Doc Alliance Award 2020: Online ceremony

The Doc Alliance Award is traditionally announced during a live ceremony at Cannes Film Festival. But 2020 was different and the award was presented on Monday, 14 December during an online, live-streamed ceremony hosted by Christopher Small (Dafilms.com).

The ceremony was attended by:

CPH:DOX – Mads Mikkelsen (Head of Selection Committee)
Doclisboa – Miguel Ribeiro & Joana Sousa (directors)
DOK Leipzig – Christoph Terhechte (director)
FIDMarseille – Jean-Pierre Rehm (Executive Officer)
Ji.hlava IDFF – Marek Hovorka (director)
Millenium Docs Against Gravity – Karol Piekarczyk (artistic director)
Visions du Réel – Emilie Bujes (artistic director)

The following films were presented:

Songs of Repression by Marianne Hougen-Moraga, Estephan Wagner

Presented by: Marianne Hougen-Moraga, Estephan Wagner
Mads Mikkelsen (CPH:DOX)

Ghosts: Long Way Home by Tiago Siopa

Presented by: Tiago Siopa (director), Pedro Fernandes Duarte (producer)
Miguel Ribeiro & Joana Sousa (Doclisboa)

Never Whistle Alone by Marco Ferrari

Presented by: Priscilla Robledo (producer)
Christoph Terhechte (DOK Leipzig)

Sad Song by Louise Narboni

Presented by: Louise Narboni (director), Aurélien Deseez (producer)
Jean-Pierre Rehm (FIDMarseille)

Wolves at the Borders by Martin Páv

Presented by: Martin Páv (director)
Marek Hovorka (Ji.hlava IDFF)

Lessons of Love by Małgorzata Goliszewska, Kasia Mateja

Presented by: Małgorzata Goliszewska, Kasia Mateja (directors)
Karol Piekarczyk (artistic director)

El Father Plays Himself by Mo Scarpelli

Mo Scarpelli (director)
Emilie Bujes (Visions du Réel)

The jury was composed of:

Czech Republic: Tomáš Stejskal (aktualne.cz, iHned.cz)
Denmark: Oscar Pedersen (Balthazar)
France: Antoine Thirion
Germany: Claudia Euen (MDR, Sächsische Zeitung, Spiegel Online)
Portugal: Cláudia Marques Santos (Visão)
Poland: Marcin Stachowicz (filmweb.pl)
Switzerland: Antoine Duplan (Le Temps)

The winner was announced by Oscar Pedersen.