The East Doc Platform Awards were handed on March 31 during the East Doc Platform Partner Awards Ceremony and during the #One World# & East Doc Platform Closing Ceremony.
Primary awards went to The World is not (a) Mine by Natalia Koniarz, about inhabitants working in inhuman conditions mining metals on the Cerro Rico mountain, and Up in the Air by Oksana Syhareva, following a young Ukrainian aerial gymnast with ambitions to open his own modern circus studio. See the full list of winners below.
East Doc Platform 2022 Awards
East Doc Platform Award: The World is not (a) Mine (dir. Natalia Koniarz, prod. Maciej Kubicki) – Poland
East Doc Platform Award Special Mention: Last Letters of My Grandma (dir. Olga Lucovnicova, prod. Frederik Nicolai) – Belgium, Moldova, Netherlands
Current Time TV Director’s Award: Institute of Documentary Film
HBO Max Award: Up in the Air (dir. Oksana Syhareva, prod. Nataliia Pogudina) – Ukraine
Czech TV Co-production Award: The Wife of – Estonia, USA, France
Cut thru the Noise Award: Up in the Air (dir. Oksana Syhareva, prod. Nataliia Pogudina) – Ukraine
Ex Oriente Fine Cut Award: Shut the Fuck Up! (dir. Taisiia Kutuzov, prod. Stephane Siohan, Olga Beskhmelnitsyna) – Ukraine, France
The Golden Funnel Award: Runaway (dir. Marika Pecháčková, prod. Pavla Klimešová, Vít Klusák) – Czech Republic
Pitch the Doc Prize: Pianoforte (dir. Jakub Piątek, prod. Maciej Kubicki) – Poland
DAE Pitch Talent Encouragement Prize: 5 Pills Away (dir. Karolina Domagalska, prod. Katarzyna Slesicka, Anna Stylinska)
DocsBarcelona Award: From 0 to 8 (dir. Danilo Cekovic, prod. Mario Adamson, Sergio C. Ayala) – Sweden, Serbia
DOK Leipzig Accelerator Award for DOK Co-Pro Market: Baltic UXO (dir. Agne Dovydaityte, Alexander Belinski, prod. Agne Dovydaityte, Dagne Vildziunaite) – Lithuania
DOK Leipzig Accelerator Award for DOK Preview Training: Pianoforte (dir. Jakub Piątek, prod. Maciej Kubicki) – Poland
Sunny Side of the Doc Prize: Dakar Sistaz (dir. Jakub Šmíd, Barbora Chalupová, prod. Zuzana Kučerová) – Czech Republic
