CPH:DOX 2014 awards

Joshua Oppenheimer was the big winner at this year's CPH:DOX as his film "The Look of Silence" won the festival's main award, the DOX:AWARD. Camilla Nielsson's "Democrats" received a Special Mention in this category. Another Danish production, "Olmo & the Seagull" by Lea Glob and Petra Costa, won the NORDIC:DOX award. See the full list of winners below.

CPH:DOX has also announced the list of films that will be available for free streaming in cooperation with Doc Alliance. Over the course of 48 hours, on 16 and 17 November, the following five films will be screened online: "Web," "The Iron Ministry," "Palestine Marathon," American Interior" and "Me and Dad – No Expectations of Applause". You can read more about the films and stream them on the Doc Alliance website.

Due to popular demand there will be several extra screenings at this year's festival. For the full list and to order tickets, head over to the CPH:DOX ticket site.

Awards at CPH:DOX 2014

DOX:AWARD
"The Look of Silence" by Joshua Oppenheimer
Special Mention: "Democrats" by Camilla Nielsson

NORDIC:DOX
"Olmo & the Seagull" by Lea Glob & Petra Costa
Special Mention: "In the Country" by Anders Jedenfors

F:ACT AWARD
"E-Team" by Katy Chevigny & Ross Kaufmann
Special Mention: "Virunga" by Orlando Von Einsiedel

NEW:VISION
"The Dent" by Basim Magdy

Audience Award
"Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story" by Grant Baldwin

Reel Talent Award
The award is shared between Lea Glob ("Olmo & the Seagull") and Camilla Nielsson ("Democrats")

See all jury motivations on cphdox.dk

The awards ceremony was held Friday, 14 November, at the d'Angleterre hotel in Copenhagen.

CPH:DOX 2014 6-16 November 2014

The Look of Silence

Joshua Oppenheimer, 2014

Through Joshua Oppenheimer's footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of the killers. The documentary focuses on the youngest son, an optometrist named Adi, who decides to break the suffocating spell of submission and terror by doing something unimaginable in a society where the murderers remain in power: he confronts the men who killed his brother and, while testing their eyesight, asks them to accept responsibility for their actions. This unprecedented film initiates and bears witness to the collapse of fifty years of silence.

Democrats

Camilla Nielsson, 2014

Over the course of more than three years director Camilla Nielsson has been up close in the inner circles of politics in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe. With the process of creating Zimbabwe's new constitution as the film's narrative backbone, DEMOCRATS tells the unique story of the political elite in Zimbabwe fighting the battle over the founding principles defining the country's possible future.

Olmo and the Seagull

Lea Glob, Petra Costa, 2014

For the past ten years, Olivia has been an actress at the famous Théâtre du Soleil company in Paris, where she also met her companion in life, Serge. We follow Olivia¿s thoughts and feelings during the last six months of her pregnancy, a rite of passage from being a woman and an artist to becoming a mother.