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.