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Leipzig
The Ecumenical Jury in Leipzig 2010 awarded the Polish documentary film "Na pólnoc od Kalabrii" (North from Calabria, 2010) by Marcin Sauter. The Golden Dove for the best documentary film in the international competition went to "Vodka Factory" by Jerzey Sladkowski.
Current issues
Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.