Fipadoc revealed, Thursday, January 26 in Biarritz, the winners of the 11 professional prizes, awarded at the end of the professional days of its 2023 edition.
• Saya Prize for Best International Pitch and DOK.fest München Prize: Son of the Streets by Mohammed Almughanni (Lebanon, Palestine, Poland, Qatar);
• Saya Prize for Best French Pitch and San Sebastián Prize: Hori, Learn to Live After Daesh by Chris Huby (France);
• LightDox Prize for a project with strong international potential: Brothers in the Hunt by Ieva Ozolina (Latvia);
• Nouvelle-Aquitaine Prize for a Ukrainian project: Queens of Joy by Olga Gibelinda (Ukraine);
• DocsBarcelona Prize: Guilt by Roni Aboulafia (Israel);
• Bio to B Prize: Kyiv Soloists by Trond Kvig Andreassen (Norway, Ukraine);
• Impact Lab Prize: Kivu, le lac de la vie by Elise Sawasawa (Democratic Republic of Congo);
• Saya Prize - First regional film pitches (for writing) : La Couleur des moisissures by Nicolas Queinec;
• Prix Nouvelle-Aquitaine - Pitches for first films in the region (for post-production): Le Séjour des bannis by Tristan Pujols.