The winners of GZDOC 2020 Golden Kapok Awards Competition were announced tonight in Guangzhou. After competing with thousands of titles and went through 3 round selections, the winners successfully brought the trophy home.

Below is the list of winners and nominees of GZDOC 2020 Golden Kapok Award Competition.

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AWARD

Winner

Lessons of Love

Director: Malgorzata Goliszewska / Kasia Mateja

Production Country: Poland

Duration: 75min

Production Company: WIDOK / HBO Europe / Pomerania Film / mx35 / Aura Film

Nomination
Tough Out

Director: Xu Huijing

Production Country: China

Duration: 107 min

Production Company: Beijing iQIYI Science & Technology Co., Ltd / Beijing Yuanzhen Culture Co., Ltd. / Guangzhou Imagine Media Co., Ltd. / Power Baseball United Culture

Development Co.,Ltd. / Beijing Medoc Film Co.,Ltd.

Lost in Memories

Director: Ruud Lenssen

Production Country: Netherlands

Duration: 71min

Production Company: Ruud Lenssen Documentaires

BEST DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR AWARD
Winner

My Octopus Teacher

Director: Pippa Ehrlich / James Reed

Production Country: South Africa / Netherlands

Duration: 85min

Production Company: Off the fence / The Sea Change Project

Nomination

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Director: Barbara Paz

Production Country: Brazil

Duration: 75min

Production Company: A HB FILMS / Gullane

Dare to Grow Up

Director: Zhang Lin

Production Country: China

Duration: 35min*5sets

Production Company: SEEME Culture Communication Co., Ltd. / Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Co., Ltd. / Global Raytur(Guangzhou) Public Communication Co., Ltd.

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY AWARD

Winner

Sing Me a Lullaby

Director: Tiffany Hsiung

Production Country: Canada

Duration: 25min

Production Company:Independent Production

Nomination

Coexist

Director: Komeil Soheili

Production Country: Iran / Korea

Duration: 12min

Production Company:Simiya Film

Pripyat Piano

Director: Eliška Cílková

Production Country: Czech Republic / Ukraine

Duration: 18min

Production Company:Gamma Pictures ltd. / FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES AWARD

Winner

The Amphitrite

Director: Li Lin / Qiu Ruihong / Wu Richu

Production Country: China

Duration: 50min*3sets

Production Company: Guangzhou Broadcasting Network / Literature and Art office of CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee Publicity Department / Literature and Art office of CCP Guangzhou Municipal Committee Publicity Department / Literature and Art office of CCP Nansha District Committee Publicity Department

The Journey of Chinese Plants

Director: Li Chengcai / Zhouye

Production Country: China

Duration: 50min*10sets

Production Company: Beijing Mooze FILM & TV Media Co.,Ltd.

Dare to Grow Up

Director: Zhang Lin

Production Country: China

Duration: 35min*5sets

Production Company: SEEME Culture Communication Co., Ltd. / Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Co., Ltd. / Global Raytur(Guangzhou) Public Communication Co., Ltd.

BEST FIRST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AWARD

Winner
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Director: Barbara Paz

Production Country: Brazil

Duration: 75min

Production Company: A HB FILMS / Gullane

Nomination

Daughter of the Light

Director: Ka Xianjia

Production Country: China

Duration: 100 min

Production Company: Osongflims Co., Ltd.

Heart of a Lion

Director: Xu Weichao

Production Country: China

Duration: 100 min

Production Company: Communication University of China / Beijing CNEX Production Co. Ltd. / Hainan Modeng Culture Media Co. Ltd. / Inhope Documentary / Shenzhen

Tencent Computer Systems Co. Ltd.

CHINA STORY: BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AWARD

Winner

A Record of 80 Days in Jinyintan Hospital

Director: Tan Haiyan / Wu Qin / Nie Yan / Song Yiming

Production Country: China

Duration: 73 min

Production Company: Hubei Radio and Television Group

Nomination

Tough Out

Director: Xu Huijing

Production Country: China

Duration: 107 min

Production Company: Beijing iQIYI Science & Technology Co., Ltd / Beijing Yuanzhen Culture Co., Ltd. / Guangzhou Imagine Media Co., Ltd. / Power Baseball United Culture

Development Co.,Ltd. / Beijing Medoc Film Co.,Ltd.

Daughter of the Light

Director: Ka Xianjia

Production Country: China

Duration: 100 min

Production Company: Osongflims Co., Ltd.

CHINA STORY: BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY AWARD

Winner

As Winter Goes By

Director: Ka Xianjia

Production Country: China

Duration: 30 min

Production Company: Youku Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. / Hainan Riyao Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. / Qingdao Dafengzhulang Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.

CHINA STORY: BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES AWARD

Winner

Dare to Grow Up

Director: Zhang Lin

Production Country: China

Duration: 35min*5sets

Production Company: SEEME Culture Communication Co., Ltd. / Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Co., Ltd. / Global Raytur(Guangzhou) Public Communication Co., Ltd.

Nomination
The Journey of Chinese Plants

Director: Li Chengcai / Zhouye

Production Country: China

Duration: 50min*10sets

Production Company: Beijing Mooze FILM & TV Media Co.,Ltd.

The Year of 2020: Our Stories of Poverty Eradication

Director: Zhang Xu / Lu Guanghua / Zuo Ning / Wang Xiaofeng / Zong Hongyu / Xu Jie / Guo Dongsheng / Chai Hongfang / Jiao Bo / Jin Xia / Feng Yong / Zhang Yu / Zhang Guofeng / Zhai Mingyang

Production Country: China

Duration: 50min*10sets

Production Company: Documentary Channel, CMG Film, Drama and Documentary Programming Center

BEST SINO-FOREIGN COPRODUCTION DOCUMENTARY AWARD

Winner

Masterclass

Director: Wang Yu

Production Country: China / Singapore

Duration: 33min*4sets

Production Company: Discovery / CICC / People's daily new media center / Tencent News

Nomination

Fences Around Us

Director: Sun Hui / Feng Feng / Yang Ziyun / Zhou Quan

Production Country: China / Kenya / Botswana / Finland

Duration: 59 min

Production Company: CMG Africa / Oddjob Films

SPECIAL JURY PRIZED

Winner

Tough Out

Director: Xu Huijing

Production Country: China

Duration: 107 min

Production Company: Beijing iQIYI Science & Technology Co., Ltd / Beijing Yuanzhen Culture Co., Ltd. / Guangzhou Imagine Media Co., Ltd. / Power Baseball United Culture

Development Co.,Ltd. / Beijing Medoc Film Co.,Ltd.

Nomination

The Painter and the Thief

Director: Benjamin Ree

Production Country: Norway

Duration: 102min

Production Company: Medieoperatørene / VGTV

Queen Lear

Director: Pelin Esmer

Production Country: Turkey

Duration: 84min

Production Company: Sinefilm