SHORT:DOX AWARD is a new online competition, where the audience decides which film should walk away with the award worth 2,000 euros. The ten nominated films have been available for viewing here on our website up to and during this year's CPH:DOX. The SHORT:DOX AWARD is an audience award where the viewers vote online upon viewing.

Documentary filmmaking is going through a rapid development. New digital video equipment has enabled a creative freedom, which is especially mirrored in short films. The short format is a playground and a laboratory, where both established and upcoming filmmakers can test their new ideas and pursue a personal vision without succumbing to compromises. A freedom shared by the nominated films, and which is expressed by the programme's ten poetic and unorthodox snapshots from the real world.

The aim of SHORT:DOX AWARD is to test new and alternative distribution platforms for intelligent and artistically original short films, and to support the growth of documentary filmmaking. The award for the winning film is meant as a financial support for future film projects.

The winner of the 2009 award is:

Three Pilots (Philip Leaman, US)

SHORT:DOX AWARD is a prize of 2,000 euros, and is kindly sponsored by PSPgo. Read more about the winning film and the other nominated films below.