We close the 23rd edition of the DocsBarcelona Festival marked by online adaptation in response to the exceptional situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the state of alarm. The window on Filmin, only available in Spain, has had an extraordinary reception: if in 2019 there were 12,500 attendees at the Barcelona venues in ten days of programming, this 2020 there were more than 130,000 viewers, eager to share the proposals of a festival that remains an essential event among lovers of documentary cinema. In the words of its director, Joan González: “Four years ago we had for the first time more than 10,000 viewers, two years ago we exceeded 25,000, also incorporating online viewings, and this year, 130,000 viewers. We can only be grateful to everyone who has made it possible this year and throughout these twenty-three years. ”

Winners DocsBarcelona 2020

• Best Documentary Award: Faith, directed by Valentina Pedicini
• Special Jury Mention: The Letter, directed by Maia Lekow and Christopher King
• New Talent Award: Solo, directed by Artemio Banki
• Latitud DocsBarcelona Award: El gran viaje al país pequeño, directed by Mariana Viñoles
• What The Doc! Award: Il varco, directed by Michele Manzolini and Federico Ferrone
• Amnistia Internacional Catalunya Award: Overseas, directed by Sung-A Yoon
• Audience Award: ¿Puedes oírme?, directed by Pedro Ballesteros
• DOC-U Award: Mareas ocultas, directed by Mònica Cambra
• Docs&Teens Award: Lo que diran, directed by Nila Núñez
• Young Jury Reteena Award: That Which Does Not Kill, directed by Alexe Poukine.
• Docs del Mes Award: Womanhood, directed by Beryl Magoko
• ProDocs Award: És a l'aire, directed by Christophe Sion and Santi Suárez, and King Ray, directed by Sergio Romero Castaño

Indutry Awards

• Public Pitch Antaviana Films Award: Science Fiction, Matthew Barton, Francisco Forbes and Ferran Romeu
• DAE award focus on News Talent: Long Live My Happy Head, Will Hewitt and Austen McCowan
• FipaDoc Award: Savoy, Zohar Wagner
• East Doc Platform Award: Fight, Lilit Movsisyan
• Music Library Award: 1001 days, Chloe White