Doc London 2026, Award Winners Announced

Doc.London is an annual documentary film festival that features work from around the world by up and coming artists, showcasing innovative independent cinema that invites viewers to learn and ponder. Thursday marked the closing night of the in-person part of the 2026 edition, which took place at BFI Stephen Street. The Streaming Selection, the festival's online program, remains available for streaming until 23 April.

The official selection included 24 documentary films hailing from the U.S, the U.K., Germany, France, Australia, Estonia, China, Portugal, Poland, and Indonesia. Doc.London is happy to share with you today the award winners, as chosen by this year's jury members:

Best Feature Documentary Film: 

Prophet Town (United States) by Dan Howlett

Best Short Documentary Film: 

Faustyna (Poland) by Natalia Dutkiewicz

Best Connecting Cultures Film:  

Belle de Nuit (United Kingdom) by Jack Dunn, Aurélia Lépine

Best UK Documentary Film: 

A King Comes To Town (United Kingdom) by Joseff Morgan

Best Experimental Documentary Film: 

Darlinghurst Eats Its Young (Australia) by Madeleine Preston

Best Underground Documentary Film: 

Insania Mundi (United Kingdom) by Brendan Void

Best Super Short Documentary Film: 

Manya (Portugal) by Faebitha Rahiman, Camila Amado Restrepo, Mariia Ivashchenko, Jean Jurado

Audience Choice Award:

Prophet Town (United States) by Dan Howlett

Congratulations to all participating filmmakers!

Official Selection / winners of The Tarkovski Grant

Manya (Portugal) by Faebitha Rahiman, Camila Amado Restrepo, Mariia Ivashchenko, Jean Jurado

Prophet Town (United States) by Dan Howlett

Kev (United Kingdom) by Mike Bennion

A King Comes To Town (United Kingdom) by Joseff Morgan

Push The Machine (Australia, France, United Kingdom) by Max Ward

Darlinghurst Eats Its Young (Australia) by Madeleine Preston

Insania Mundi (United Kingdom) by Brendan Void

Spiegelberg - Ein deutsches Dorf (Germany) by Adrian Sagolla

Dearest Ghost (Estonia) by Margaret Mäses

Faustyna (Poland) by Natalia Dutkiewicz

Belle de Nuit (United Kingdom) by Jack Dunn, Aurélia Lépine

To the embers (France) by Morgane Ambre

Prophet Town (United States) by Dan Howlett

Seconds Away (United States) by Benjamin Kegan

Nothing to See Here: Watts (United States) by Michael Soenen

Let it Dance (Australia) by Carolyn Corkindale

Where is Love? (United Kingdom) by Trojan Women Project

Ottilie Moore’s Protégé Charlotte Salomon (United States) by Dana Plays

Matahari — The Sun of Tiganderket (Indonesia) by Bagoes Kresnawan

KIN - Dudi & Jojo (Australia) by Tumeli Tuqota

The Measured Approach (United Kingdom) by Giulia Heaton

Simulating Space (United States) by Dave Croyle

Touching fish (China) by Yongjin Li

A Birmingham Symphony (United Kingdom) by Jemma Saunders

Ujvala Jupalli: Asterisk Athlete (United States) by Josephine Harrison

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