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Winter 2026 Winners

Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival

Winners Announced: March 15, 2026

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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.

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Awards Scale

In order of importance

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  • BEST OF SHOW
  • OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
  • EXCELLENCE
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🏆 Best of Festival Winner

Free Power

Free Power

Category: Environmental

Country: United States

Director: Andrew Mackenzie

What if saving the planet started at your kitchen table? Free Power is a feature-length bipartisan climate documentary that reimagines the American home as the frontline of the climate battle — exploring induction stoves, solar panels, home heating systems, and energy storage. With 40–60% of the average American's carbon footprint tied to household decisions, the film argues that personal journeys can spark wide cultural change.

From a Tea Party founder who took on the Koch brothers over solar rights, to a Native American microgrid installer in Minnesota, to a single mom living in California's first Net Zero multifamily building — Free Power shows that decarbonizing your home is possible across every budget, taste, and political leaning. It is also a call to action: exposing the legislative and corporate forces that have fought to keep American homes locked in fossil fuel infrastructure.

Best Of Show
Film Title & Details Award
Arming the Arctic
Documentary, Environmental
Dir: David Baillie
United Kingdom
 BEST OF SHOW: Environmental
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE: Documentary
Behind the Walls - Episode 1 & 2
Investigative Documentaries
Dir: Harley McDonald-Eckersall
Australia
 BEST OF SHOW: Investigative Documentaries
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE: Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
The Brain Keepers
Health
Dir: Barbara Bernardini
Italy
 BEST OF SHOW
DEJA VU
Documentary
Dir: Bedabrata Pain
United States
 BEST OF SHOW
INTO THE CARPATHIAN WILD_Autumn
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Dir: Erik BalĂĄĆŸ
Slovakia
 BEST OF SHOW
Kratom: Side Effects May Include
Documentary, Health, Investigative Documentaries, Revolution and Reform
Dir: The Neese Twins
United States
 BEST OF SHOW: Revolution and Reform
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE: Documentary, Health, Investigative Documentaries
Outstanding Excellence
Film Title & Details Award
The 3100
Documentary
Dir: Mark Fisher
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
AdAmAn
Documentary
Dir: Kevin Pinski
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The adventures of photographer Hugh Wilmar
Historical Documentaries
Dir: Joost Schrickx
Netherlands
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
After Oil
Environmental
Dir: Boima Tucker
Algeria, Kenya, Sierra Leone, South Africa
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
BALLROOM BOOM
Music documentaries
Dir: Billy McGrath
Ireland
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Beneath the Badge
Investigative Documentaries
Dir: editha Zaragosa caduaya
Philippines
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Cinematic Caliphate: Redefining Propaganda in the Age of Terror
Documentary
Dir: Henry Petersen
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Community Health Officers: Building Bridges to Health
Human Spirit
Dir: Jeisa Jacob, Preetham Tegginamane, Ankita Das
India
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Cycling Through Lives: Home Doctor in an Aging Japan
Health
Dir: Makoto Ishii
Japan
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Dance Of The Wild
Documentary
Dir: Chance Foreman
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Dreams We Share
Revolution and Reform
Dir: Valentina Leduc
Mexico
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Eagle Obsession
Documentary
Dir: Jeffrey Morris
United States, United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Enneagram In Movement
Human Spirit
Dir: Lauren Nicole Reins
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Fighting Gravity
Music documentaries
Dir: Curtis Boggs
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Freedoms Under Assault
Documentary
Dir: Jacob Comforty, Robert Arnove
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA: KATHARINE LEE BATES AND THE STORY OF AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
