The Act of Killing, by Joshua Oppenheimer, Chistine Cynn and Anonymous won the top prizes, the Jury First Prize and the Audience Award at the just wrapped Documeta Madrid – International Madrid Documentary Festival. The jury commented,“We award the first prize to a film that raised considerable controversy and succeeded at making us feel extremely uncomfortable through a unique construction of fantasy and horror that elicits a brutal reality that remains in impunity.” The filmmakers received a trophy and 10,000 € Euro.
Complete list of official awards:
OFFICIAL SELECTION – FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILMS
FIRST PRIZE OF THE JURY,
The Act of Killing, by Joshua Oppenheimer, Chistine Cynn & Anonymous.
SECOND PRIZE OF THE JURY,
Metamorphosen, by Sebastian Mez.
SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE JURY,
Vergiss mein nicht (Forget me not), by David Sievking
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY
Terra de Ninguém (No man’s land),by Salomé Lamas
AUDIENCE AWARD TO THE BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM,
The Act of Killing, by Joshua Oppenheimer, Chistine Cynn & Anonimous.
OFFICIAL SELECTION – SHORT LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM
FIRST PRIZE OF THE JURY,
Gwizdek (The Whistle), by Grzegorz Zariczny.
SECOND PRIZE OF THE JURY,
La strada di Raffael (Raffael’s way),by Alessandro Falco
SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE JURY,
Madera (Wood), by Daniel Kvitko
AUDIENCE AWARD TO THE BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM,
Geluiden voor Mazin (Sounds for Mazin), by Ingrid Kamerling
NON OFFICIAL AWARDS
CANAL + award to the best Spanish Documentary
Pepe el Andaluz, by Alejandro Alvarado & Concha Barquero.
FREAK Special Award
Geluiden voor Mazin (Sounds for Mazin), by Ingrid Kamerling
MASTER IPECC Special Award to the Best Short Documentary Film
A Conserveira, by David Battle.
