The #DOK Leipzig# Film Festival celebrated its 2024 edition by awarding some of the year’s best documentary and animation films. Winners in major categories of the International Documentary and Animation Competitions are eligible for Academy Award consideration, pending Academy requirements.

International Documentary Competition

• Golden Dove for Long Documentary (€10,000): La Jetée, the Fifth Shot, Dominique Cabrera (France)
• Golden Dove for Short Documentary (€3,000): Being John Smith, John Smith (UK)
• Silver Dove for Long Documentary (€6,000): Twice into Oblivion, Pierre Michel Jean (France, Haiti, Dominican Republic)
• Silver Dove for Short Documentary (€1,500): What Goes Up, Samar Al Summary (Saudi Arabia, USA)

International Animation Competition

• Golden Dove for Long Animation (€3,000): Pelikan Blue, László Csáki (Hungary)
• Golden Dove for Short Animation (€1,500): On Weary Wings Go By, Anu-Laura Tuttelberg (Estonia, Lithuania)
• Honorable Mention: Memory Hotel, Heinrich Sabl (Germany, France)

German Competition

• Golden Dove for Long Documentary (€10,000): Tarantism Revisited, Anja Dreschke, Michaela Schäuble (Germany, Switzerland)
• Golden Dove for Short Documentary (€1,500): The King of Spain, Leonard Volkmer (Germany)

Audience Award

• Golden Dove (€3,000): Once upon a Time in a Forest, Virpi Suutari (Finland)

Partner Awards

• DEFA Award (€4,000): Moria Six, Jennifer Mallmann (Germany)
• MDR Film Award (€3,000): The Other One, Marie-Magdalena Kochová (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
• Leipzig Ring Award (€2,500): Moria Six, Jennifer Mallmann (Germany)
• Interreligious Jury Award (€2,000): Twice into Oblivion, Pierre Michel Jean (France, Haiti, Dominican Republic)
• ver.di Award for Solidarity, Humanity, and Fairness (€2,000): The Family Approach, Daniel Abma (Germany)
• Young Eyes Film Award (€2,000): Sisterqueens, Clara Stella Hüneke (Germany)
• FIPRESCI Prize: Valentina and the MUOSters, Francesca Scalisi (Switzerland, Italy)
• mephisto 97.6 Award for Best Short Animation: Simply Divine, Mélody Boulissière, Bogdan Stamatin (France, Romania)
• film.land.sachsen Award: The Family Approach, Daniel Abma (Germany)
• Thoughtful Insights Award (Youth Correctional Facility Jury): The Family Approach, Daniel Abma (Germany)

DOK Industry Awards

• Saxony Prize for Best Documentary Project by a Female Director (€5,000): Oh, Heart Don’t Be Afraid, Ana Kvichidze (Georgia, Germany)
• Unifrance Doc Award: Bitter Seed, Camélia Gadhgadhi (France, Algeria)
• D-Facto Motion Works-in-Progress Prize (€10,000): Curtains, Alina Cyranek (Germany)
• Square Eyes Festival Consultation Award: Hypnagogy, Paula Ábalos Santibáñez (Chile)