Historical Documentaries
Dir: John E de Graaf
United States, United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Future Shapes the Past: The Hilsner Case
Historical Documentaries
Dir: Bryan Richard Felber
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Happier, Happier, Happier
Music documentaries
Dir: Telmo Soares
Portugal
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Heart Medicine
Health
Dir: James Short
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Innocenti: The Innocent Ones
Documentary, Historical Documentaries, Human Spirit
Dir: Stephen Mancini
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Ireland and the First Nations (Éire agus na ChĂ©ad NĂĄisiĂșin).
Historical Documentaries
Dir: Ronan McCloskey
Ireland
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Joanna Is Skywalking
Travel/Culture/Arts
Dir: Maja Britasdotter Östberg
Sweden
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Kriich
Documentary
Dir: Johanneke Dijkstra
Netherlands
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Last Holocaust Secret
Documentary, Historical Documentaries
Dir: Irina Gedrovich
Israel, United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Last Ride Home
Documentary
Dir: Joshua Saunders
Canada
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
LILLIAN
Human Spirit
Dir: Dante Bellini
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Long Road Home
Historical Documentaries
Dir: Barbara Anne Lindstrom
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II
Historical Documentaries
Dir: Tim Gray
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Man on the Church Spire
Biography
Dir: Edwin Beeler
Switzerland
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
From the Mountain to the Sea
Environmental
Dir: Adlai Salcedo
Canada, Colombia
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Near Death Experience
Documentary
Dir: David C Beaty
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Nothing to See Here: Watts
Documentary, Docu-drama Feature, Human Spirit, Revolution and Reform, Social Issues
Dir: Michael Soenen
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Pathway to Hope with Jane Clayson Johnson
Documentary
Dir: Chantelle Squires
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Perspectives
Documentary
Dir: Bryan Sims
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Rebel Reef: Seeds of Hope
Environmental, Human Spirit, Ocean Life Documentaries
Dir: Brynne Eliza Rardin, Patrick Joseph Krum
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Rice & Sugar
Documentary
Dir: Phillip O'Leary
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Rude Awakening
Documentary
Dir: Jonathan Kray
Netherlands
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Safe Passage
Environmental
Dir: Rebekah Lee Jorgensen, Anya Olivia Karlin
Switzerland
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Scars on the Mountain
Documentary
Dir: Christopher Pike
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
See You, Palestine
Documentary
Dir: JĂŒrgen Baums
Germany
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Sins of Our Fathers: Race, Religion and the Rise of Trump
Documentary
Dir: Joey Papa
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Stitching Strength
Fashion DOcumentaries, Health
Dir: Nate Glass
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Theatre of Dreams
Docu-drama Short, Sports
Dir: Fatma Al-Ghanim
Qatar
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
I'm Trying
Social Issues
Dir: Raymond Cruzzola
Canada
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Ultra runner vs Antelope, Persistence hunting - Myth or a Lost art
Historical Documentaries
Dir: Robi Dattatreya
Netherlands
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Unconquered: Voices of Veterans and their Partners
Social Issues
Dir: Maksym Chuzha
Ukraine
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
UNDIVIDED with Simran Jeet Singh
Religion/Faith
Dir: Jack Gordon
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Unseen, Unheard, Unafraid
Historical Documentaries
Dir: David Londo
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Unstoppable : Beyond Kilimanjaro
Documentary
Dir: Kenshin Nawa
Japan
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
VALÈNCIA'S THE CITY THAT FUELS SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
Environmental, Social Issues
Dir: PASCUAL IBÁÑEZ, CRISTIAN FONT
Spain
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
VIDA NUEVA
Docu-drama Feature
