award goes to Black Snow by Alina Simone (US). The award comes with a money prize of €5,000 and is supported by Worldwide Media Assist and the Danish Journalist Union.
On their motivation for selecting Black Snow, the jury mentioned:
“In a world the place a authorities is committing environmental crimes in opposition to its residents in probably the most corrupt cynical approach, the place communities are brutality uncared for, a unprecedented brave girl fights for justice in opposition to big forces, the place her life is at stake. She continues to think about a society that places individuals earlier than revenue, whereas being threatened by the totalitarian system. We have been impressed by her power and dedication for humanity. The director’s sensitivity for the protagonist’s security and the intimate relationship they created significantly impressed us. The F-ACT award goes to Black Snow by Alina Simone.’’
NORDIC:DOX AWARD
10 movies from the Nordic nations from throughout the pageant programme have been in competitors for the NORDIC:DOX Award, valued at €5,000 and supplied by the pageant. The award goes to The Son and the Moon by Roja Pakari (DK).
On their motivation for selecting The Son and the Moon, the jury mentioned:
“With highly effective cinematic language this movie chronicles the fleeting nature of life whereas celebrating how fragments of reminiscence make a lifetime. An emotional expertise that transfers the filmmaker’s legacy onto the viewers. And the jury is proud to current the Nordic:Dox Award to Roja Pakari’s The Son and the Moon.”
A Particular Point out goes to G – 21 scenes from Gottsunda by Loran Batti (DK).
NEW:VISION AWARD
15 titles, each function and brief size, have been in competitors for the NEW:VISION Award delving into artwork movies and boundary-pushing experiments. A €5,000 money prize supplied by the pageant was handed out to Preemptive Listening by Aura Satz (UK / FI).
On their motivation for selecting Preemptive Listening, the jury mentioned:
“Elevating us into sensory abstraction, this movie additionally takes us down into the underbelly of dysfunction and chaos, in addition to the destruction and violence unleashed by human needs for order and certainty. An elegy for a listening misplaced, an awakening name for the siren inside every certainly one of us. Artistically subtle but socio-politically grounded, the New:Imaginative and prescient Award goes to Preemptive Listening, by Aura Satz.”
A Particular Point out goes to Lichens Are the Approach by Ondřej Vavrečka (CZ / SK) and My Need of You Partakes of Me by Sasha Litvintseva & Beny Wagner (UK / NL).
NEXT:WAVE AWARD
14 titles competed for the NEXT:WAVE Award devoted to rising worldwide artists and filmmakers. The NEXT:WAVE award comes with a money prize of €5,000 supplied by the pageant. The award goes to Grand me by Atiye Zare Arandi (BE / IR).
On their motivation for selecting Grand me, the jury mentioned:
“‘The movie we selected to award skillfully materializes the in-between and unsure area of an ongoing custody battle by which the nine-year-old Melina is caught between her mother and father and the ensuing disillusioning confrontation with the actual, in addition to the chasm between the separate realities of Melina, her mom, and her grandparents. The movie finds its advantage on this intersection, drawing consideration to questions of motherhood, transformation, and the notion of belonging, not directly interrogating the unequal place and rights of ladies in modern Iranian society. The movie is in the end a testomony to the resilience of Melina and her grandparents, but additionally to the inherent imperfection and shortcomings of what it’s to be human. The winner is: Grand me.
A Particular Point out goes to G – 21 scenes from Gottsunda by Loran Batti (SE / DK).
HUMAN:RIGHTS AWARD
10 movies from throughout the pageant program have been in competitors for this new award devoted to brave filmmakers in protection and assist of human rights. Sponsored by the Institute for Human Rights and valued at €5,000, the award goes to Black Field Diaries by Shiori Ito (JP, US & UK).
On their motivation for selecting Black Field Diaries, the jury mentioned:
“A rare girl takes management of her narrative in a movie that gives distinctive perception into a person struggle for womens’ rights in a rustic, and a world, that stigmatizes and denies rights to the survivors of sexual assault. We’re honored to current the HUMAN:RIGHTS Award to Black Field Diaries directed by Shiori Ito.”
A Particular Point out goes to Marching within the Darkish by Kinshuk Surjan (BE / NL / IN).
AUDIENCE AWARD
The Viewers Award, with a prize of €5,000 supplied by the pageant, empowers festival-goers to vote for his or her favourite movie, additional enriching CPH:DOX’s dedication to participating its viewers throughout a spectrum of documentary filmmaking excellence.
The award goes to No Different Land.
On their motivation for selecting No Different Land, festivalgoers mentioned:
“The movie’s potential to convey each hopelessness and hope, in addition to its exploration of urgent social points, has resonated strongly with viewers. “Heartbreaking”, “eye-opening”, “courageous”, “stunning”, and “trustworthy” have been a few of the phrases the viewers used to explain this movie. They felt “shaken,” “touched,” “upset,” and as if “a gut-punch of actuality” had hit them. It left the viewers in “silence”. The documentary gave “a way of hopelessness, but additionally a glimmer of hope, and confirmed an ongoing battle for justice”. With “unbelievable tenacity, real ardour, and unimaginable humanity, the movie explores how highly effective the documentary kind might be when it turns into the one device for talking out and reaching audiences past borders”. The award goes to a movie that’s “lovely and deeply tragic on the similar time”, a movie that tells “an important story proper now” and a movie that “EVERYONE ought to watch”. A documentary with a “powerfully transferring and heartbreaking story from the West Financial institution narrated by two buddies of Palestinian and Israeli backgrounds”. The Viewers:Award goes to No Different Land.”
INTER:ACTIVE AWARD
17 items from VR and combined actuality to AI chatbots have been in competitors for a model new award for the very best immersive work. The winner will obtain a profitable package deal together with two complimentary trade accreditations for Sunny Aspect of the Doc, two full entry accreditations for the Business Days of New Photos Competition, 6 hours of authorized session on European IP legislation and a money prize of 1000€. The award goes to Intangible by Carl Emil Carlsen (DK).
On their motivation for selecting Intangible, the jury mentioned:
“This was not a straightforward choice for the jury. So many inspiring numerous works made utilizing completely different mediums. There’s one piece, although, that we imagine fulfills all of the supplied standards greater than the remaining. The criterias have been Inventive High quality, Originality, Creativeness, Mental high quality and Stickiness.
The winner is…. an immersive expertise that could be a playful, bodily convincing and immediately satisfying expertise that challenges the expression of latest artwork and left the jury wanting to return again for extra.
Total, the constancy of this piece is second to none. Usually you can not contact a sculpture however right here you’re a part of interacting with it and drawn into it. It has a pure adaption of the sound design created by Anna Fišere for the piece, and is a starting of a brand new chapter of the way forward for artwork. Is it storytelling? Not in a standard sense, however we prefer it’s non-narrative however reminding us that expertise might be natural in its nature. Intuitive, easy, but highly effective.
The winner is: Intangible, by Carl Emil Carlsen.
