2026

Each of the Doc Alliance festivals has nominated one feature-length and one short film, both eligible for two respective feature and short prizes. This year’s jury members are:

  • Wouter Jansen, CEO Square Eyes (sales and distribution)
  • Maria Palacios Cruz, film curator, writer and educator, director of Open City Documentary Festival in London
  • Mark Peranson, author, curator, filmmaker and editor of the film magazine Cinema Scope

Nominations (full-length films)

Doclisboa
Afterlives

Kevin B. Lee
Germany/Belgium/France, 2025, 88 min

FIDMarseille
Fantasy (Fantaisie)

Isabel Pagliai
France, 2025, 80 min

DOK Leipzig
Holler For Service

Ole Elfenkaemper, Kathrin Seward
Germany/USA, 2025, 77 min

Guest Festival: Golden Apricot
Imago

Déni Oumar Pitsaev
France/Belgium, 2025, 109 min

Ji.hlava IDFF
Minimum Love (Minimum lásky)

Maja Penčič
Czech Republic, 2025, 76 min

Visions du Réel
The Case Against Space

Graeme Arnfield
UK/France, 73 min

Nominations (short films)

Millennium Docs Against Gravity
Amma, Do Giraffes Cry?

Kartikeya Saxena
Czech Republic, 2025, 25 min

DOK Leipzig
Cold Call

Stefanie Schroeder
Germany, 2025, 16 min

Guest Festival: Golden Apricot
Conversations and Dreams

Melanya Hamasyan
Czech Republic/Armenia, 2024, 20 min

CPH:DOX
Errabonda

Emma Harris
Denmark/Italy, 2025, 20 min

FIDMarseille
Some of You Fucked Eva

Lilith Grasmug
France, 2025, 15 min

Visions du Réel
The Interpreter

Mohamad Hafeda
UK, 2026, 17 min