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CPH:DOX Crowns 'Whispers in May' as Industry Prizes Top €100,000

Gaza-set 'Everything Is Red and Grey' scored two honors, signaling the festival's focus on urgent nonfiction.

Overview

  • Dongnan Chen’s Whispers in May won the festival’s top DOX:AWARD, securing Oscar-qualifying status.
  • Everything Is Red and Grey by Shourideh C. Molavi and Shrouq Alaila took both the €15,000 Al Jazeera co‑production award and an ARTE Award.
  • Kathryn Ferguson’s Matrescence received the $25,000 Sandbox Films Science Pitch Prize recognizing innovative science documentary.
  • Eurimages New Lab juries awarded €30,000 to Asmae El Moudir’s Don’t Let the Sun Go Up on Me and €20,000 to Véréna Paravel’s Cosmofonia.
  • CPH:INDUSTRY distributed more than €110,000 in support, with additional honors for projects such as My School Is Seized and with panels probing AI’s risks and the future of journalism.