The Jury including Jacek Dehnel, Talal Derki, Melissa Hooper, Margje de Koning and Ewa Szabłowska awarded the US/Mexican coproduction Midnight Family directed by Luke Lorentzen with the Grand Prix. The Jury Special Mention went to GOD, a documentary from Chile directed by Christopher Murray, Josefina Buschmann and Israel Pimentel, following Pope Francis’s papal visit to Chile in 2018. The Audience Award went to For They Not Know What They Do, a US documentary about the 2015 legalisation of same-sex marriages in America, directed by Daniel Karslake.
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Full list of winners:
Grand Prix
Midnight Family (USA, Mexico)
Directed by Luke Lorentzen
Special Mention
GOD (Chile)
Directed by Christopher Murray, Josefina Buschmann and Israel Pimentel
Audience Award
For They Not Know What They Do (USA)
Directed by Daniel Karslake
