‘Always,’ ‘2000 Meters To Adriivka’ Among Big Winners At CPH:DOX In Copenhagen
deadline.comCPH:DOX has crowned winners at the latest edition of the renowned nonfiction film festival in Copenhagen. The DOX:Award, the festival’s top prize, went to Always, the directorial debut of Deming Chen.
The film tells the story of a young poet, 8-year-old Youbin, who lives “deep in the lush mountains of Hunan province” in southern China. “There’s a huge difference between nothing and small things.
But life is in fact made up of many, often unnoticed, small things. We need the sensibilities of artists to show us the greatness of the little things,” noted the DOX:Award jury comprised of Rikke Tambo Andersen, Max Kestner, Nicolas Rapold, Adele Tulli and Raul Niño Zambrano. “This exquisitely shot chronicle of a rural farming family is alive with compassion and poetry.” The DOX:Award, sponsored by Politiken and Politiken-Fonden, comes with a €10,000 prize.
The jury awarded a Special Mention to Flophouse America, a documentary revolving around another a boy wise beyond his years.
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