The winner of DOK Leipzig 2020 is "En route pour le milliard" (Downstream to Kinshasa) by Dieudo Hamadi. The film received the Golden Dove of the international festival jury and the Prize of the Interreligious Jury. Director Hamadi has already won the Forum Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Berlinale 2017 for his film "Maman Colonelle". Other Leipzig prizewinners are "The Poets Visit Juana Bignozzi" by Laura Citarella and Mercedes Halfon (Argentina 2019; Silver Dove), "Rift Finfinnee" by Daniel Kötter (Ethiopia, Germany 2020; DEFA Promotion Prize), "Nová šichta" (A New Shift) by Jindřich Andrš (Czech Republic 2020; MDR Film Prize) and the animated film "Vicenta" by Darío Doria (Argentina 2020; Prize of the Fipresci Jury ).
DOK Leipzig 2020, the first festival edition under the direction of Christoph Terhechte, took place as a hybrid festival, with 141 films shown on screens in local venues. 132 of these films were also available online as streaming by the festival. The Interreligious Jury appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS watched the films of the International Competition for Long Films online.