Doc.Sydney Documentary Film Festival 2025 Award Winners Announced!

The 2025 edition of the Doc.Sydney Documentary Film Festival took place earlier this week in wonderful company at Palace Central in Chippendale, home to new releases, international and local art-house cinema. We'd like to thank all of our guests for coming out and enjoying our evenings of independent documentary cinema, hosted by film industry veteran John Samaha.

The official selection included 23 wonderful films hailing from Australia, France, Poland, The Netherlands, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Peru and Belgium. (This year's new online section, the OFF ON selection, remains available for streaming until 21st May, more info on the website, www.doc.sydney)

We are pleased to share with you today the 2025 Doc.Sydney award winners, chosen by the jury panel.

Best Feature Documentary Film

Danger Zone (Poland) by Vita Maria Drygas

Best Short Documentary Film

The Other Side of Despair (Switzerland) by Varsy Buchmann

Best Australian Documentary Film

Chinatown's Last Emperor (Australia) by Tyler Kang

Best Underground Documentary Film

A Man Imagined (Canada) by Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy

Best Animated Documentary Film

The Untranslatable Forest  (United States) by Ivan Miguel, Andy Camou

Best Experimental Documentary Film

Dearest Ghost (Estonia) by Margaret Mäses

Best Super Short Documentary Film

Ngurrawaana (Australia) by Kieran Satour

Congratulations to all!

We'd like to thank Palace Cinemas and The Bigger Screen for their amazing continued support.

A new Call for Entries for Doc.Sydney 2026 has been launched on FilmFreeway, submit your film now: https://filmfreeway.com/DocSydney.

See you next year!