The documentary, “The Red Race” by Chinese filmmmaker Chao Gan, shows the hard training of 6-year-old children, future Olympic sportsmen.

Also were awarded:

Best First Documentary: “La Reina del Condón”
by Silvana Ceschi and Reto Stamm, (Switzerland)

Best Short Documentary: “Death Valley Superstar”
by Michael Yaroshevsky (Canada)

Special Mention was awarded to “Rakushka”
by Dmitiy Lavrinenko (Russia).

In OFF Docúpolis section was awarded the film “The Mosquito Problem”, by the Bulgarian Andrey Paounov.

Apart from the official categories, Docúpolis gave honorific awards.
The award Tercer Ojo to Best experimental documentary was for “Solo”
by Maciej Pisarek (Poland)

The Human Rights Award was for “Fighting the silence”
by Lles and Femke van Velzen (Holand)

The best Latin-american Documentary was for Andres di Tella’s “Fotografías” (Argentina)

Audience Award was for “Mari Carmen España. El final del silencio”, by Martin Jonson and Pontus Hjorthén.

Official Competition Awards:

Docúpolis Award Best Documentary: "Welcome Europe" Directed By: Bruno Ulmer (France)
Prize: 6.000 euros

Special Mention by the Jury of Best Documentary: "The Mother’s House"
Directed By: François Verster (South-Africa)

Best First Documentary Award ex aequo:" Encounter Point "
Directed By: Julia Bacha and Ronit Avni (USA)
and "A verdade do gato" (The truth of the cat)
Directed By: Jeremy Hammers (Belgium)

Best Short Documentary Award Gran Angular: "ShantyGARDENtown"
Directed By: Cagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti (France)

OFF DOCÚPOLIS Award: "Roaming Around"
Directed By: Brigitte Maria Bertele (Germany)

Honorific Prices :

Best Documentary Concerning Human Rights: "A Walk to Beautiful"
Directed By: Mary Olive Smith (USA)

Best Latin-American Documentary: "Descaminhos" (Dead End)
Directed By: Marilia Rocha, Luis Felipe Fernández, Alexandre Baxter, Joao Flores, Maria de Fátima Augusto, Leandro HBL, Armando Mendz and Cristiano Abud (Brazil).

Best Experimental Documentary Award Tercer Ojo: "A Ilha da boa vida"
Directed By: Merces Tomaz Gomez (Portugal)

Audience Award: "Djiarama"
Directed By: Chus Barrera and Alícia Fernández Carmena