Award-Winning independent Documentary Films
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2020 Spotlight Documentary Film Awards
5x7
Director Michele Citoni
Spotlight Silver Award
8 Weeks to Happy
Director Kallie Bryant
Spotlight Silver Award
12th Street
Directors Gregory Lovett, Matthijs Heesemans
Spotlight Silver Award
19 Shades of Black
Director John Brooks
Spotlight Silver Award
50 Little Birds
Director Hannah Lindgren
Spotlight Platinum Award
100 Boats: A Hurricane Harvey Documentary
Director Syed Hasan
Spotlight Silver Award
Director Amedeo Staiano
Spotlight Bronze Award
A Bard for the Ages
Director Brian Barsuglia
Spotlight Bronze Award
A Bay to Cherish
Director Freddy Moyano
Spotlight Silver Award
Abel Cuerda - The Colour Painter
Director Juan Antonio Moreno
Spotlight Silver Award
A Better Way
Director Clay Vaughan
Spotlight Gold Award
Adventure of Fragrance
Director şahin yiğit
Spotlight Gold Award
A Fighting Chance
Director Troy Sweeney
Spotlight Silver Award
After the Coup, Malian women speak
Directors Erica Pomerance, Fatoumata Coulibaly
Spotlight Silver Award
A Greenlander
Director Nicholas Jones
Spotlight Gold Award
Alaska Long Hunters
Director Mark Rose
Spotlight Silver Award
Alexandre the Fool / Alexander Odyssey
Director Pedro Pires
Spotlight Gold Award
Alice Street
Director Spencer I Wilkinson
Spotlight Platinum Award
Alimos, Greek Riviera's Blue Diamond
Director Nico Mastorakis
Spotlight Gold Award
All the Way - The Making of Swimrun Champions
Director Carl Eneroth
Spotlight Gold Award
Alone Across The Arctic
Director Francis Luta
Spotlight Gold Award
A Long Way to Kansas
Director Stefano Notaro
Spotlight Silver Award
Alway5: The Ryan Dungey Story
Directors Ryan Marcus, Chris Onstott
Spotlight Silver Award
American Caricature
Directors Joe Ciomek, Tom Faraci
Spotlight Silver Award
AMERICART 2019
Director Christelle Bois
Spotlight Silver Award
Director Neta Ariel
Spotlight Gold Award
Amy's Victory Dance
Director Brian Thomas
Spotlight Silver Award
An Irish Underdog Story
Director Jonny Farrelly
Spotlight Bronze Award
Another Child
Directors Leanna Borsellino, James Headrick
Spotlight Silver Award
Architecture is Not an Image
Directors Daoud Bouledroua, Elke Mittmann
Spotlight Gold Award
Arctic Night
Director FENGFENG
Spotlight Gold Award
Ashes
Director Jiuxun Jin
Spotlight Silver Award
A Tower Block in Ladbroke Grove
Director Peter Heslop-Smith
Spotlight Silver Award
A Voice for Whales
Director Selket Kaufman
Spotlight Gold Award
Beer Boom
Directors Eric W Schleyer, An
Spotlight Gold Award
Before I'm Gone
Director Cody Graham
Spotlight Silver Award
Behind the Name SHAKESPEARE: Power, Lust, Scorn & Scandal
Director Robin Phillips
Spotlight Gold Award
Director Phil Comeau
Spotlight Gold Award
Bernard: "The Rebirth"
Director Jorey Collins
Spotlight Silver Award
Birds without Wings
Director Rishabh Thakkar
Spotlight Silver Award
Birth of an Ancestor
Director Peter Hoesing
Spotlight Silver Award
Birth Time: the documentary
Directors Jerusha Sutton, Jo Hunter , Zoe Naylor
Spotlight Gold Award
Blob Blob Fish
Director Andrew Mossop
Spotlight Silver Award
Blood, Bone & Stone
Director Thomas A. Grant
Spotlight Silver Award
Bloodless: The Path To Democracy
Director Bared Maronian
Spotlight Gold Award
Blood on the Tracks
Directors Ryan Olesen, Jordan
Spotlight Gold Award
Blowin' Up: The Chasity D. Barnes Story
Delendra Peterson & Amanda Granger
Spotlight Bronze Award
Blue Kangling
Director Matt Blackburn
Spotlight Gold Award
Boston's Homelessness Crisis
Director Sheila Burke
Spotlight Silver Award
Brave Are The Fallen
Director Jacob Whitley
Spotlight Silver Award
Britain's Big Cat Mystery
Director Matthew Everet
Spotlight Gold Award
Burn With Us
Director Joshua S. Bischof
Spotlight Silver Award
California Rising
Submitter Rob Villanueva
Spotlight Silver Award
Candango: Memories From a Festival
Director Lino Meireles
Spotlight Silver Award
Candido
Directors Manfred Rainer, Hannah Rosa Oellinger, Stefan Wirnsperger
Spotlight Silver Award
Chained Pen
Director Anna Dalmay
Spotlight Silver Award
Cinematographer
Director Dan Asma
Spotlight Gold Award
Circus Movements
Directors Lukas Berger, Mário Gajo de Carvalho
Spotlight Platinum Award
COLLECTIVE - Finding Home
Directors Brennen Meek & Beth Meek
Spotlight Silver Award
Community Through Crisis: a Vermont story
Director Wendy E. Reynolds
Spotlight Silver Award
Cops and Corpses; Victim's Cry for Justice
Director Maurice Oniang'o
Spotlight Gold Award
DACAmented
Directors Samantha Campbell, Emma Greally, Kate Parker
Spotlight Gold Award
DAMITA.