Dir: Eliana Reyes
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Voice of RĂłmulo
Documentary
Dir: David Ferry Jr.
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Wild Alps
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Dir: Daniele Gangemi
Italy
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Worse than nuking: A family's tale of survival
Documentary
Dir: Kareem El Damanhoury
Egypt, Palestine, State of
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Yu & Me
Docu-drama Short
Dir: Esther Chan, Claudine Cho
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Excellence
Film Title & Details Award
Mi America: A Journey of Discovery
Documentary
Dir: Brett Weiss
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Art Show. Why Bother?
Documentary, Docu-drama Feature, Human Spirit
Dir: Stephen Offord
United States, United States
 EXCELLENCE
Beyond Borders: a documentary in dance
Human Spirit
Dir: Cindy Welik-Salgado
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Bimaaji'
Documentary
Dir: Brady Ferdig, Michael White
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Born That Way
Human Spirit
Dir: Éamon Little
Ireland
 EXCELLENCE
The Boy Behind the Wardrobe: The Story of Winston Wicomb
Human Spirit
Dir: Albert Maritz
South Africa
 EXCELLENCE
The Brazilian Templars Mystery: Cave Mysteries and Amazon Miracles
Documentary, Historical Documentaries
Dir: Kathleen Ball
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Breaking Enigma: A World War II Game Changer
Documentary, Historical Documentaries
Dir: Tim Gray
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Butte Creek
Documentary
Dir: Adam Grunseth
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Just call me Sai, Master Sai
Religion/Faith
Dir: Sibylle Bettina Gollwitzer
Germany
 EXCELLENCE
Casa y Comunidad: Latino/a/x Housing in Oregon
Documentary
Dir: John C. Arroyo
United States
 EXCELLENCE
City of Shells: Hong Kong’s Forgotten Oyster Reefs
Environmental
Dir: Michael Wayne Sakas
Hong Kong
 EXCELLENCE
Consciousness and Science
Science
Dir: Jacques-Hervé Fichet, Elisabeth Loesch
France, Switzerland
 EXCELLENCE
Three Courses of MoCo
Culinary Documentaries
Dir: Sophia Gould
United States
 EXCELLENCE
The Diary of Successful Black Single Mothers
Documentary
Dir: Dr. Vicki Wright Hamilton
United States, United States
 EXCELLENCE
Design for Our Lives
Documentary
Dir: Luyao Tian
Tanzania, Uganda, United States
 EXCELLENCE
Don't Look Away
Biography
Dir: Ashley Malcolm Morrison
Australia
 EXCELLENCE
Emerging from the Shadows: Rediscovering the legacies of Weinberg and Korngold
Music documentaries
Dir: Veronika Emily Pohl
Not Specified
 EXCELLENCE
San Esteban: Freedom, Mysticism and Nopales
Documentary
Dir: Francisco Herrera
Mexico
 EXCELLENCE
Facing the Unknown - emergency preparedness
Environmental
Dir: Dieter Grohmann
Belgium
 EXCELLENCE
Flavor Log: Fish Sauce
Culinary Documentaries
Dir: Sun-jeong Han
South Korea
 EXCELLENCE
Flying Hero Club: Behind the Smiles
Documentary, Health, Human Spirit, Social Issues
Dir: James M. Churchman, Sheena Duggal
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Freeing Juanita
Documentary
Dir: SebastiĂĄn Lasaosa Rogers
Guatemala, Mexico, United States
 EXCELLENCE
Fulfilling Our Promise
Youth Issues
Dir: Kim Brattain, Ben Reid
United States
 EXCELLENCE
The Gentle Brawler
Sports
Dir: Adolf Zika
Czechia
 EXCELLENCE
God's gift or God's mistake
Documentary
Dir: АлДĐșŃĐ°ĐœĐŽŃ€ Đ›Đ”ĐŸĐœĐžĐŽĐŸĐČоч ĐšŃƒŃ€Đ»ĐŸĐČ
Russian Federation, United States
 EXCELLENCE
Gottipua : Beyond Borders
Documentary
Dir: Chintan Kamlesh Parekh
India
 EXCELLENCE
The In Between
Human Spirit
Dir: Gary DeMoss
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Happiness Is
Documentary
Dir: Jason Wayne Frye
Canada
 EXCELLENCE
The Heart of Cacao: A Journey to Guatemala
Documentary, Environmental
Dir: Thyra Thomson
Canada
 EXCELLENCE
Holy Ghetto
Documentary
Dir: iLan Azoulai
Israel, United States
 EXCELLENCE
Homes for Hornbills
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Dir: Yanin Tangkaravakoon
Thailand
 EXCELLENCE
India’s Circularity – Not a Trend, But a Tradition from the Margins
Environmental
Dir: Purva Tavri
Not Specified
 EXCELLENCE
Ishues
Music documentaries, Social Issues
Dir: Scott Montgomery, Kevin Neynaber, Philip Romero
United States
 EXCELLENCE
LEGENDS of Bombay Beach
Documentary
Dir: christopher Gallo
United States
 EXCELLENCE
LOVE HAS NO BORDERS
Documentary
Dir: David McClendon
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Luna (Breaking the Silence)
Documentary, Health
