Lithuanian filmmakers Audrius Mickevičius and Nerijus Milerius' Exemplary Behaviour [+leggi anche:
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The film, which explores guilt and atonement, as experienced by two convicted felons serving life sentences, bagged the festival’s main award, the Golden Dove International Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film, which comes with €10,000 from broadcaster MDR and makes the picture eligible for the Oscars, as well as the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Interreligious Jury.

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Russian filmmaker Elena Kondrateva's Puberty received the Golden Dove Short Documentary Film, while Iranian director Gorgam-o-Gale Mibaram's Am I a Wolf? pocketed the Golden Dove Short Animated Film. Both prizes are worth €5,000.

The Golden Dove Next Masters Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film went to Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler's Safety123 [+leggi anche:
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In the shorts category of Next Masters, the animated film Deep Love by Ukraine's Mykyta Lyskov won the Golden Dove and €5,000.

The Golden Dove German Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film, also worth €10,000 and provided by Weltkino Filmverleih GmbH, was given to Ute Adamczewski's Status and Terrain [+leggi anche:
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Itay Marom's Resonance [+leggi anche:
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The Healthy Workplaces Film Award for the best work-related film, which comes with €5,000, courtesy of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, plus subtitling in a selection of EU languages, went to Maya Kosa and Sergio Da Costa's Bird Island [+leggi anche:
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Here is the full list of award winners at DOK Leipzig:

Golden Dove International Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film
Exemplary Behaviour [+leggi anche:
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Golden Dove Short Documentary Film
Puberty - Elena Kondrateva (Russia)

Golden Dove Short Animated Film
Am I a Wolf? - Gorgam-o-Gale Mibaram (Iran)

Honourable Mention
Asho - Jafar Najafi (Iran)

Golden Dove Next Masters Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film
Safety123 [+leggi anche:
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Honourable Mention
Arid Zone - Fernanda Pessoa (Brazil)

Golden Dove Next Masters Competition Short Documentary and Animated Film
Deep Love - Mykyta Lyskov (Ukraine)

Golden Dove German Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film
Status and Terrain [+leggi anche:
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Golden Dove German Competition Short Documentary and Animated Film
Opera Glasses - Mila Zhlutenko (Germany/Ukraine)

Honourable Mentions
Gravedad - Matisse Gonzalez (Germany)
The Last Painting - Tom Salt (Germany)

Healthy Workplaces Film Award
Bird Island [+leggi anche:
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DEFA Sponsoring Prize
Resonance [+leggi anche:
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Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
In the Name of Scheherazade or the First Beergarden in Tehran [+leggi anche:
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MDR Film Prize
The Wind. A Documentary Thriller [+leggi anche:
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Leipziger Ring Film Prize
Girls of Paadhai - Natalia Preston (Germany)

Prize of the Interreligious Jury
Exemplary Behaviour - Audrius Mickevičius, Nerijus Milerius

VER.DI Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness
Status and Terrain - Ute Adamczewski

Honourable Mention
A Quiet Resistance - Therese Koppe (Germany)

Young Eyes Film Award
Where We Belong [+leggi anche:
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FIPRESCI Prize
Exemplary Behaviour - Audrius Mickevičius, Nerijus Milerius

Mephisto 97.6 Audience Award
Ties - Dina Velikovskaya (Germany/Russia)

Gedanken-Aufschluss Award
Robolove [+leggi anche:
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DOK Neuland Award
4 Feet: Blind Date - María Belén Poncio, Damián Turkieh (Argentina)