The winners of the 63rd #DOK Leipzig# have now been announced in full. For 2020, all competition films can still be viewed online after the festival week.
Golden & Silver Doves
- Golden Dove in the International Long Documentary and Animated Film Competition: Downstream to Kinshasa (dir. Dieudo Hamadi)
- Silver Dove in the International Long Documentary and Animated Film Competition: The Poets Visit Juana Bignozzi (dir. Mercedes Halfon, Laura Citarella)
- Golden Dove in the German Long Documentary and Animated Film Competition: Lift Like a Girl (dir. Mayye Zayed)
- Audience Award for Long Documentary and Animated Film: A New Shift (dir. Jindřich Andrš)
- Golden Dove in the International Competition for Short Documentary and Animated Film: Trouble Sleep (dir. Alain Kassanda) & I’m Here (dir. Julia Orlik)
- Silver Dove in the German Competition for Short Documentary and Animation Film: Erwin (dir. Jan Soldat)
- Audience Award for Short Documentary and Animated Film: Step Into the River (dir. Weijia Ma)
Partner Prizes for Documentary and Animated Films
- DEFA sponsorship award: Rift Finfinnee (dir. Daniel Kötter)
- Documentary film award of the Goethe-Institut: The Guardian (dir. Martina Priessner)
- MDR Film Award: A New Shift (dir. Jindřich Andrš)
- Prize of the Interreligious Jury: Downstream to Kinshasa (dir. Dieudo Hamadi)
- ver.di award for solidarity, humanity and fairness: 80,000 Schnitzel (dir. Hannah Schweier)
- Young Eyes Film Award: Operation Moonbird (dir. Dustin Lose)
- International Critics Prize (FIPRESCI): Vicenta (dir. Darío Doria)
- mephisto 97.6 Audience Award: Bad Mood (dir. Loris Giuseppe Nese)
- Thoughts: Robin’s Hood (dir. Jasmin Baumgartner) & Twisting threads (dir. Deborah Jeromin)
DOK Industry Awards
- Minister of Art Prize for the best documentary by a female director: XiXi (dir. Fan Wu). Honorable Mention: Bright Future (dir. Andra Popescu)
- Zonta Club Leipzig Elster Female Talent Development Prize: The Daughter of the Volcano (dir. enifer de la Rosa)
- D-Facto Motion Works-in-Progress Prize: Viral (dir. Udi Nir, Sagi Bornstein)
