🎬 Huge congratulations to MARY JIMÉNEZ and BÉNÉDICTE LIÉNARD on receiving the prestigious SARGAL’DOCS 2025 award! This career achievement honor was presented at St Louis Docs by Sellou Diallo alongside Senegal’s Director of Cinematography, Germain Coly.

What an incredible recognition of their outstanding contributions to documentary filmmaking! 👏

Yeah, very proud on this great Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for our film Cuba & Alaska with music from very talented Belgian composer Frederik Van de Moortel & many great Ukrainian artists.
As our wonderful publicist Kathleen McInnis puts it : “This sounds like the soundtrack for a new and very different generation, fighting for their right to exist in this insane world.”
This is what artist- #resistance sounds like! Take a listen on Spotify!

We’re very honoured with the double win for Kinshuk Surjan’s debut documentary Marching in the Dark.

The film was awarded with Prix Mondes en Regard & Prix du Premier Film.

Here are the jury statements

First Film Prize

Drawing on a socio-economic tragedy in rural India, made precarious by harmful financial and state logic, the filmmaker places himself alongside women whose indebted husbands have been driven to suicide. With the greatest gentleness, he films of them in particular, her silent face, her precious smile, and her bare forehead. 

Through these fasces, these pay-faces, we share the grief, distress and intimacy of these women. The filmmaker pays restorative attention to these widows ostracized by their own community. He elegantly captures their strength, their gradual recovery of speech and laughter, their desire to lead a better life for their children and for themselves. These women share their suffering and also give each other strength, in a beautiful sisterhood. 

The filmmaker magnifies the sensitive beauty of these widows and, by filming their resilient struggles, helps restore their dignity. 

Mondes en regards Prize

We were particularly move by this film, which depicts the stigmatization of widows in India and their resilience. Indeed, the film accurately depicts the impact of their hubands’ suicide on the daily lives of these widows. They experience this ordeal not only as a grief, but also as a redefinition of their daily lives and their place in society, increasing their difficulties in an agricultural system that leads to the precariousness of farmers. We also appreciated the focus given to the protagonists  who participated in the creation and post-production of the film. Furthermore, we commend the efforts made by the film’s teams to establish a forum for exchange and mutual support, which has had an impact on the lives of these women. This film, with its remarkable technicality and meticulous photography, perfectly represents the “worlds in view” award, forcing us to focus our eyes on these forgotten women that society refuses to see. 

Meet Cuba and Alaska — best friends, battlefield medics, fashion dreamers, music lovers, and expert-level jokers navigating chaos with contagious laughter and just the right amount dark humour.

🎥 We’re honoured to bring their story into the world. Thank you, @sheffdocfest — what a privilege to begin the journey here.