The 17th Kiev-based International Human Rights Film Festival Docudays UA took place online from 24 April-3 May and wrapped with Ukrainian filmmaker Iryna Tsilyk's The Earth Is Blue as an Orange [+lire aussi :
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In the Rights Now! section, the main prize went to the 2019 Sundance hit Midnight Traveler [+lire aussi :
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Ksenia Okhapkina's Immortal [+lire aussi :
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In the DOCU/SHORT competition, the main prize went to Enric Ribes' Greykey (Spain) and a Special Mention to Oleksiy Radynski's Circulation (Ukraine). Each of the main awards came with $1,000.

Meanwhile, in the Ukrainian Doc Preview – the festival's industry section, which provides an opportunity for Ukrainian teams to present their full-length documentary projects in production and post-production to festivals, international funds, sales companies and broadcasters – Simon Mozgovyi's project Salt from Bonneville [+lire aussi :
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The Current Time Award of $2,000 went to Iron Butterflies, the new project by War Note director Roman Liubyi, while Marta Smerechynska's Diary of a Bride of Christ [+lire aussi :
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The DAE Talent Development Award was bestowed upon The Elf's Tower by Polina Kelm, and the Pitch the Doc Award was given to Plai. Path Through the Mountains by Eva Jishiashvili.

Here is the full list of Docudays award winners:

DOCU/WORLD Competition

Main Prize
The Earth Is Blue as an Orange [+lire aussi :
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Special Mention
The Cause - Andres Figuered (Venezuela)

DOCU/UKRAINE Competition

Main Prize
The Earth Is Blue as an Orange - Iryna Tsilyk

Rights Now! Award
Midnight Traveler [+lire aussi :
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Special Mentions
Buddha in Africa - Nicole Schafer (South Africa/Sweden)
War Note [+lire aussi :
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Teenage Jury Award
Immortal [+lire aussi :
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Special Mention
Punks [+lire aussi :
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Current Time Award
Midnight Traveler - Hassan Fazili

Andriy Matrosov Award
War Note - Roman Liubyi

DOCU/SHORT Competition

Main Prize
Greykey - Enric Ribes (Spain)
Special Mention
Circulation - Oleksiy Radynski (Ukraine)

Audience Award
War Note - Roman Liubyi

Ukrainian Doc Preview

Ukrainian Film Institute Award
Salt from Bonneville [+lire aussi :
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Current Time Award
Iron Butterflies - Roman Liubyi (Ukraine)

East Silver Caravan Award
Diary of a Bride of Christ [+lire aussi :
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interview : Marta Smerechynska
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DAE Talent Development Award
The Elf's Tower - Polina Kelm (Poland/Ukraine)

DOK Leipzig Award
Diary of a Bride of Christ - Marta Smerechynska (Ukraine)

Pitch the Doc Award
Plai. Path Through the Mountains - Eva Jishiashvili (Ukraine)