Karim Akalay directed the production, which Walid Bekhti produced.
A jury including Katrine Kiilgaard, Anda Ionescu, and Robert Y. Chang selected the winner. UPP provided an in-kind grant for visual post-production worth approximately 15,000 Euros. Searching for SmarterChild took home the New Visions Award for the most promising U.S. project.
Lindsey Sitz and Zan Gillies directed the American project, which Erin Williams-Weir produced. AmDocs provided $7,000 in cash to the winners of the U.S. project. Signe Byrge Sørensen was presented with the APA World Excellence Award.
Monument of Revolution earned the DAE AWARD. Planet A received the #DOCS CONNECT TASKOVSKI TRAINING AWARD and the JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER AWARD. Daughters of the Pit won the DOCS BY THE SEA AWARD.
If Only the Pines Could Speak won the EURODOC AWARD and the BRATISLAVA INDUSTRY DAYS AWARD. Male Fantasies took the LIGHTDOX AWARD. The 13th Fish was awarded the MEDITALENTS RESIDENCY AWARD.
A Spectre Is Haunting Europe won the SHEFFIELD DOCFEST NETWORKING AWARD. Words We Never Say received the RAFF RESIDENCY AWARD.
