Unifrance gave its latest Unifrance Doc Award to Podium (You Have Three Minutes) by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche, during CPH:DOX, a festival in Copenhagen dedicated to documentary works.
CPH:FORUM, Unifrance, and TitraFilm teamed up for the second year running to present the Unifrance Doc Award for the best majority- or minority-French co-production pitch presented at CPH:FORUM.
The award comprises €2,300 in post-production support for subtitling at TitraFilm and a one-year membership of Unifrance for the production company. The award went to Podium (You Have Three Minutes) by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche (Home Made Docs (Israel) / Close Up Films (Switzerland) Filmoption International Inc. (Canada), Temps Noir (France).
The jury stated: "We have chosen a film that's a timely exploration of the power dynamics at stake in a democratic context, offering an unexpected and insightful perspective. It's ability to connect with current issues demonstrates its relevance and importance and puts it in a larger historic perspective, creating a dialogue between the past and the present. We want to help the producers to reach their goal of an August 2025 release, and hope that post-production support comprising subtitling will help the film reach a broad audience."
It's also worth noting that the DOX:Award (CPH:DOX's main prize) went to The Flats by Alessandra Celesia (a majority-French co-production), produced by Films de Force Majeure and sold by The Party Film Sales.