Honoring Impact DOCS high scoring films showcasing exceptional documentary filmmaking through excellence in technical craft and creativity
Ashley Malcolm Morrison (Australia), Return To Your Corner, Documentary Feature
Ben Severance (USA), Resilience, Documentary Short
Budro Partida (USA), Bloody & Bruised: The Untold Story of The Back Room, Documentary Feature, Dramatic Impact
Daniel Clarke (Australia), Island of the Dead, Documentary Short, Viewer Impact: Content / Message Delivery
Eli Laban (USA), See Me, Hear Me, Know Me: The Welcome Project PA, Documentary Short,
Fabien Greenberg and Bård Kjøge Rønning (Norway), Norwegian Democrazy, Documentary Feature
Genie Milgrom, Candelabra LLC and Roberto Otero Morfa (USA), Between the Stone and The Flower, Documentary Feature, Latin / Hispanic Filmmaker, Latin / Hispanic Theme, Jewish Filmmaker, Jewish Theme
Harriet Marin Jones (France), King of Kings : Chasing Edward Jones, History / Biographical
Helene Klodawsky, Intuitive Pictures and The National Film Board of Canada (Canada), Stolen Time, Documentary Feature, Viewer Impact: Content / Message Delivery
Irina Vodar, Vodar Films, LLC (USA), Anything You Lose, Documentary Feature, Women Theme
Jack Teetor (USA), Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story, Documentary Feature
John L Potash (USA), CIA Drugs R Us! A Drugs as Weapons… Sequel, Documentary Feature
Jonathan Sawyer (USA), I Am This Dark World’s Light, Documentary Short, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational
Jose Miguel Soriano and Ricardo Macian (Spain), ÑUÑUYACHIY: BREASTFEEDING WITH AFFECTION AND CARE, Documentary Short
Judy Aslett (United Kingdom), My FGM Story, Documentary Feature, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Kelly Moneymaker (USA), Drum Song: The Rhythm of Life, Documentary Feature
Kerong Zhang (China), Let Wisdom of Ancient Civilizations Shine Through the Future, Documentary Feature
Lee Phillips (United Kingdom), The Protesters, Documentary Short, Direction
Luke Willms (Canada), UNBANKABLE, Documentary Feature
Manfred Oldenburg and Leopold Hoesch, Broadview Pictures (Germany), The Last Taboo, LGBTQ+ Theme
Megan Dahl (USA), TESSA, Documentary Short
Mokhless Al-Hariri (USA), Chanting of the Dunes, Documentary Feature, Women Filmmaker
Nèma van Raalte (Netherlands), ARMED with A BRUSH, Documentary Feature, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Odette Angelique Schwegler (South Africa), The Whisper, Documentary Feature
Patrick Guthrie (USA), RugbyTown Season 2, Documentary Short
Pawel Nuckowski and Michael Lum (USA), Kaniela. The Danny Kaleikini Story, Documentary Feature
Peter Issac Alexander (USA), Sci-Fi’s Forgotten AI Visionaries, Documentary Short, Creativity / Originality
Phillip Large (USA), STEALTH to SIXTH: Shaping the Next Generation, Documentary Feature
Randy Beamer (USA), Jesse Trevino: The Artist. The Man., Documentary Feature (Student)
Rhett Cutrell (USA), Figures, Documentary Feature, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Rob Beemer, Giancarlo Canavesio and Laura Obiols (USA), Ibiza’s Regenerative Revolution, Documentary Short, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Robert Edmonds (United Kingdom), MERAKI, Documentary Feature
Robin Nicole Hamilton (USA), Resolved: Never Again. The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project, Documentary Feature
Roland Paul Marconi and Gary Null (USA), Sublimation Nation, Documentary Feature
Sandra Lopez Cabrera (Italy), Langobardi – Grimoaldo, the First Friulian King, History / Biographical
Sarah Sharkey Pearce and Simon Schneider (Canada), RESIDENT ORCA, Documentary Feature
Scott Renyard (Canada), The Herring People, Documentary Feature
Sharon Yamato (USA), One Fighting Irishman, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest
Valerie Smaldone, Monty Hobbs and Matthieu Chazareix (USA), Divine Renovation – “He’s My Soul”, Documentary Short, Disability Issues
Xiaoxiao Liu and Tong Deng (China), Hope in Hutongs, Documentary Feature
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