Doc Alliance Awards 2026: Nominees Announced
The list of films in competition for this year’s Doc Alliance Award has just been announced.
Each of the seven European film festivals that make up the Doc Alliance network, as well as this year’s guest festival, GAIFF (Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival), has selected one short and one feature-length from their previous lineups.
The Doc Alliance Award will be presented on May 19 in Cannes during the Doc Day Lunch at the Marché du Film (by invitation only).
The award includes a prize of 5,000 euros for the best feature-length film and 3,000 euros for the best short film, thereby providing financial support for the filmmakers’ future projects.
Selected feature-length
A SONG WITHOUT HOME (სიმღერა სახლის გარეშე), Rati Tsiteladze, Georgia, USA, nominated by CPH:DOX
AFTERLIVES, Kevin B. Lee, Germany, Belgium, France, nominated by Doclisboa
FANTASY (Fantaisie), Isabel Pagliai, France, nominated by FIDMarseille
HOLLER FOR SERVICE, Ole Elfenkaemper, Kathrin Seward, Germany, USA, nominated by DOK Leipzig
IMAGO, Déni Oumar Pitsaev, France, Belgium, nominated by Golden Apricot IFF
MINIMUM LOVE (Minimum lásky), Maja Penčič, Czech Republic, nominated by Ji.hlava IDFF
THE CASE AGAINST SPACE, Graeme Arnfield, UK, France, nominated by Visions du Réel
TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST, Viv Li, Germany, Netherlands, nominated by Millennium Docs Against Gravity
Selected short films
AMMA, DO GIRAFFES CRY?, Kartikeya Saxena, Czech Republic, nominated by Millennium Docs Against Gravity
APOCALYPSE YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW, AND THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (Apokalypsa včera, dnes, zítra a pozítří), Anastasiia Bonadyha, Ukraine, Czech Republic, nominated by Ji.hlava IDFF
COLD CALL, Stefanie Schroeder, Germany, nominated by DOK Leipzig
CONVERSATIONS AND DREAMS, Melanya Hamasyan, Czech Republic, Armenia, nominated by Golden Apricot IFF
ERRABONDA, Emma Harris, Denmark, Italy, nominated by CPH:DOX
SOME OF YOU FUCKED EVA, Lilith Grasmug, France, nominated by FIDMarseille
THE DIVIDED CITY OF MITROVICA (Podeljeni grad Kosovska Mitrovica), Marko Grba Singh, Serbia, Kosovo, nominated by Doclisboa
THE INTERPRETER, Mohamad Hafeda, UK, nominated by Visions du Réel
The Doc Alliance network
Doc Alliance is a cooperative network of seven European festivals: FIDMarseille, CPH:DOX (Copenhagen), Doclisboa (Lisbon), Millenium Docs Against Gravity (Poland), DOK Leipzig, the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, and Visions du Réel (Nyon), as well as a guest festival each year.
Its goal is to support filmmakers and producers in bringing their works to the public. The films selected by the network are screened at all seven festivals, thereby gaining greater visibility.
FIDMarseille has been a member of the European cooperation network Doc Alliance since 2011.