The competition included 55 films from 30 countries. The festival distributed prizes worth over 25,000 EUR. The festival’s special Award of Excellence went to Michael Stewart, director of the London Open City Documentary Film Festival,

The winning film in the Central & East European Competition was When the War Comes (Croatia, Czech Republic) by Jan Gebert. The best director prize in this category went to Nebojsa Slijepcevic for the Croatian documentary Srbenka.

The festival also had a Romanian competition, with the best documentary award going to Caisa by Alexandru Mavrodineanu.

The list of winners follows:

Best Documentary
I Am Another You (US)
Directed by Nanfu Wang

Special Mention
Sand and Blood (Austria)
Directed by Matthias Krepp and Angelika Spangel

Best Documentary in the Central & Eastern Europe Competition
When The War Comes (Croatia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Jan Gebert

Best Director in the Central & Eastern Europe Competition
Nebojsa Slijepcevic for Srbenka (Croatia)

Best Documentary in the Romanian Competition
Caisa
Directed by Alexandru Mavrodineanu

Best Director in the Romanian Competition
Claudiu Mitcu for Anniversary

AFF Award for Best Documentary in the Shorts Competition
They Just Come and Go (Croatia)
Directed by Boris Poljak

Best Documentary in the DocSchool Competition
Ink of Yam (Germany)
Directed by Tom Fröhlich

Best Director in the DocSchool Competition
Letitia Popa for Marie (Romania)