The wait is over! The juries have deliberated and the winners of the CPH:INDUSTRY 2026 awards have been announced. Without further ado, the winners are…
The Eurimages New Lab Outreach Award
The Eurimages New Lab Outreach Award 2026 worth €30,000 goes to HAUT ET COURT DOC for the CPH:ROUGHCUT project ‘DON’T LET THE SUN GO UP ON ME’ by director ASMAE EL MOUDIR and producer EMMA LEPERS.

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The Eurimages New Lab Innovation Award
The Eurimages New Lab Innovation Award 2026 worth €20,000 goes to ANNA LENA FILMS for the CPH:FORUM project ‘COSMOFONIA’ by VÉRÉNA PARAVEL and producer FLORENCE COHEN.
The Sandbox Films Science Pitch Prize
The Sandbox Films Science Pitch Prize 2026 worth $25,000 goes to the CPH:FORUM project ‘MATRESCENCE’ by director KATHRYN FERGUSON and producers ROSIE CRERAR and ELANOR EMPTAGE.
The Al Jazeera Documentary Channel Co-production Award
The €15,000 Al Jazeera Documentary Channel Co-Production Award goes to the CPH:FORUM project ‘EVERYTHING IS RED AND GREY’ by SHOURIDEH C. MOLAVI and SHROUQ ALAILA.
The ARTE Award
The ARTE Award is handed out to two projects in the form of two consultations with Rough Cut Services totalling a value of €2,500 for each of the two CPH:FORUM projects – ‘EVERYTHING IS RED AND GREY’ by SHOURIDEH C. MOLAVI and SHROUQ ALAILA and ‘WE ARE VOLCANOES’ by SHARON YEUNG and NATALIE CHAO.
The Jacob Burns Film Center Award
The Jacob Burns Film Center grants one project a stipend and residency including access to editing and post-producing facilities totalling a value of approximately $10,000.
The award goes to the CPH:FORUM project ‘THE CALLING’ by BENIAMINO BARRESE.
The Rise and Shine Award
The Rise and Shine Award 2026 goes to the CPH:FORUM project ‘MY FATHER THE ICEMAN’ by ŁUKASZ KOWALSKI. The Rise and Shine Award provides a cash prize of €3,000 to the project with the best international potential and no sales agent yet attached.
The Unifrance & Titrafilm Doc Award
The Unifrance & Titrafilm Doc Award 2026 goes to the CPH:FORUM project ‘CHILDREN OF THE MOONLAND’ by ROMAN ĎURIŠ. The Unifrance & Titrafilm Doc Award totalling €5,500 in benefits for the best French production or co-production presented at the forum.
The Onassis ONX Award 2026
The Onassis ONX Award 2026 goes to the CPH:LAB project ‘STILL POINT, TURNING WORLD’ by lead artist BEN JOSEPH ANDREWS and producer EMMA ROBERTS.
The prize consists of tailored curatorial, technical, and business consultancy with studio access at the Onassis Ready facilities in Athens.
The NewImages Festival Award
The NewImages Festival Award 2026 goes to the CPH:LAB project ‘MOURNING GLORY’ by director MATHIUS SCIBOR (AU MATT) and producer PEPE LE PUKE. The award grants the selected CPH:LAB project an invitation to the XR Development Market 2026 of the NewImages Festival, taking place April 8–12, 2026, at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie.
The DOK Leipzig Award
The DOK Leipzig Award 2026 goes to the CPH:LAB project ‘MOURNING GLORY’ by lead artist MATHIUS SCIBOR (AU MATT) and producer PEPE LE PUKE. The DOK Leipzig Award offers the selected project participation in the DOK Exchange XR Programme showcase at DOK Leipzig in October 2026.
The Millennium Docs Against Gravity Award
The Millennium Docs Against Gravity Award 2026 goes to the CHANGE project ‘MY SCHOOL IS SEIZED’ by HALYNA LAVRINETS.
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