Copenhagen International Documentary Festival - Awards

Awards

The festival currently awards prizes in eight competition programs:

• The CPH:DOX Award for best documentary films that are "both socially committed and visually ambitious"
• The AMNESTY Award awarded in cooperation with Amnesty International Denmark, for best film that focuses on human rights
• The NEW VISION Award for best experimental or innovative documentary film, introduced in 2004
• The SOUND & VISION Award for best music documentary film, introduced in 2006
• The DANISH:DOX Award for best Danish documentary film, introduced in 2008
• The SHORT:DOX Award for best music short film, introduced in 2006. All of the ten nominated short films were screened online during the festival.
• The Politikens Audience Award for the film the audience likes the most. Chosen between DANISH:DOX movies
• The Doc Alliance Award is five films of high quality, which stand out through originality and innovativeness. The five films are participating in five European film festivals.