{"id":206517,"date":"2025-06-23T01:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T01:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/206517\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T01:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T01:49:10","slug":"sheffield-docfest-award-winners-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/206517\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield DocFest Award Winners \u2014 Full List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe 32nd edition of the Sheffield DocFest<\/a> has concluded in England.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Sunday, director Anastasiya Miroshnichenko\u2019s Welded Together won the festival\u2019s Grand Jury Award for the International Competition during the closing gala at Sheffield\u2019s Crucible Playhouse.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe festival\u2019s jury called the selection \u201ca portrait of resilience and strength \u2014 both of the main character and of a community that stands in solidarity. The film highlights the contrast between the generosity of the people and the harsh realities of alcoholism in the Belarussian society. An honest and delicate portrayal of a young woman desperately trying to hold her family \u2018welded together.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tKicking off on June 18, the festival hosted 51 world premieres from 68 countries of production. In partnership with Showroom Cinema, the DocNights screening program will continue year-round.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are the winners of the 2025 Sheffield DocFest.<\/p>\n

\n\tGrand Jury Award for the International Competition
<\/strong>Welded Together \u2013 dir. Anastasiya Miroshnichenko (France, Netherlands, Belgium, 2025)
Special Mention:<\/strong> The Gas Station Attendant \u2013 dir. Karla Murthy (USA, 2025)<\/p>\n

\n\tGrand Jury Award for the International First Feature Competition<\/strong>
Comparsa \u2013 dir. Vickie Curtis, Doug Anderson (Guatemala, USA, 2025)
Special Mention:<\/strong> Carmela and the Walkers (Carmela y los Caminantes) \u2013 dir. Luis Herrera, Esteban Coloma (Ecuador, 2025)<\/p>\n

\n\tGrand Jury Award for the International Short Film Competition
<\/strong>In a Whisper (Dans un Souffle) \u2013 dir. Catarina Gon\u00e7alves (Portugal, Hungary, Belgium, 2025)
Special Mention:<\/strong> Oscurana \u2013 dir. Violeta Mora (Honduras, Hungary, Portugal, Belgium, 2025)<\/p>\n

\n\tTim Hetherington Award
<\/strong>Sudan, Remember Us (Sudan Y\u2019a Ghali) \u2013 dir. Hind Meddeb (France, Tunisia, Qatar, 2024)<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Virtual Reality Competition
<\/strong>Speechless Witness of a Wandering Tree<\/p>\n

\n\tYouth Jury Award
<\/strong>Runa Simi \u2013 dir. Augusto Zegarra (Peru, 2025)
Special Mention:<\/strong> The Stand \u2013 dir. Christopher Auchter (Canada, 2024)<\/p>\n

\n\tShine Global Children\u2019s Resilience Award for Documentary
<\/strong>Comparsa \u2013 dir. Vickie Curtis, Doug Anderson (Guatemala, USA, 2025)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Whickers Pitch, Film & TV Funding Award 2025
1st prize:<\/strong> The Video Guy, Sam Howard and Alexander Dickerson
2nd prize:<\/strong> Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Koval Bhatia<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Podcast Pitch
1st prize:<\/strong> Redemption Man, Chris Mitchell
2nd prize:<\/strong> The Great Gay Penguin Cover Up, Jesse Lou Lawson<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst Cut Pitch
<\/strong>Clio Symington<\/p>\n

\n\tClimate Spring Pitch
<\/strong>Michelle Sanders, Downstream<\/p>\n

\n\tAl Jazeera Documentary Channel Co-Production Award
<\/strong>Gaza Sunbirds and Power, Elaine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 32nd edition of the Sheffield DocFest has concluded in England. On Sunday, director Anastasiya Miroshnichenko\u2019s Welded Together…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,31670,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-206517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-sheffield-docfest","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114730170013107738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}