The 14th edition of East Doc Platform concluded on 19 March 2025, at Kino 35 of the French Institute in Prague, celebrating excellence in Central and Eastern European documentary filmmaking. Organized by the Institute of Documentary Film, the event provided a key venue for collaboration, co-production, and financing, bringing together filmmakers and industry decision-makers.
Main Awards:
- East Doc Platform Award: Inner Landscapes (dir. Zofia Sawicka, PL)
- Special Mention: Always Far Away (dir. Roman Ďuriš, CZ/SK)
- The Council of Europe Series Co-Production Development Award: NEAR LIGHT – Second Lives of Murderers (dir. Niccolò Salvato, RO/IT/CZ)
- Czech Television Award: Blue Sweater with a Yellow Hole (dir. Tetiana Khodakivska, UA/CZ/DE/FR)
- HBO Award: Parallel Space (dir. Martin Piga, SK)
Other Notable Awards:
- Al Jazeera Balkans DFF Award: Operation Champion (dir. Mariam Nikolaishvil, GE)
- Golden Funnel Awards:
- Sport to the People (dir. Đuro Gavran, HR)
- Retrospective (dir. Gabrielė Urbonaitė, LT)
- Cut thru the Noise Award: Virtual Girlfriends (dir. Barbora Chalupová, CZ/SL/BG)
- Ex Oriente Fine Cut Award: Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible (dir. Vanja Juranić, HR)
- Silver Eye Award: A Song Without Home (dir. Rati Tsiteladze, GE)
- Silver Eye Special Mention: What About Petey? (dir. Martin Trabalík, CZ/SK)
- Millennium Docs Against Gravity Award: Always Far Away (dir. Roman Ďuriš, CZ/SK)
- Baltic Sea Docs Award: Operation Champion (dir. Mariam Nikolaishvil, GE)
- DocsBarcelona Award: Inner Landscapes (dir. Zofia Sawicka, PL)
- DOK Leipzig DOK Co-Pro Market Award: Recovery (dir. Roman Bondarchuk, Vadym Ilkov, UA/FR)
- DAE Pitch Talent Encouragement Prize: Sounds of Revolution (dir. Nikoloz Bezhanishvili, GE)
- Pitch the Doc Prize & MIA Market Award: Frozen Ocean (dir. Viktória Dénes, HU/FR/NO)
- Docs Ireland Prize: NEAR LIGHT – Second Lives of Murderers (dir. Niccolò Salvato, RO/IT/CZ)
- Sheffield DocFest Networking Award:
- Stitches of Freedom (dir. Alex Shiriaieff, Ivo Briedis, LV/SE)
- Frozen Ocean (dir. Viktória Dénes, HU/FR/NO)
- Sunny Side of the Doc Prize: Blue Sweater with a Yellow Hole (dir. Tetiana Khodakivska, UA/CZ/DE/FR)