Director W. Feagins, Jr
Spotlight Platinum Award
David Foster: Off the Record
Director Barry Avrich
Spotlight Gold Award
Darling Pet Monkey
Director Jim McDonough
Spotlight Gold Award
Deals and Visions
Director Christian Machacek
Spotlight Gold Award
Dear Child
Director Luca Ammendola
Spotlight Gold Award
Dear Commuter
Director Birdy Wei-ting Hong
Spotlight Bronze Award
death. everything. nothing.
Director LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant
Spotlight Gold Award
Defending Our Crowns
Director Stephanie Bell
Spotlight Silver Award
Desire?
Director Garima Kaul
Spotlight Silver Award
Diagnosing Healthcare
Director Paul Roberts
Spotlight Gold Award
Displacement and Hope
Director Marta N. Bautis
Spotlight Silver Award
Don't Be Afraid if I Hug You
Director Niccolò Maria Pagani
Spotlight Platinum Award
Dream, live, create and other stories from Malasana
Director Juanjo Castro
Spotlight Bronze Award
Dreams of Hope
Directors Henry Panion, David Macon
Spotlight Silver Award
dhīvaraḥ ... way of life
Director Giridhar Nayak K
Spotlight Gold Award
Donnybrook's Hidden Treasure
Director Glenda Cimino
Spotlight Silver Award
Don't Forget Them
Director Kamaran Karym
Spotlight Gold Award
Down The Road
Director A.W. Stevenson
Spotlight Gold Award
Dry Tears of the Aral
Director Danila Volkov
Spotlight Gold Award
El Pinche Gringo and the Barbecue Diplomacy
Directors Raymond Remo, Michelle Remo
Spotlight Silver Award
Enclosure
Directors Julia Guggisberg Hannud, Catharina Scarpellini
Spotlight Gold Award
EUtopia
Director Bryan Carter
Spotlight Silver Award
Eworth
Director Christopher Romano
Spotlight Silver Award
Fair Weather Sandhill
Director Freddy Moyano
Spotlight Bronze Award
Fandango at the Wall
Director Varda Bar-Kar
Spotlight Silver Award
FARESTART : Perspective
Director Greg Westhoff
Spotlight Bronze Award
Fatal Distraction
Director Susan Morgan Cooper
Spotlight Platinum Award
Father of a Broken Angel
Director Dhiney Ramos
Spotlight Silver Award
Forgotten on Sinjar
Director Igal Hecht
Spotlight Gold Award
Five Years North
Directors Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple
Spotlight Gold Award
Font of Infamy
Director Savvas Constantinou
Spotlight Silver Award
Forgotten Valour
Director Taylor Doggett
Spotlight Gold Award
Franklin Manor
Directors Richard Sherman, John Beale
Spotlight Bronze Award
Flood Plain
Directors Paul J Shumaker, Payton Shumaker
Spotlight Silver Award
Following the Lieutenant - Buffalo Soldiers of the Bicycle Corps
Director Eric Westrom
Spotlight Gold Award
Spotlight Silver Award
Furthest Frontier: Stories from Tamatea/Dusky Sound
Director Will McKee
Spotlight Gold Award
Future of the Past
Director Takamasa Iwasaki
Spotlight Gold Award
Generation C: Growing Up in the Pandemic
Directors Adam Regenstreif , Hannah Wong
Spotlight Silver Award
Gervase
Director Michael Peel
Spotlight Silver Award
Getting Worldly
Director Edgar Grech-Cumbo
Spotlight Gold Award
Gianni Berengo Gardin's Tale of Two Cities
Director Donna Serbe-Davis
Spotlight Silver Award
Giving Hope In a Broken and Hurting World
Director Don McLeer
Spotlight Bronze Award
Glimpses From The Great War
Director Jim Nowak
Spotlight Bronze Award
GoGo City: Displacement & Protest in Washington, DC
Director Samuel George
Spotlight Gold Award
Going Viral
Director Gregory Wendt
Spotlight Gold Award
Grit
Directors N.Shanmuga Sund
Spotlight Bronze Award
Grounded
Director Emily Walowski
Spotlight Platinum Award
Guardians of the Forest
Director Jacob Wagner
Spotlight Gold Award
Hamda
Director Ilona Szekeres
Spotlight Gold Award
Happiness Only Real When Shared
Directors Fredrik Aronsson, Jonathan Kristensson
Spotlight Silver Award
Hard Phase
Director Abdulaziz Alsuwailem
Spotlight Gold Award
HARD RUBBISH - A Collection Of Memories
Director Alita Graziano
Spotlight Gold Award
Haunted Lane
Director Charlie VanderKlipp
Spotlight Bronze Award
Hello World
Director Shawn Wildermuth
Spotlight Gold Award
Higher Love
Director Hasan Oswald
Spotlight Platinum Award
Homeland Hero
Director Rahsaan Jones
Spotlight Silver Award
Homelessness Is Not A Crime
Director Mann Robinson
Spotlight Silver Award
Hometown Proud
Directors Naida Osline, Tyler Stallings
Spotlight Silver Award
HOPE IN THE HOLY LAND: Delving Beneath the Surface of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Director Jesse Schluntz
Spotlight Gold Award
Hope is Not Cancelled
Director Jordan Somers
Spotlight Gold Award
Hotel Brothers
Director Lucas Boychuk
Spotlight Gold Award
Hotel Regina
Director Matthias Berge
Spotlight Silver Award
How Do You Hold A Hot Dog?
