The winners of the 21st edition of Doclisboa were handed out October 28. The festival kicked off 19 October and wraps on 29 October.
International Competition
- The City of Lisbon Award went to the Mexican la tierra los altares, by Sofía Peypoch, for, in the words of the jury, having the “ability to finely interweave personal history, big history and ancestrality, in a movement in which archaeology as a science lends historical depth to the director’s excavation of intimate trauma.”
- The RTP International Competition Jury Award was awarded to the Belgian production Terril, by Jorn Plucieniczak, for the “maturity of its approach and the strong formal coherence of this film marked by latency and downtime”. There was also an Honorable Mention for Magnificent Sky, by Alexandru Badea.
Portuguese Competition
- The HBO Max Award for Best Film went to As Melusinas à Margem do Rio, by Melanie Pereira, “for creating a form to reimagine a legend though the experience of working people, gender and national identity.”
- The Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores Award went to Memories of a Perfect Day, by Davina-Maria El Khoury, “for its lyrical understanding that isolation can be redeemed through creative expression”. The full list of award-winning films is below.
ALL DOCLISBOA’23 AWARDS
- City of Lisbon Award for Best International Competition Film: la tierra los altares by Sofía Peypoch
- RTP International Competition Jury Award: Terril by Jorn Plucieniczak
- Honorable Mention – International Competition Jury Award: Magnificent Sky by Alexandru Badea
- HBO Max Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film:As Melusinas à Margem do Rio by Melanie Pereira
- Portuguese Society of Authors Competition Jury Award: Memories of a Perfect Day by Davina-Maria El Khoury
- Best Short Film Award: At Night, the Red Sky by Ali Razi
- New Talent Award: la tierra los altares by Sofia Peypoch
- Healthy Workplaces Film Award: Hormigas Perplejas by Mercedes Moncada Rodríguez
- Honorable Mention – Healthy Workplaces Film Award: Human, not Human by Natan Castay
- Rights and Freedoms Award: An Owl, a Garden and the Writer by Sara Dolatabadi
- Honorable Mention – Rights and Freedoms Award: The Trial by Ulises de la Orden
- INATEL Foundation Award: Fogo no Lodo, by Catarina Laranjeiro and Daniel Barroca
- Fernando Lopes Award: As Melusinas à Margem do Rio by Melanie Pereira
- Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts Award for Best Green Years Film: Sparks by Ève Le Fessant Coussonneau
- Pedro Fortes Award for Best Green Years Portuguese Film: By Division and Differentiationn by Carolina Grilo Santos
- Honorable Mention – Green Years: Passportless Mess, by Maja Penčič
- Público Newspaper Audience Award for Best Portuguese Film: Verdade ou Consequência? by Sofia Marques
- Schools Award: As Melusinas à Margem do Rio by Melanie Pereira
