PRAGUE: The main award of the 14th East Doc Platform was presented to the Polish project Inner Landscapes by Zofia Sawicka. In all, 19 awards were announced at the biggest industry event for Central and Eastern European documentaries.
East Doc Platform took place 13 – 19 March 2025 at the French Institute in Prague, organised by the Institute of Documentary Film in association with the One World Film Festival (12 March – 24 April 2025).
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
East Doc Platform Award 2025:
Inner Landscapes (Poland)
Directed by Zofia Sawicka
Produced by Telemark Sp. z o.o.
Special Mention:
Always Far Away (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Roman Ďuriš
Produced by Svjetski films s.r.o.
Coproduced by Lonely Production
The Council of Europe Series Co-Production Development Award 2025:
Near Light (Romania, Italy, France, Germany)
Directed by Niccolò Salvato
Produced by Melancholia Pictures
Czech Television Award:
Blue Sweater with a Yellow Hole (Ukraine, France, Czech Republic)
Directed by Tetiana Khodakivska
Produced by Pronto Film
HBO Award:
Parallel Space (Slovakia)
Directed by Martin Piga
Produced by CinePunkt
Al Jazeera Balkans DFF Award:
Operation Champion (Georgia)
Directed by Mariam Nikolaishvili
Produced by RADIUM FILMS
The Golden Funnel Award – Docuseries:
Sport to the People (Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia, Czech Republic, France, Germany)
Directed by Đuro Gavran
Produced by Pipser d.o.o.
The Golden Funnel Award – Feature Docs:
Retrospective (Lithuania)
Directed by Gabrielė Urbonaitė
Produced by Studio Uljana Kim
Cut thru the NoiseAward:
Virtual Girlfriends (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Barbora Chalupová
Produced by Helium Film
Ex Oriente Fine Cut Award:
Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible (Croatia)
Directed by Vanja Jambrović
Produced by Restart
Silver Eye Award:
A Song without Home (Georgia)
Directed by Rati Tsiteladze
Produced by ArtWay Film
Silver Eye Award Special Mention:
What about Petey? (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Martin Trabalík
Produced by GNOMON PRODUCTION S.R.O.
Coproduced by Dayhey
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Award:
Always Far Away (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Roman Ďuriš
Produced by Svjetski films s.r.o.
Coproduced by Lonely Production
Baltic Sea Docs Award:
Operation Champion (Georgia)
Directed by Mariam Nikolaishvili
Produced by RADIUM FILMS
DocsBarcelona Award:
Inner Landscapes (Poland)
Directed by Zofia Sawicka
Produced by Telemark Sp. z o.o.
DOK Leipzig DOK Co-Pro Market Award:
Recovery (Ukraine)
Directed by Roman Bondarchuk, Vadim Ilkov
DAE Pitch Talent Encouragement Prize:
Sounds of Revolution (Georgia)
Directed by Nikoloz Bezhanishvili
Produced by NIKADOCFILM
Pitch the Doc Prize:
Frozen Ocean (Hungary, France)
Directed by Viktória Dénes
Produced by Éclipse Film
Docs Ireland Prize:
Near Light (Romania, Italy, France, Germany)
Directed by Niccolò Salvato
Produced by Melancholia Pictures
Sheffield DocFest Networking Award:
Stitches of Freedom (Latvia, Sweden)
Directed by Alex Shiriaieff, Ivo Briedis
Produced by VFS Films
Frozen Ocean (Hungary, France)
Directed by Viktória Dénes
Produced by Éclipse Film
MIA Market Award:
Frozen Ocean (Hungary, France)
Directed by Viktória Dénes
Produced by Éclipse Film
Sunny Side of the Doc Prize:
Blue Sweater with a Yellow Hole (Ukraine, France, Czech Republic)
Directed by Tetiana Khodakivska
Produced by Pronto Film
