Honoring Impact DOCS high scoring films showcasing exceptional documentary filmmaking through excellence in technical craft and creativity
Alexis Smith, Greenstone TV and Bloom Pictures (New Zealand), Te Ara – The Path, Documentary Feature
Anthony Sarracco (Canada), LAND OF THORNS, Documentary Feature
Arwa Damon and Binnur Karaevli (Turkey), Seize the Summit, Documentary Feature
Bill Sarine (USA), Possibilities, Documentary Feature
Brian Tadashi Maeda (USA), We said No! No!, Documentary Feature
Cameron D’Arcy, School for Life Foundation (Australia), SEEDS: Planting Hope Through Education, Documentary Short
Catie Foertsch (USA), What I Want You To Know, Documentary Feature, History / Biographical, Women Filmmakers
Chris Charles Farina (USA), A Bridge to Life, Documentary Feature, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Christopher Walters (USA), Comedy of War: Laughter in Ukraine, Documentary Feature
Conrad Weaver (USA), PTSD911, Documentary Feature
David Alvarez Velicia and Juan Ignacio Cuadrado Bueno (Spain), ASTURIAS EMOTION – THE FOUR SEASONS, Documentary Short
Erin Vargo (USA), Union Coffee is Hot and Sexy, Documentary Short (Student)
Francisca Siza (Portugal), Daughters of Maguey, Documentary Feature, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Gerry Potter (Canada), In Search of Professor Precarious, Documentary Feature, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Gonzalo Murúa Losada (Argentina), Pablo’s Voices, Documentary Feature
HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Part2 Pictures, Wild Elements (USA), Wild Hope: Coral Comeback, Documentary Short
Iara Cardoso (Brazil), The Human Era, Documentary Feature, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Joseph Adam LeBaron (USA), Whales of the High Desert, Documentary Short
Joseph P. D. McMaster (USA), From Controversy To Cure: Inside the Cambridge Biotech Boom, History / Biographical
Josh “Bones” Murphy (USA), The Scale of Hope, Documentary Feature
Lee Giat (USA), Wright of Passage – The Pilot, Documentary Short
Matthew Williams-Ellis (United Kingdom), Karibu Nyumbani, Nature / Environment / Wildlife, Cinematography
Nic Davis and Michel Shane (USA), 21 Miles in Malibu, Use of Film / Video for Social Change
Oliver Goetzl (Germany), YELLOWSTONE, Nature / Environment / Wildlife, Direction, Cinematography, Editing
Özlem Ayse Özgür, University of Arizona (USA), The Red Bellied Lemur on the Verge, Documentary Short
Patrick Baucelin (Martinique), THE COLOR OF SLAVERY, Documentary Feature
Patrik Soergel (Switzerland), Mission Asclepios, Documentary Feature, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational
Roy Medawar (USA), The Race of Our Lives, Original Song (I Will Fight composed by Denise Stefanie)
Shuja Moore, Do Moore Films (USA), Pardon Me, Documentary Short, Use of Film / Video for Social Change
Simone Vrech and Sandra Lopez Cabrera (Italy), Lombard Woman, History / Biographical
Steven Cowan and Barry Hal Schienberg (USA), Single-Use Planet, Documentary Feature
Tamara Nemirovsky (USA), Second Chances, Documentary Feature
Thomas Essig (USA), Something Divine, Documentary Feature, Religion / Ethics
Tim Searfoss (USA), One Second at a Time: Battling the Monster of Addiction, Documentary Feature
Zeljko Mirkovic (France), Niki Pilic- The Legend, Documentary Feature
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