Dir: Rami Rabee Reshmawi
Palestine, State of
 EXCELLENCE
I AM MACHINE
Technology Documentaries
Dir: Chris Glanden
United States
 EXCELLENCE
The Man Who Built The Waldorf Astoria
Historical Documentaries
Dir: Paul Cooke
Ireland
 EXCELLENCE
Making Megaforce
Docu-drama Feature
Dir: Bob Lindenmayer
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Native Worldviews
Documentary
Dir: MarcĂ­lia Cavalcante Barros
Brazil
 EXCELLENCE
Onchain Humans + Impact
Technology Documentaries
Dir: Joshua Badshah
United States
 EXCELLENCE
PARIVARA - The Last Families
Environmental, Fashion DOcumentaries
Dir: Joe Scappaticcio
Italy
 EXCELLENCE
Poetic_ Dysfunction
Student
Dir: Gerjuan Harmon
United States
 EXCELLENCE
POETIC JUSTICE
Documentary
Dir: Nicol Ragland
United States, United States
 EXCELLENCE
Pragati's Story
Health
Dir: Soumya Credits
Not Specified
 EXCELLENCE
Rainbow in the Water
Student
Dir: Logan Rance
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Real Grit: No Friends But The Mountains
Documentary
Dir: Ben Whimpey
Australia
 EXCELLENCE
Resurrecting Legends: The Rebirth of the MK IV
Documentary
Dir: Curtis Boggs
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Saury Seaweed: Whisper of the Sea
Ocean Life Documentaries
Dir: June-ho Lee
South Korea
 EXCELLENCE
Searching for the Light
Documentary
Dir: Andres A Parra
United States
 EXCELLENCE
SLEEPER THE MOVIE(A FOOTBALL DOCU SERIES)
Sports
Dir: Harold Michael Dudley
United States
 EXCELLENCE
SOUL QUEST
Documentary
Dir: Todd Dacquisto
United States, United States
 EXCELLENCE
Soul Searchin'
Music documentaries
Dir: Jesus Cruz
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Steppebound: The Case of Timur Sadvakassov
Documentary
Dir: Ainura DeStefano
United States
 EXCELLENCE
For Such a Time as This
Human Spirit
Dir: Elgin Cahill
United States
 EXCELLENCE
The Swimming Clown
Sports
Dir: Hisashi Fuwa
Japan
 EXCELLENCE
THROUGH THEIR EYES
Documentary, Travel/Culture/Arts, Youth Issues
Dir: Cedric Brusselmans
Belgium
 EXCELLENCE
As Time Goes By
Documentary
Dir: Koos Baaij
Netherlands
 EXCELLENCE
Upstream, Downriver: Uniting for Water Justice
Environmental
Dir: Maggie Burnette Stogner
United States
 EXCELLENCE
We Grew Up: Kids in Adult Prisons
Social Issues
Dir: John Bacon
United States
 EXCELLENCE
Where lava freezes
Travel/Culture/Arts
Dir: DĂĄvid Dr. MĂĄrkus
Hungary
 EXCELLENCE
Winter Taiga (short version)
Documentary
Dir: Dominique Snyers
Belgium
 EXCELLENCE
You wanted the evening back; so here it comes....
Zero Budget
Dir: Steven Hay
United Kingdom
 EXCELLENCE
Zoe Bizoe & Mimich LumiĂšre
Documentary, Social Issues
Dir: Mieke Ghys
Belgium
 EXCELLENCE
Exceptional Merit
Film Title & Details Award
Accidental Truth Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure
Historical Documentaries, Investigative Documentaries
Dir: Ron James
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Aiming To The Top - Accra Underground
Music documentaries
Dir: Orçun Behram
Turkey
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Artist behind "The Essentials"
Human Spirit
Dir: Lester Platt
Not Specified
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
AUDIOQUATROSCOPY Scales of Space Observations
Science
Dir: Hans Thierstein
Switzerland
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
BĂĄaxpee: This Ground
Social Issues
Dir: Robin Starbuck
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Beaten Earth
Religion/Faith
Dir: Jon Lewis
Brazil
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Born to Give
Human Spirit
Dir: Eunhye Choi
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
BreakPoint: The Untold Story of the Constitution Express
Revolution and Reform
Dir: Leslie Korn, Max Montalban
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Breathe: Honouring Voices of Health
Health
Dir: Kaye Tuckerman
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Being Deadly
Human Spirit
Dir: Terry William Melvin
Australia
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
My Buddy Bruce
Sports
Dir: Dave Fils-Aimé
Haiti
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Coming Home
Social Issues
Dir: Sriya Sarkar
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Common Connections
Human Spirit
Dir: Gabi Norland
United Kingdom
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Dance of Urgency: Kyiv
LGBT
Dir: Bogomir Doringer
Netherlands
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Demented Poets
Human Spirit
Dir: Ian Bustard
United Kingdom
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
DISORDER (2025) | OV-EN | `39
Docu-drama Short
