Awards

DOCU/SHORT is the international competition of short documentaries which are up to 30 minutes long. 

 

The best films in the DOCU/SHORT international competition of short films and the DOCU/UKRAINE national competition have been chosen by the writer and critic Michael Sicinski, the programmer Myrocia Watamaniuk, and Olha Birzul, a culture manager and film programmer.

 

MAIN PRIZE

 

AN OCEAN / Paul Scheufler / Germany / 2021 / 19’

 

A visceral and yet thoroughly sensitive portrait of one man’s ongoing trauma. AN OCEAN makes real the unabating struggle between triggers, memory and calm in one man’s determination to survive childhood sexual abuse rather than remain its victim.

SPECIAL MENTION 

 

The White Death of the Black Wizard / Rodrigo Ribeiro / Brazil / 2020 / 10’

 

The White Death of the Black Wizard forces the ghosts of slavery into the light. The filmmaker’s use of archival material and first-person testimony reassert the need to name the injustices of colonisation that history seeks to forget.

The international short competition includes:

AN OCEAN / Paul Scheufler / Germany / 2021 / 19’

 
I Think It’s Enough, Isn’t It?
DOCU/SHORT
I Think It’s Enough, Isn’t It?
Year
2020
Country
Israel
Duration
4’
DOCU/SHORT
Abyss
DOCU/SHORT
Abyss
Year
2020
Country
Brazil
Duration
11’
DOCU/SHORT
The White Death of the Black Wizard
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The White Death of the Black Wizard
Year
2020
Country
Brazil
Duration
10’
DOCU/SHORT
Revolykus
DOCU/SHORT
Revolykus
Year
2020
Country
Germany
Duration
12’
DOCU/SHORT
AN OCEAN
DOCU/SHORT
AN OCEAN
Year
2021
Country
Germany
Duration
19’
DOCU/SHORT
Son of the Streets
DOCU/SHORT
Son of the Streets
Year
2020
Country
Palestine
Duration
30’
DOCU/SHORT
Talamanca
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Talamanca
Year
2020
Country
UK
Duration
23’
DOCU/SHORT
The Lamb
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The Lamb
Year
2020
Country
Hungary
Duration
14’
DOCU/SHORT
57 Days
DOCU/SHORT
57 Days
Year
2020
Country
Spain
Duration
14’
DOCU/SHORT
The Universe According to Dan Buckley
DOCU/SHORT
The Universe According to Dan Buckley
Year
2019
Country
Canada
Duration
10’
DOCU/SHORT
3 Logical Exits
DOCU/SHORT
3 Logical Exits
Year
2020
Country
Denmark, UK, Lebanon
Duration
14’
DOCU/SHORT
A Friendly Man
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A Friendly Man
Year
2019
Country
Israel
Duration
22’
DOCU/SHORT
Riders Not Heroes
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Riders Not Heroes
Year
2020
Country
Italy
Duration
14’
DOCU/SHORT
Asak
DOCU/SHORT
Asak
Year
2019
Country
Iran
Duration
30’
DOCU/SHORT
I Don't Feel at Home Anywhere Anymore
DOCU/SHORT
I Don't Feel at Home Anywhere Anymore
Year
2020
Country
Belgium
Duration
16’
DOCU/SHORT
Following the Paths of Kyiv Beaches
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Following the Paths of Kyiv Beaches
Year
2020
Country
Ukraine
Duration
37’
DOCU/SHORT
Territory of Empty Windows
DOCU/SHORT
Territory of Empty Windows
Year
2020
Country
Ukraine
Duration
10’
DOCU/SHORT