Dok Leipzig 2025: The Awards

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION DOCUMENTARY FILM

Golden Dove Feature-Length Film
“Peacemaker” (Mirotvorac)
Ivan Ramljak
(Croatia)

Silver Dove Feature-Length Film
“Elephants & Squirrels”
Gregor Brandli
(Switzerland)
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Golden Dove Short Film
“After the Silence” (Después del silencio)
Matilde-Luna Perotti
(Canada)

Silver Dove Short Film
“String Pieces” (Garak)
Vatae Kimlee
(South Korea))

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION ANIMATED FILM

Golden Dove Feature-Length
“Endless Cookie”
Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver
(Canada)
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Golden Dove Short Film
“Paradaiz”
Matea Radic
(Canada)

GERMAN COMPETITION DOCUMENTARY FILM

Golden Dove Feature-Length Film
“Active Vocabulary”
Yulia Lokshina
(Germany)
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Golden Dove Short Film
“Boma a Bopa”
Jana Rothe
(Luxembourg, Germany)

Honorable Mention
“Cold Call”
Stefanie Schroeder
(Germany)

AUDIENCE COMPETITION

Golden Dove Audience Competition
“Cutting Through Rocks” (“Uzak yollar”)
Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni
(USA, Iran, Germany, Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada)
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PARTNERSHIP AWARDS

DEFA Sponsoring Prize
“The Woman Who Poked the Leopard”
Patience Nitumwesiga
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MDR Film Prize
“Welded Together”
Anastasiya Miroschnichenko

Prize of the Interreligious Jury
“The Thing to Be Done”
Srdan Kovacevic
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Young Eyes Film Award
“Fantastique”
Marjolijn Prins

FIPRESCI Prize
“The Red Moon Eclipse”
Caroline Guimbal

Mephisto 97.6 Award
“Once in a Body”
Maria Cristina Pérez

Gedanken-Aufschluss Documentary Film Award
“Sediments”
Laura Coppens
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Gedanken-Aufschluss Documentary Film Award
“Clot”
Levi Stoops

Film.land.sachsen Prize
“Intersection — It’s Political”
Karoline Rossler

Film Prize Leipziger Ring
“A Simple Soldier”
Juan Camilo Cruz