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Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival

Winners Announced: September 16, 2025

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The Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival stands out as a beacon of innovation in the dynamic world of filmmaking. Unlike traditional festivals that pit films against one another, we evaluate each film individually based on its inherent value and merit.

By focusing on the individual strengths and qualities of each film, our judges can delve deeper into the creative vision and technical execution of your work without being swayed by others' performances.

Important Note: Winning an award in a subcategory does NOT qualify for online screening or sending to our distributors. If your film did not make official selection status, we encourage you to request feedback and resubmit for free after improvements.

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Awards Scale

In order of importance

  • BEST OF FESTIVAL
  • BEST OF SHOW
  • OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
  • EXCELLENCE
  • EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
  • MERIT
  • KUDOS

🏆 Best of Festival Winner

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

Categories: Health & Science

Country: United States

Writer/Producer/Director: Bill Haney

Cracking the Code, narrated by Mark Ruffalo, is an inspiring story of vision, perseverance, and the power of science to change the world. Phil Sharp's journey from a Kentucky farm boy to Nobel laureate embodies the American Dream and the triumph of entrepreneurial spirit.

Best Of Show
Film Title & Details Award
Croatia's Coast - Endless and Wild
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Austria
 BEST OF SHOW
Greenwood Is Still Burning
Social Issues
Canada
 BEST OF SHOW
Hunting the Catfish Crime Gang
Investigative Documentaries
Ireland
 BEST OF SHOW
If Not For You
Human Spirit
Sweden
 BEST OF SHOW
Memory for burial (LM-SE)
Historical Documentaries
France
 BEST OF SHOW
Saturday, October 7
Documentary
United States
 BEST OF SHOW
A Stone Unturned
Health, Research (sub-category)
United States
 BEST OF SHOW: Health
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE: Research
Team Ocean Quest - The Impossible Journey
Ocean Life Documentaries
United States
 BEST OF SHOW
There is Another Way
Revolution and Reform
United States
 BEST OF SHOW
Outstanding Excellence
Film Title & Details Award
725km of Culture: Running Across Guatemala
Social Issues
Guatemala
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Abebe-Butterfly Song
Music documentaries
Australia
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
AIDS REVOLUTION
Documentary
France
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Afeni shakur and the trial of the Panther 21
Documentary
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
All Our Yesterday
Historical Documentaries
Ireland
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Almost Zero
Documentary, Environmental, Zero Budget
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Another Place
Documentary
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Banned Together
Social Issues
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The blue above and the gold within
Social Issues
Italy
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Broken & Beautiful
Human Spirit
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Calm The F**k Down
Social Issues
Australia
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi
Documentary
United Kingdom
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Children in the Fire
Documentary
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Class of Her Own
Documentary
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Club That George Built
Human Spirit, Sports
United Kingdom
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Dad Bods
Health, Science
Canada
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
I Died
Documentary
Mexico
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Dissection
Documentary
Australia
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Diversion Courts: Treatment, Not Punishment
Documentary
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Even So (Phir Bhi)
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United Kingdom
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Family Ties
Documentary
Switzerland
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Fearless Queen of the Night
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Slovenia
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
HIDDEN - The Kati Preston Story
Docu-drama Feature
Canada
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Hidden Life / Vida Escondida
Documentary
Netherlands
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Hunted in Kherson