Dir: JOSHUA MESZAROS
Ireland
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
BP Fallon Rock'n'Roll Wizard
Music documentaries
Dir: Alan Leonard
Ireland
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Final Hours - A Passionate Journey
Religion/Faith
Dir: Phil Dickson
Australia
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Crossing Your Line
Sports
Dir: Andres Vargas
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Gray Justice
Investigative Documentaries
Dir: Skye La Fever
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
GUARDIAN ANGELS
Human Spirit
Dir: Brian Delate
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Her Path to Education: A Maasai Girl's Journey
Student
Dir: Ellrose Charlotte Hanlon
Tanzania
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Hello! My Name Is Blotto THE MOVIE
Music documentaries
Dir: Robert Lichter
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Ibiza the island with many facets subtitled
Travel/Culture/Arts
Dir: Jonas Marcel Alfred Graf
Switzerland
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Into the clouds
Travel/Culture/Arts
Dir: shareef haq
Vietnam
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Little Something
Documentary
Dir: Shan Jiang
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Living in the Grey: When our worlds turn upside down, what are the stories we tell?
Documentary
Dir: Heidi Latsky
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Lorencito MĂ­o
Health
Dir: Briana Derise Molina
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Mar Musa
Documentary
Dir: Schahab Kermani
Germany
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Mary's eternal ways
Religion/Faith
Not Specified
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Message From My Dad
Historical Documentaries
Dir: Patricia Bury Salier
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Minna: A Boat for Everyone
Documentary
Dir: Yuki Nishiyama
Japan
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
MORGAN WOOD "EVERYTHING ALWAYS HAPPENS SO MUCH"
Biography, Documentary
Dir: Richard Gonzales
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Mr. McNally's Neighborhood
Human Spirit, Actor: Lead (Subcat)
Dir: P. S. Foley
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
My Name Is Robert Ruark
Student
Dir: Si Paros
Australia
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
An Ordinary Couple 2.0
Documentary, LGBT, Revolution and Reform, Zero Budget
Dir: Jay Gianukos, Susan Barnes
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
"OUT-OfSIGHT and OUT-OF-MIND what is in your drinking water".
Documentary
Dir: Ryan Bijan
United States, United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Pints With Kelly
Zero Budget
Dir: Stephen Michael Kelly
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Price of Dreams
Social Issues
Dir: Diễm HĂ  Lệ
Canada, Vietnam
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Holy Prostitution: Daughter for Sale
Social Issues
Dir: Natasha Dematrea, Cheryl Halpern
Not Specified
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Peculiar Saga of Gubu Man
Technology Documentaries
Dir: Renata Lima, Silvio Severino
Ireland
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Poetry Café in Meaux
Zero Budget
Dir: Claudine JOLY
France
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Psychedelics and Addiction Recovery
Health
Dir: Paul Lisy
United States, United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Quit Laughing God, This is Serious!
Documentary
Dir: Michael Weissman
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Raisin D'Etre
Historical Documentaries
Dir: Byron Russell
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Remember the Alamo Bowl
Sports
Dir: Clint Foster
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Saving Jackson
Human Spirit, Investigative Documentaries
Dir: Lee Gladstone
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Scopes Trial. 100 Years Latet
Social Issues
Dir: Scott Turner
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Shanaya's Path
LGBT
Dir: Frank Röhrig
Netherlands
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Sharks in a Changing Sea: Stories from the Depths and the People Who Know Them
Student
Dir: Lily Zhang
United States, United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Slow Express
Student
Dir: Taegyeong Bahk
South Korea
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Sound Between the Beats
Music documentaries
Dir: Emi Nishimura
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Spices & Silks: The Baba Nyonya Legacy
