{"id":261485,"date":"2025-05-20T13:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T11:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visionsdureel.ch\/?p=261485"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:53:18","slug":"doc-alliance-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2026.visionsdureel.ch\/de\/doc-alliance-awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"‚The Shards‘ and ‚We Had Fun Yesterday‘ received Doc Alliance Award in Cannes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The winners of the 2025 Doc Alliance Award were announced^ during the Doc Day Lunch, held at the March\u00e9 du Film in Cannes. Huge congratulations to Masha Chernaya,\u00a0Marion Guillard and their\u00a0teams involved in these outstanding films!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The winning films were selected by a jury of three distinguished film professionals: Fernando Ganzo (Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Cahiers du Cin\u00e9ma), Caroline Kirberg (CEO of pong film) and Gerald Weber (Deputy Managing Director at sixpackfilm). The awards were presented by Alessandra Luchetti, Head of Department and Deputy Director at EACEA (Creative Europe \u2013 MEDIA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Doc Alliance network of documentary film festivals supports emerging talent in European documentary cinema. Each of the seven member festivals \u2014 CPH:DOX<\/a>, Doclisboa<\/a>, DOK Leipzig<\/a>, FIDMarseille<\/a>, Ji.hlava IDFF<\/a>, Millennium Docs Against Gravity FF<\/a>, and Visions du R\u00e9el \u2014 as well as guest festival Punto de Vista<\/a>, nominated one short and one feature-length documentary from their recent programmes. Each festival will showcase at least three films from the Doc Alliance Award selection in its next edition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More about the winners and nominees on docalliance.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature Film: The Shards<\/em> by Masha Chernaya<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Doc Alliance Award for Best Feature Film<\/a><\/strong>, endowed with 5,000 EUR, was presented to The Shards<\/em> <\/strong>(‚Oskolky‘, Georgia\/Germany) by Masha Chernaya. The film draws from the director\u2019s personal experience. In spring 2022, Masha prepares to leave her homeland, Russia. What follows is a series of unexpected goodbyes: her mother dies of cancer, her partner escapes military conscription, and everything \u2014 including her former self \u2014 begins to fall apart. As a way to process her grief, she turns to her camera, capturing everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The jury praised the film \u201cfor its unique cinematic qualities\u201d and honoured its \u201ccinematic language that is quiet, resistant to classic narrative structures, and develops a striking ability to merge personal and collective mourning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Short Film: We Had Fun Yesterday<\/em> by Marion Guillard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Doc Alliance Award for Best Short Film<\/a><\/strong>, endowed with 3,000 EUR, went to We Had Fun Yesterday<\/em><\/strong> (Belgium) by Marion Guillard. In her film, the director reflects on her relationship with herself and her body, her distance from conventional ideals of femininity, and unsettling encounters with men \u2014 an autobiographical exploration intertwined with reflections on how we perceive others: animals, whether wild or caged; nature, whether untouched or shaped by human intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The jury described the film as \u201can honest and beautifully crafted work that creates a tender rhythm through its layering of image and voiceover. Marion Guillard pulls us into her imagery and stream of consciousness, through a narrative (full of surprises,) interweaving personal quests of identity and family relations with views of being a filmmaker.\u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Curious about the films? A curated selection of the nominated films \u2014 including four 2025 nominees Grey Zone<\/em>, Shuruuk<\/em>, 23:23<\/em>, and Bamssi<\/em> \u2014 is now available to stream online on DAfilms.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Film stills for download: Filmstills Doc Alliance Awards Winners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information about the 2025 guest festival: Punto de Vista<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See also: The Two Films Nominated by Visions du R\u00e9el Win Prestigious Doc Alliance Awards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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