Investigative Documentaries
Ukraine
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Ida Rolf - Mother of Fascia
Biography
Switzerland
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Kasturba Gandhi: Accidental Activist
Biography, Documentary
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Leopards of Londolozi
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
South Africa
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Life That Remains
Documentary, Docu-drama Feature, Human Spirit
Egypt, Palestine
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Little Piece of Sugar
Documentary, Health, Sports, Zero Budget
France
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Marks of Majesty
Social Issues
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Matahari — The Sun of Tiganderket
Biography
Indonesia
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The OC Effect
Documentary, Fashion Documentaries
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
One Voice: Searching for Michael Spears
Social Issues
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Operation Wolf Foster
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe
Human Spirit
Australia
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Penalty
Documentary
Mexico
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Red List
Environmental
United Kingdom
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Saffron Robe
Documentary, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Slaughter of Ghosts. How Russian Prisoners Fight in Ukraine
Investigative Documentaries
Czech Republic
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
SOCA RIVER / SLOVENIA
Documentary
Slovakia
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Strongman and the Last Days of the Khmer Rouge
Documentary
Australia
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Tainan 400 Mail Art
Documentary
Taiwan
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
TIGERS-Tracking a Legend Film Documentary
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Together we Stand
Documentary
Greece
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Under Mango Trees
Social Issues
Switzerland
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
VOICES of VALOR: World War II Heroes in Their Own Words
Historical Documentaries
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Wait Until Tomorrow
Social Issues
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
War Medicine: Stories from Ukraine
Health
Ukraine, United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
#WAY_LamaTenzing
Human Spirit
Germany
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes
Documentary
Canada
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Wof Zerash Coffee
Environmental
United Kingdom
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
You Were Chosen, Secrets of Closed Adoption
Social Issues
Australia, United Kingdom
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Yellow House Afghanistan
Documentary
Afghanistan
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Excellence
Film Title & Details Award
10 Toes Down (2025)
Sports
Kenya
EXCELLENCE
Aftershock of a Trauma
Documentary
United States
EXCELLENCE
Apology to Earth
Ocean Life Documentaries
United States
EXCELLENCE
The Art of Trees
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Canada
EXCELLENCE
The Automotive Human
Environmental
Austria
EXCELLENCE
Baka, The Wisdom Of The Forest
Environmental
Cameroon, Portugal
EXCELLENCE
Being a pilot, two perspectives.
Human Spirit
Canada
EXCELLENCE
Beings in FUKUSHIMA Ukedo.
Documentary
Japan
EXCELLENCE
Beyond the Conflict
Student
India, United Kingdom
EXCELLENCE
Beyond Physical Life
Documentary
United States
EXCELLENCE
Bill W Conscious Contact
Documentary, Docu-drama Feature
United States
EXCELLENCE
Blood On the Tracks
Human Spirit
Mexico
EXCELLENCE
Courage to Thrive
Documentary
United States
EXCELLENCE
Crossed Paths, Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science
Documentary
Peru
EXCELLENCE
The Disease Detective Looks at Aphasia
Science
United States
EXCELLENCE
A Dream Called Khushi (Happiness)
Student
United States
EXCELLENCE
Dream a World
Documentary
United States
EXCELLENCE
From Earth to Earth: The Lost Art of Dying in America
Environmental
United States
EXCELLENCE
From opposition to support:Wang Ming-Xiang better known as Coach Pistons witnessed the transformation of the Fou
Docu-drama Short
Taiwan
EXCELLENCE
The Enlightened Zone
Documentary, Religion/Faith
Hong Kong
EXCELLENCE
La Esperanza
Documentary
Puerto Rico
EXCELLENCE
Food Soldiers
Documentary
Benin, Mali, Nigeria
EXCELLENCE
The Foot: A Community Remembered
Documentary
United States
EXCELLENCE
The Forcados: Brotherhood of the Bulls
Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
EXCELLENCE
Forgiveness
Documentary
