The LAST AWARD of the night:
The GOLDEN DOVE for a Long Documentary Film, granted by MDR went to Peter Mettler for his new film “While the Green Grass Grows'!

We dedicated this year’s homage to him and how beautiful is it to have him remember this week with a dove, too! 🥹

And now: The Silver Dove Feature-Length Film, sponsored by 3sat, for the best feature-length documentary by an up-and-coming director, was awarded to...

Hovhannes Ishkhanyan for “Beauty and the Lawyer”. Congrats Օպերատոր մարդ!

The Golden Dove Short Film was presented to Bo Wang for “An Asian Ghost Story”. Congratulations!

The jury called it “a smart, hip, funny amalgam of fact and fiction made with exceptional craft”.

'30 Kilometres per Second” that's how fast The Silver Dove is gonna fly home with Jani Peltonen!

He wins the best short documentary by an up-and-coming director, sponsored by the Sächsische Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien (SLM).

The newly created Golden Dove for an Animated Feature-Length Film went to Xu Jingwei for “No Changes Have Taken in Our Life”. Amazing!

The jury called it “a courageous and challenging film that is as specific as it is universal'.

The Golden Dove for an Animated Short Film is given to Barbara Rupik for “Such Miracles Do Happen” - described by the impressed jury as 'a kind of liquid animation' 💗 CONGRATULATIONS!

This award is granted by the German Institute for Animated Film e. V.

The first appearance of the International Competition for Animated Film on stage right now!

The jury is honouring Tomek Popakul and Kasumi Ozeki for the animated Polish short film 'Zima' with a Special Mention. 👏
Congratulations!

The Golden Dove for a Long German Film went to “Einhundertvier” by Jonathan Schörnig - documenting a rescue MISSION LIFELINE INTERNATIONAL e.V..
The jury emphasised that 'The film team and the crew show that help is possible and needed.”

💗Sponsored by Doris Apell-Kölmel & Michael Kölmel. Congrats!

The Golden Dove for a Short Film in the German Competition is awarded to Franzis Kabisch for “getty abortions”.

The jury found it 'a convincing contemporary form to address an ancient and at the same time highly topical issue” and OH MY, did the audience CHEER for this!💝

The FIRST Golden Dove of tonight goes to Asmae El Moudir for “The Mother of All Lies” in the Audience Competition!
The jury stated: “With great fervour and love of detail, a surprising work emerges”
Sponsored in part by the Leipziger Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Filmkunst e. V.

HERE WE ARE at the Award Ceremony of the Golden and Silver Doves.

The audience is coming in, looking for a cozy seat, our winners are still completely clueless and YOU can lean back comfortably and discover who they are- here and know, live as soon as they're announced!

The Gedanken-Aufschluss award went to Nele Dehnenkamp for her first feature-length documentary film, “For the Time Being”.

This award was voted on by a jury comprised of prisoners at the Juvenile Detention Centre Regis-Breitingen.

The mephisto 97.6 Award went to the short animated film “Compound Eyes of Tropical” by Zhang Xu Zhan.

A beauty!

The Prize of the International Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) was awarded to the South Korean production “Universe Department Store” by Taewoong Won.

Amazing! Congratulation.

The Prize of the Interreligious Jury was awarded to SarahMallégol for “Kumva – Which Comes from Silence”!
This award is sponsored by VCH-Hotels Germany along with the VCH-Hotel Michaelis in Leipzig and the Interreligious Roundtable and the Oratorium Leipzig. SIGNIS Cinema.

“Einhundertvier” further received the ver.di - Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness.

Amazing!

The goetheinstitut Documentary Film Prize was awarded to “Einhundertvier” by Jonathan Schörnig - the second prize for the film.

We congratulate!

The Film Prize Leipziger Ring, sponsored by the Stiftung FR Friedliche Revolution, honours a documentary film about human rights, democracy or civic engagement.
The prize went ex aequo to Jonathan Schörnig for “Einhundertvier” & Nantenaina Lova for “Where Zebus Speak French”

The MDR Film Prize for an outstanding eastern European documentary film was awarded to Marianna Kaat for “The Last Relic”.

Hurrah, MDR and congrats to the film team!