DokuBaku International Documentary FF 2025
We are delighted to announce the winners of the DokuTam category at the DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival 2025!
DokuTam Award Winners – DokuBaku 2025
The DokuTam section is dedicated to showcasing the most compelling feature-length documentaries from Azerbaijan and around the world. It is a platform where authentic voices, bold artistic visions, and unique local perspectives come together to reflect the richness and diversity of our shared reality.
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the award-winning filmmakers for their outstanding achievements and invaluable contribution to the growth of documentary cinema in Azerbaijan.
Your films inspire audiences, spark meaningful conversations, and capture the spirit of our times with honesty and creativity.
✨ Congratulations once again to all the winners!
🏆 Main DokuTam Award
At the Door of the House, Who Will Come Knocking | Maja Novakovic | Serbia | 1:24:00
Jury Statement:
The jury unanimously agreed on a film that stands out as truly unique in today’s documentary landscape. It unfolds slowly, with images of extraordinary beauty that resemble paintings. At its center is a lonely soul and his horse, yet beneath the surface lies another layer — a vision embedded in the old man’s inner world, as he waits or dreams about what may come.
The Main Prize of the DokuTam category goes to: At the Door of the House, Who Will Come Knocking by Maja Novakovic.
✨ Special Jury Mentions &Jury’s Special Mention for an Azerbaijani Feature-Length Documentary
My Home | Seyran Mahmudoğlu | Azerbaijan | 1:09:40
Jury Statement:
My Home is a profoundly heartfelt film about the meaning of “home.” It tells a story that resonates widely across post-Soviet countries. The jury found it important to celebrate this nostalgic and familiar narrative. A Special Mention goes to: My Home by Seyran Mahmudoğlu.
✨ Dad’s Lullaby | Lesia Diak | Ukraine | 1:18:25
Jury Statement:
For offering an intimate, insider’s portrait of a man returning home after years of war in Ukraine; for filming him and his family with tenderness and proximity; and for the powerful cinematic interplay between what we see in front of the camera and what we feel behind it —
A Special Mention goes to: Dad’s Lullaby by Lesia Diak.
✨ Double Trouble | Emilia Śniegoska | Poland | 1:11:00
Jury Statement:
For taking us to a remarkable place — a Polish village in Romania — and introducing us to two extraordinary women living in isolation yet in deep daily connection. Through their dialogue with memory, the present, and the future, and with humor despite the hardship of everyday life, the film reveals a tender and powerful story.A Special Mention goes to: Double Trouble by Emilia Śniegoska.
We sincerely thank the DokuTam Jury — Giuseppe Gariazzo, Polina Herman, and Tue Steen Müller — for their hard work, thoughtful insights, and dedication.
On the photo you see festival director Imam Hasanov on stage, on the screen me motivating the main winner, At the Door of the House, Who Will Come Knocking by Maja Novakovic.
