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These Films Are Nominated for the Doc Alliance Award 2025

It’s that time again: On 20 May, the Doc Alliance Award will be presented in Cannes, as part of the Marché du Film. Two documentary films by emerging European talents will be honored. The award comes with 5,000€ for Best Feature and 3,000€ for Best Short.

The seven European festivals that form the Doc Alliance network — together with guest festival Punto de Vista — have nominated a total of 16 feature-length and short documentaries from their recent programmes. Each festival selects one feature and one short film.

Our DOK Leipzig nominees are Moria Six (feature) and We Had Fun Yesterday (short) — fingers crossed for both teams!

 

Best Feature Nominees:
 

  • „An Oscillating Shadow“ (Una sombra oscilante), Argentina/ Chile/ France, director: Celeste Rojas Mugica, nominated by FIDMarseille

  • „Aurora“, Brazil/ Portugal/ France, director: João Vieira Torres, nominated by Visions du Réel

  • „A Want in Her“, Ireland/ UK/ Netherlands, director: Myrid Carten, nominated by Millennium Docs Against Gravity

  • „Flophouse America“, Norway, director: Monica Strømdahl, nominated by CPH:DOX

  • „Grey Zone“ (Šedá Zóna), Slovakia, director: Daniela Meressa Rusnoková, nominated by Ji.hlava IDFF

  • „Moria Six“, Germany, director: Jennifer Mallmann, nominated by DOK Leipzig

  • „The Shards“ (Oskolky), Georgia/ Germany, director: Masha Chernaya, nominated by Doclisboa

  • „Volver a casa tan tarde“, Spain, director: Celia Viada Caso, nominated by Punto de Vista

 

Best Short Nominees:
 

  • 23:23 (Život jedna báseň, není peříčko), Czech Republic, director: Kateřina Dudová, nominated by Ji.hlava IDFF

  • Bamssi, Belgium/ Tunisia, director: Mourad Ben Amor, nominated by Punto de Vista

  • Can you hear me? (Czy Ty mnie słyszysz?), Poland, director: Anastazja Naumenko, nominated by Millennium Docs Against Gravity

  • Fear Fokol, Sweden, director: Tuva Björk, nominated by CPH:DOX

  • Shuruuk, France/ Germany, director: Amie Barouh, nominated by FIDMarseille

  • Sixty-Seven Milliseconds (Soixante-sept millisecondes), France, director: Fleuryfontaine, nominated by Visions du Réel

  • Unstable Rocks (Pedras Instáveis), Portugal/ Germany, directors: Ewelina Rosińska and Nuno Barroso, nominated by Doclisboa 

  • We Had Fun Yesterday, Belgium, director: Marion Guillard, nominated by DOK Leipzig

And here’s the jury:

A jury of three distinguished film professionals will determine the winning films: film critic Fernando Ganzo (Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Cahiers du Cinéma), Gerald Weber (Deputy Managing Director at sixpackfilm), and producer Caroline Kirberg (CEO of pong film).

We are looking forward to celebrating the winners in May! We'll share the winners here in our news section.