This year, Docudays UA joins forces with ARTE, the leading European public broadcaster, to celebrate four award winners. Each prize will be supported with a financial grant.
“After initiating the Generation Ukraine collection in 2023 and formalizing a cooperation agreement with Suspilne in 2025, ARTE is proud and delighted to sustain its engagement with the Ukrainian documentary industry. This year at Docudays UA, ARTE is presenting several awards to support the Ukrainian documentary community, foregrounding its intention to celebrate excellence and support the emerging voices and talents of filmmakers, editors and producers”, shared Alexandre Marionneau, Head of International Co‑production, Society & Culture Department, ARTE France.
Which awards will the festival participants receive with the support of ARTE:
€3,000 — Best Film in the National Competition (among DOCU/Ukraine participants)
The winner will be selected by the current jury of the national competition.
€2,000 — Best Emerging Ukrainian Producer (feature documentary)
The winner will be selected by the current jury of the national competition.
Nominees are chosen from across all festival programmes, according to the criteria listed below*.
*Eligibility criteria:
To qualify for the ARTE Award “Best Emerging Ukrainian Producer”, the nominated film must be the producer’s first or second feature-length project (70 minutes or more) with them listed as producer. Credits as co-producer, development producer, associate, line or executive producer, or producer of short films and television series are excluded.
Nominees:
Where Everything Disappears, producer Illia Gladshtein
One Day I Wish to See You Happy, producer Oleksandra Kravchenko
The Illusion of a Quiet Night, producer Dariia Zakharova
Don’t Ask Me If I Killed, producer Jeanne Dovhych
Silent Flood, producer Karina Kostyna
€1,000 — Best Emerging Ukrainian Producer (short documentary)
Nominees are chosen from across the festival’s short film sections who do not have a feature-length film in their filmography.
The ARTE team will decide the winner.
€1,000 — Best Ukrainian editor (honoring Viktor Onysko)
The winner will be selected by the award jury: Roman Bondarchuk, Olha Zhurba, and Olga Birzul.
The 23rd Docudays UA is held with the financial support of the European Union, the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine, and the State Film Agency of Ukraine. The views, conclusions, or recommendations expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the governments of these countries. The authors alone are responsible for the content of this publication.
