The festival was held exectly in the dates of the maiden voyage of RMS Lusitania - from Liverpool, England, United Kingdom to New York, NY, United States in 1907 - Sept. 07 – 13., 2020.

At II Rising of Lusitania AnimaDoc Film Festival, 130 submissions (2017-2020) came from 39 countries, including such surprising ones as Congo, Myanmar, Oman, Senegal, or Yemen. Finally, 36 films were accepted into the competition: 33 animated documentaries and 3 animated mockumentary; 9 student films, and 27 professional films.

The films were judged by a 5-person jury composed of Victoria Marinov (Bulgaria/Poland; an author of documentaries and short fiction films, photographer; now based in Poland), Marcin Podolec (Poland; comic book artist, director, animator, producer; works mostly on animated documentaries), Agnieszka Powierska (Poland; film and museum educator, focusing on the animated documentaries), Mariia Snisarenko (Ukraine/Poland; visual artist; photographer; now based in Poland), and Denis Viren (Russia; senior researcher/lecturer). Regardless of the Main Jury, the 3-person Student Jury (Michalina Majewska, Norbert Kaczala, Oliwia Nadarzycka) also debated heatedly.

II Rising of Lusitania AnimaDoc FF Awards:
GENERAL JURY:: “Lusitania Grand Prix Award” for the Best AnimaDoc: HOME (UK 2019, 07:51), Dir.: Anita Brūvere | Nodachi LTD

Statement: For an eloquent and visually stunning presentation of an age-old problem through the prism of the history of one address.

Special Jury Award: UNCLE THOMAS, ACCOUNTING FOR THE DAYS (Portugal/Canada/France 2019, 13:00), Dir.: Regina Pessoa | National Film Board of Canada, Les Armateurs

Statement: For the excellent quality of the workmanship, the precision of the message, and the understanding of another human being.

“Rising Award” for the Best Student Movie: INSIDE ME (Germany 2019, 05:00), Dir.: Maria Trigo Teixeira | Film University Babelsberg Konrad
Wolf

Statement: For proving that you can talk about a difficult topic in a simple way, but at the same time extremely inventively and ambiguously.

“Make-Believe Award” for the Best AnimaMockumentary: AMERIGO AND THE NEW WORLD (France/Chile 2019, 13:46), Dir. Luis Briceno & Laurent
Crouzeix | Metronomic
Statement: For creativity and a humorous approach to history. Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

Special Mention for the Ecological Values: MACHINI (Congo/Belgium 2019, 10:00), Dir.: Frank Mukunday and Tétshim | PICHA

Special Mention for the Human Rights Values: MAKUN (NO LLORES): DIBUJOS EN UN C.I.E. (Spain 2019, 30:00), Dir.: Emilio Martí López |
Emilio Martí López

Special Mention for the Best Portrait: THE BILL JENNINGS MYSTERIES (USA 2019, 03:48), Dir.: Alan Jennings | Alan Jennings

Special Mention for the portrait of the city and the mentality of its inhabitants: DEEP LOVE (Ukraine 2019, 14:00), Dir.: Mykyta Lyskov | T.T.M.

Honorable Mention for the mesmerizing soundtrack: ALMA (Serbia 2018, 07:44), Dir.: Nebojsa Petrovic, Demir Mekic | Belgrade Centre for Human Rights //
Music by: Dino Aganović (Hibrid)

Honorable Mention for the film that gives hope: I BLEED (Brazil 2019, 07:15), Dir.: Thiago Minamisawa, Guto Br, Bruno H. Castro | Thiago
Minamisawa

STUDENT JURY:
“Lusitania Student Award” for the Best AnimaDoc: O HUNTER HEART (2018 UK/Germany, 07:20), Dir.: Carla MacKinnon | Carla MacKinnon

Statement: For artistic maturity, which is reflected in a gloomy story about interpersonal relations awakening animal instincts, and which presents an oniric and mystical story with great precision in production and technique, offering the viewer a striking image in a beautiful and symbolic style.

“Students4student Award” for the Best Student Movie: IT WAS COMING TOWARDS! (Hungary 2017, 09:45), Dir.: Lívia Janoch | Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design

Statement: For creative confrontation of filthy Urban fabric, with colorful animated characters. For nihilistic signals, hidden under the guise of funny creatures. For a mature approach towards problems of the underclass and a surprisingly pleasing film experience.

"Mock Award" for the Best AnimaMockumentary: BREXICUTED (France 2018, 06:00), Dir.: Chris Shepherd | Autour de Minuit
Statement: For an intelligent social pamphlet, the creative use of animation to literally depict the ideas contained in the film and interesting stylistic references to popular satirical drawing.

LUSITANIA AUDIENCE AWARD: CARNE (Brazil 2019, 12:00), Dir.: Camila Kater | Abano Productions