Travel/Culture/Arts
Dir: Audrey Tang
United Kingdom
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Stolen Ground: The Tygerberg Racetrack Land Invasion
Documentary, Investigative Documentaries, Social Issues, Zero Budget
Dir: Joe Emilio
South Africa
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Sunlight--Children Matter
Social Issues
Not Specified
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Tango with the Wolf (2025) OV-HU-EN
Zero Budget
Dir: Joshua Meszaros
Hungary
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Unicycling Unicorn
Human Spirit
Dir: Robert Bartolome
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Up Up and Away
Travel/Culture/Arts
Dir: Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Vagabond in Red: Iquitos
Documentary
Dir: Tom Lonero
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
We had never been ill
Social Issues
Dir: Emilio Gelosi, Fabio Blaco
Italy
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The World I Know
Documentary
United States
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Worth Within
Health
Dir: Raginie Duara
United Kingdom
 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Merit
Film Title & Details Award
Anza Borrego - Sunrise To Sunset
Documentary
Dir: Peter Wick
United States
 MERIT
AYA
Docu-drama Short
Dir: Javier Diaz Mediavilla
Spain
 MERIT
Behind the Mask: A Wounded Soul
Human Spirit
Dir: Jovan Rameau
United States
 MERIT
Beyond the Walls: Voices of Lunetta in VR360
Zero Budget
Dir: Antonio Cortese, Nicole Cuda, Amata Gatto, Sonia Golemme
Italy
 MERIT
Dave's Garage
Docu-drama Feature
Dir: David Beavis
United States
 MERIT
DOCUFILM "CIMAROSA"
Historical Documentaries
Dir: Raffaele Letizia
Italy
 MERIT
The Exile from Bessarabia
Historical Documentaries, True Crime Documentaries
Dir: Sergiu Ene, Natalia Ghilascu
Moldova
 MERIT
Forgotten Children Sing
Documentary
Dir: Mark Lee Hegarty
United Kingdom
 MERIT
FORGOTTEN SURVIVOR
Documentary, Student
Thailand
 MERIT
How Close Are We? Digital Relationships in China
Documentary
Dir: Yutong Wu
China
 MERIT
Human Accident - The Rising Epidemic of Train Suicides in Japan.
Student
Dir: William Ryusei Grové
Japan, United States
 MERIT
Island of Gods
Student
Dir: Siqi Zhou
China
 MERIT
JamCation: The Chronicles of Now Defunkt
Music documentaries
Dir: Scott Macklin
United States
 MERIT
Breathe: Honouring Voices of Health
Health
Dir: Kaye Tuckerman
United States
 MERIT
A Million Voices: Only One Matters
Human Spirit
Dir: Christine Bowden
United States
 MERIT
A Mixtape for Stom
Biography
Dir: Adrian Goycoolea
United Kingdom
 MERIT
O FÌLO - THE FRIEND
Documentary
Dir: Paolo CalĂŹ
Italy
 MERIT
Prestige Directors Cut Ben's Version
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
Not Specified
 MERIT
The Pounders - We Are Who We Are
Documentary
Dir: Deborah A Brown
United States
 MERIT
Pulse
Human Spirit
Dir: May Kassem
Lebanon
 MERIT
Queer, Broke & Amazing!
LGBT
Dir: C. A. Griffith, H. L. T. Quan
United States
 MERIT
Like the Rain, Like the Sea
Documentary
Dir: Sogol Khermandar
Iran, Islamic Republic of
 MERIT
Rocketman The Story
Historical Documentaries
Dir: Michael R Hawkins
United States
 MERIT
A Star Alone
Biography
Dir: Shailah Edmonds, David Fasano
United States
 MERIT
Siranoosh: an Armenian journey
Human Spirit
Dir: Paul Jonathan Rigg
Spain
 MERIT
The Support Sake Tour
Music documentaries
Dir: Christopher Leyva, Raechel Kadoya
United States
 MERIT
Tahi: The Human Journey
Documentary
Dir: Karina J. Duffy
United States
 MERIT
Trails
Sports
Dir: Illya Rudkin
United Kingdom
 MERIT
The Very Famous JP Henry
Human Spirit
Dir: Jon Ware
Not Specified
 MERIT
The VoltCon Force
Human Spirit
Dir: Kevin J Nettles
United States
 MERIT
A Wanderer's World
Documentary
Dir: Kamil Trzebiatowski
Poland
 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
Between the Lines
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
Dir: Liz McGregor
United States
 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Eitai - Community Togetherness
Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
Dir: sally bashford-squires
United Kingdom
 EXCELLENCE
Neptune's Fallen Heroes
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
Dir: Collins Reagan
United States, United States
 EXCELLENCE
THE PRETTIEST GIRL
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
Dir: Virna Paz
Brazil
 MERIT
Where Hope Happens
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
Dir: Nahir Moreno
United States
 EXCELLENCE
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