Canada, Ireland
EXCELLENCE
From Depression With Love
Docu-drama Feature
Australia
EXCELLENCE
Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man
Revolution and Reform
Mexico
EXCELLENCE
The Gift of Darkness
Human Spirit
United States
EXCELLENCE
GREAT GYPSY RAID: A GENOCIDE HISTORY (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
Docu-drama Feature
Spain
EXCELLENCE
Grindavik
Sports
Iceland
EXCELLENCE
Hell in Paradise
Environmental
Switzerland
EXCELLENCE
Journey for a dream
Zero Budget
Mexico
EXCELLENCE
Kūkai
Biography, Religion/Faith
China
EXCELLENCE
When Maharishi Came to Town
Human Spirit
United States
EXCELLENCE
The Medici prophecy, the first christian Kabbalah
Travel/Culture/Arts
Italy
EXCELLENCE
Meeting the Buddha
Documentary
United Kingdom
EXCELLENCE
OUT OF THE CAVE
Human Spirit
Italy
EXCELLENCE
Nature Provides - The Ancient Wisdom of Plant Stem Cells
Health
United States
EXCELLENCE
Peixinho (Little Fish)
Ocean Life Documentaries, Zero Budget
United Kingdom
EXCELLENCE
PEKIN. Whole life for the club.
Human Spirit
Poland
EXCELLENCE
People of the wide waters
Ocean Life Documentaries
Russian Federation
EXCELLENCE
The Phoenix of Gaza
Documentary
Palestine
EXCELLENCE
pleco
Student
United States
EXCELLENCE
Rahyab
Docu-drama Short, Human Spirit
Afghanistan
EXCELLENCE
reEarth ...Rights of Nature
Documentary
Australia
EXCELLENCE
Remember me - one year later
Documentary, Docu-drama Short, Human Spirit, Student
United States
EXCELLENCE
Rocketship
Human Spirit
United States
EXCELLENCE
THE SAINT OF BROOKLYN
Docu-drama Feature
Italy
EXCELLENCE
Seeking Judhuri
Human Spirit
United States
EXCELLENCE
Second Chance
Youth Issues
United States
EXCELLENCE
A Social Design Story, Humanscapes: Documenting Society with Salgado and others
Documentary
Italy
EXCELLENCE
Some love In Pondicherry
LGBT
France
EXCELLENCE
Spring awakens
Documentary
Iceland
EXCELLENCE
It Stops With Me
Health
United States
EXCELLENCE
Taha's Theorem
Human Spirit
United States
EXCELLENCE
Texas City
Human Spirit, Student
United States
EXCELLENCE
Trail Mix
Documentary
United States
EXCELLENCE
The Ukrainian Treasure - to war for history
Documentary
Denmark
EXCELLENCE
A Wall Overgrown
Student
Germany, United States
EXCELLENCE
Water from a Stone
Revolution and Reform
Canada
EXCELLENCE
Zero Limits
Documentary
United States
EXCELLENCE
Exceptional Merit
Film Title & Details Award
Afghanistan
Social Issues
Italy
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Agnes Heller: Philosopher, Dissident, Activist
Documentary
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Ambition is a Drug
Human Spirit
Canada
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Art Show. Why Bother?
Human Spirit
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
On the Backs of our Ancestors
Historical Documentaries
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Boulder Kirtan Fever
Human Spirit
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Conspiracists
Documentary
United Kingdom
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Cordy
Docu-drama Short
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Etaf
Student
Slovenia
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Exile Never Ends
Documentary
Germany
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
A Favela Thing
Social Issues
Brazil
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Forever Families: Untold Soldiers' Stories of World War II
Documentary
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Freelance Beaver Detective
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT | A Documentary on the Hope and Resilience of Ukrainian Refugee Children
Human Spirit
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
„THE GENERATIONS OF MEDIA" - „Music is Dead ?"
Documentary
Austria
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Gold Fevers in Black and White. Episode 1. The Vortex: a history of violence
Documentary
Colombia
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Got To Be Free - A Village Drums of Freedom Story
Music documentaries
Germany
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Group Home Gradz
Documentary, Social Issues, Youth Issues
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Haïti, 10 years ans 37 seconds later
Documentary
France
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Halal Dreams
Docu-drama Short
United Arab Emirates
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Hammer And The Stein
Music documentaries
Italy
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Heal avec Delphine
Health
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
I Hear You!
Human Spirit
Canada
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
It's Time
Documentary
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Jimmy Carter Tribute
Docu-drama Short
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Lia: Body of Work
