Leipzig DOK Festival
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Notes
- Since 1995 a section for animation film has been added to the festival's competition. Until 1999 animated films have been awarded bi-annually, from then on annually.
- The Dove statuette has been designed by 'Pablo Picasso'.
Awards
'Findling' Award of the IVFK
Animadoc Dove
Audience Award
Best Cinematography
Best German Animated Film
Bronze Dove
Current Time TV Award
DEFA Sponsoring Prize for an Outstanding German Documentary Film
DOK Neuland Award
Discovery Channel Film Award
Don Quixote Award
Don Quixote Award - Honorable Mention
FIPRESCI Prize
FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention
Gedanken-Aufschluss Preis
Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
Golden Dove
Healthy Worplaces Award EU OSHA
Honorable Mention
Honorary Diploma
International Competition Award
International Programme Award
International Young Talent Award
Kids DOK
Leipziger Ring Award
MDR Film Prize
- The award focuses on eastern European documentary film.
Mephisto 97.6 Audience Award
Next Masters Competition
PLANET Audience Award
PLANET Audience Award - Honorable Mention
Prize of the 'Sparkasse Leipzig'
- The award is given to a animated film which is exceptional in terms of content and form.
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Honorable Mention
Prize of the Interreligious Jury
Prize of the Ministry of Environment
Prize of the Trade Union 'IG Medien'
- Predecessor to the Prize of the Trade Union 'ver.di'.
Prize of the Trade Union 'ver.di'
- Following a union merger in Germany the award is the successor to the former Prize of the Trade Union 'IG Medien'.
Prize of the Youth Jury
Silver Dove
Special Prize of the Jury
Talent Dove
The International Mercedes-Benz Grant
- This award is given to the most impressive documentary of a young filmmaker.
World Distribution Award
Young Eyes Film Award
Historical Timeline
2002
- The jury "congratulates the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary Film on reaching 45 and not losing its sharp eye for rich, varied and challenging images".