Croatian director Ivan Ramljak’s Peacemaker has received the Golden Dove within the worldwide competitors for documentary movie at DOK Leipzig, which ran from October 27 – November 2.
Peacemaker, which takes dwelling a €10,000 prize, appears on the beginnings of the conflict between Serbia and Croatia, centring on a chief of police in Slavonia who was decided to mediate between the conflicting events.
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“A particular occasion in a particular area was made into a movie of common significance,” the jury stated in its assertion concerning the successful movie.
Within the worldwide competitors for animated movie, the €3,000 Golden Dove for feature-length movie went to Canada’s Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver for Countless Cookie, centring on the 2 half-brothers – one who lives in Toronto, the opposite in Shamattawa.
“This can be a movie that pulls power and hope from the chaos of on a regular basis life. A narrative about filmmaking, intergenerational knowledge and love,” stated the jury. Earlier this yr, Countless Cookie received the Contrechamp prize at Annecy.
Within the German competitors documentary movie, the Golden Dove for feature- size movie went to Energetic Vocabulary by Yulia Lokshina. Primarily based on a narrative of a younger trainer, the documentary examines how the Russian state makes use of faculties to additional its personal agenda.
The Golden Dove within the viewers competitors went to the documentary movie Chopping By Rocks by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni. Within the documentary, the protagonist Sara advocates feminist values in her rural neighborhood in northwestern Iran and decides to be the primary girl within the historical past of her neighborhood to run for the native council.
Business prizes
In the meantime, 12 prizes have been awarded on the DOK Business platform.
Seven awards have been offered on the DOK Co-Professional Market, the pageant’s co-financing and networking occasion. They included the Saxon Award for the very best documentary venture by a feminine director, which went to nava mamă by Ana Vijdea, produced by Romania’s Remora Movies, in co-production with Romania’s Saga Movie and France’s Les Steppes Productions (France).
The Deutsche Welle Award was offered to Olivia Yao’s Between Three Waters, produced by FMEDIA (Benin), in co-production with STEPS (South Africa).
Showcasing the progressive use of archival footage, The Chef Suffragette by Magdalena Szymków, produced by Raban (Poland), in co-production with Kerekesfilm (Slovakia), acquired the IMAGO Archive Award.
DOK Leipzig winners 2025
Worldwide Competitors Documentary Movie
Golden Dove Function-Size Movie
Peacemaker dir. Ivan Ramljak
Golden Dove Brief Movie
After the Silence dir. Matilde-Luna Perotti
Silver Dove Function-Size Movie
Elephants & Squirrels dir. Gregor Brändli
Silver Dove Brief Movie
String Items dir. Vatae Kimlee
Worldwide Competitors Animated Movie
Golden Dove Function-Size Movie
Countless Cookie dir. Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver
Golden Dove Brief Movie
Paradaïz dir. Matea Radic
German Competitors Documentary Movie
Golden Dove Function-Size Movie
Energetic Vocabulary dir. Yulia Lokshina
Golden Dove Brief Movie
Boma a Bopa dir. Jana Rothe
Viewers Competitors
Golden Dove
Chopping By Rocks dir. Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni
DOK Business 2025 winners
DOK Co-Professional Market
Saxon Award for the Finest Documentary Mission by a Feminine Director
nava mamă dir. Ana Vijdea, prod. Remora Movies (Rom), in co-pro with Saga Movie (Rom) and Les Steppes Productions (Fr)
Deutsche Welle Award
Between Three Waters, dir Oliiva Yao, prod. FMEDIA (Benin), in co-pro with STEPS (SA).
IMAGO Archive Award
The Chef Suffragette dir. Magdalena Szymków, prod. Raban (Poland), in co-pro with Kerekesfilm (Slovakia).
Jacob Burns Movie Centre Residency Award
Sense and Sensibility dir. Hanna Nordenswan, prod. Zone2 Photos (Finland).
No Nation Movies Fellowship Award
My Aunties dir. Hazal Hanquet, prod. Aslıhan Altuğ (Turkey) and istos movie (Turkey), in co-pro with Little Huge Story (Fr)
Unifrance Doc Award
Akal dir. Basma Rkioui, prod. Kasbah Movies (Morocco), in co-pro with Massala Manufacturing (Fr).
Willow Avocats Consultations Award
Converse Picture, Converse, dir. Pary El-Qalqili, prod. SEERA Movies (Germany).
DOK Preview Germany
D-Facto Movement Works-in-Progress Prize
Discovering Connection, dir Florian Karner