Docu-drama Short, Documentary
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
MAIO
Urban Exploration
Portugal
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Mangyan Ambahan: Wisdom for Our Filipino Soul
Travel/Culture/Arts
Philippines
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Michigan Visits Matter: The Family Cost of Incarceration
Social Issues
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Musical Journeys with the Black Madonna in Southern Italy
Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The New Immigrants- Hong Kongers
Student
United Kingdom
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
NYAA WA
Music documentaries
Australia
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Plastic Tourism
Environmental
Indonesia
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Project 101: A Hundred Farmers & One
Documentary
India
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Roots
Documentary
Switzerland
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
SHALOM PASSION; Never Again is NOW!
Documentary
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
This Stitching Will Last
Documentary
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Redacted Dreams
Human Spirit, Social Issues
Canada
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Skates and Steel
Documentary
Italy
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Thelisis
Human Spirit
Greece
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Through the Body: The Story of the International Body Music Festival
Documentary
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Tibet U.S. Resettlement Project
Documentary
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
A Very Sad Fairytale
Documentary
Bulgaria
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Warriors
Biography
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Who Said You Can't Dance
Docu-drama Short
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Four Women of Gulu Town
Documentary
United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Merit
Film Title & Details Award
54 & Counting
Documentary
United States
MERIT
BATTLE KIND "THE MOVEMENT"
Music documentaries
United States
MERIT
Bishop Simon Gordon
Documentary
United States
MERIT
Broad Minded City
Documentary
United States
MERIT
Caught Between Cultures: The Asian American Beauty Dilemma
Student
United States
MERIT
I dare you to climb Mount Matutum
Documentary
United States
MERIT
The Deep Dive
Docu-drama Short
United States
MERIT
Divine Visitations
Documentary
United States
MERIT
THE ELDERS
Travel/Culture/Arts
Ireland
MERIT
House on the Plateau
Documentary
MERIT
Our Land
Social Issues
Guadeloupe
MERIT
JAKE
LGBT
Switzerland
MERIT
The Last Howl
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Canada
MERIT
Later is Too Late
Documentary
Canada
MERIT
Mission Peace 2
Documentary
United States
MERIT
My Name is Khatri
Documentary
United States
MERIT
Places of Valour: A Soldier's Pilgrimage to Angola
Historical Documentaries
South Africa
MERIT
Sometimes Triumphant
Biography
United States
MERIT
The Songwriters Club
Documentary
United States
MERIT
Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert
Music documentaries
United States
MERIT
Tarik Shah: Don't Play Like Them
Documentary
United States
MERIT
Ten Cents: The Photography of Mike Flynn
Documentary
United States
MERIT
Turnbull Canyon: A Road Unwound
Urban Exploration
United States
MERIT
An Undoing
Social Issues
United States
MERIT
Vanishing: A Love Story
Documentary
United States
MERIT
Velvet Vision - The Story of James Bidgood (and the Making of Pink Narcissus)
Documentary
United States
MERIT
"Victoria: Triumph of Puerto Rican Theater!"
Biography
Puerto Rico
MERIT
VITALITY
Documentary, Human Spirit, Sports
China
MERIT
Kudos

Sub-Categories

Winning an award in a subcategory does NOT qualify for online screening or sending to our distributors.

Film Title & Details Award
Antarctica: At the Intersection of Technology and Climate Action
Research (sub-category)
EXCELLENCE
Beyond Impulse
Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
Switzerland
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Human Side Of Plastic: Babacar Thiaw
Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery, Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Interpreting Erik - Available with English &/Or Spanish Subtitles
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
Canada
MERIT
MARICON
Docu-drama Short, Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
United States
MERIT
Mr. Z: What Happens Early in Life Lasts a Lifetime
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
United States
EXCELLENCE
OUTRAGE: The Life and Times of Al Katz
Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
SOSPESI
Original Score (sub-category)
Italy
MERIT
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