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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2020: The winners list

The 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival moved online for 2020 and ran from 19 to 28 May. Below is the complete winners’ list for this year’s festival. The winners The Golden Alexander Award: Welcome to Chechnya (dir. David France) – USA Special Jury Award: Acasă, My Home (dir. Radu Ciorniciuc) – Romania, Finland, Germany The Golden Alexander Newcomers Award: Walchensee Forever (dir. Janna Ji Wonders) – Germany Τhe Special Jury Award (Newcomers): Lady Time (dir. Elina Talvensaari) – Finland The Golden Alexander Film Forward Award: The Year of the Discovery (dir. Luis López Carrasco) – Spain The Mermaid Award (Best LGBTQI-themed…

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The 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival moved online for 2020 and ran from 19 to 28 May.

Below is the complete winners’ list for this year’s festival.

The winners

  • The Golden Alexander Award: Welcome to Chechnya (dir. David France) – USA
  • Special Jury Award: Acasă, My Home (dir. Radu Ciorniciuc) – Romania, Finland, Germany
  • The Golden Alexander Newcomers Award: Walchensee Forever (dir. Janna Ji Wonders) – Germany
  • Τhe Special Jury Award (Newcomers): Lady Time (dir. Elina Talvensaari) – Finland
  • The Golden Alexander Film Forward Award: The Year of the Discovery (dir. Luis López Carrasco) – Spain
  • The Mermaid Award (Best LGBTQI-themed film): Welcome to Chechnya (dir. David France) – USA
  • Special Mention (Mermaid Award): Madame (dir. Stéphane Riethauser) – Switzerland
  • Hellenic Parliament Human Values Award: The Self Portrait (dir. Katja Høgset, Margreth Olin, Espen Wallin) – Norway
  • Greek Film Centre Award: Poems on a Tape Recorder (dir. Yannis Karpouzis) – Greece
  • Amnesty International Award: Aswang (dir. Alyx Ayn Arumpac) – Philippines, France, Norway, Qatar, Germany
  • FIPRESCI Award: Welcome to Chechnya (dir. David France) – USA
  • FIPRESCI Award (Greek Film): The Music of Things (dir. Menios Carayannis) – Greece
  • WIFT GR Award: The Fourth Character (dir. Katerina Patroni) – Greece
  • Best Film Award (Youth Jury): Good Morning, Mr Fotis (dir. Dimitra Kouzi) – Greece
  • Special Jury Award (Youth Jury): Inmates (dir. Iakovos Panourgias, Nikos Voulgaris) – Greece

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