Director Brent Collins
Spotlight Gold Award
Hutchinson:SHUNTED
Directors Eric Miller, Laurine Platzky
Spotlight Silver Award
Hyphen
Director Laura Kamugisha
Spotlight Gold Award
I Bleed
Director Leah Manasseh
Spotlight Silver Award
I Cleaned My Room
Director Ismael Lotz
Spotlight Gold Award
I Have a Name
Director Lucia Mauro
Spotlight Silver Award
I Just Wanted to Say
Director Olz McCoy
Spotlight Bronze Award
In Circles
Submitter Christina Kelso
Spotlight Gold Award
Indians, Outlaws, Marshals and the Hangin' Judge
Director Larry Foley
Spotlight Gold Award
IN SANE 2020
Directors Peter Evanchuck
Spotlight Bronze Award
Inside NASA's Innovations
Director Jonny Caplan
Spotlight Gold Award
INterDEPENDENCE
Director Greg Jeschke
Spotlight Silver Award
In The Red
Director Patrick Rooney
Spotlight Silver Award
In the Same Direction: Jeff Pifher & Socrates' Trial
Director Alexander Craven
Spotlight Silver Award
Investing Life
Director Vaishali Vasant Ken
Spotlight Silver Award
Directors Joshua B. Pribanic, Melissa A. Troutman
Spotlight Gold Award
It's Beautiful
Director Miko Nincic
Spotlight Bronze Award
It Stays With You: Use of Force by UN Peacekeepers in Haiti
Directors Cahal McLaughlin, Siobhán Wills
Spotlight Silver Award
It Was Good Talking to You
Director Samuel Ott
Spotlight Bronze Award
January 13th, Richmond VA
Director Phineas Alexander
Spotlight Silver Award
January 15 1970: Untold Memories of the Nigeria - Biafra War
Director Ed Emeka Keazor
Spotlight Silver Award
John Van Hamersveld CRAZY WORLD AIN’T IT
Directors Dave Tourjé, Christopher
Spotlight Gold Award
#JustAnotherDeadTranswoman
Director Riley Del Rey
Spotlight Gold Award
Just a Podcast | Documentary
Director Michael Burnet
Spotlight Bronze Award
Justified Journey
Director Greg Jeschke
Spotlight Silver Award
Kamo Lyfe
Director Marcel Dorsey
Spotlight Bronze Award
Kanda Bode (Don't Get Whipped)
Directors Fekad Kiros, Cheryl Halpern
Spotlight Silver Award
Keraleeya Thalangal
Director K.R. Subash
Spotlight Bronze Award
Khamid & Zulfiya
Director Ruslan Saliev
Spotlight Bronze Award
Kiana's Apache Ceremony
Director Dounia Benjelloun
Spotlight Gold Award
Kicking The Hornet's Nest
Director Kyle Floyd
Spotlight Silver Award
Kilroy and the Boy Soldier
Director Joseph Spillane
Spotlight Silver Award
Kiss the Ground
Directors Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
Spotlight Gold Award
Kite
Director Yumeng He
Spotlight Silver Award
Kuzra - The Psychology of a Female Homicide.
Director Lara Azzopardi
Spotlight Silver Award
La Amable Euforia de la Danza
Director Miguel Castanet
Spotlight Silver Award
La Lobera
Submitter Claudio Escobar
Spotlight Gold Award
Last Call for Tomorrow
Directors Gary Null, Valerie Van Cleve
Spotlight Gold Award
Director Venkat Bharadwaj
Spotlight Bronze Award
Leatherpants Moped Trip - From the Alps to Las Vegas
Director Julian & Thomas Wittmann
Spotlight Gold Award
Leaving Allen Street
Director Katrina Channells
Spotlight Silver Award
Let's Talk About It
Director Aaron M. Canada
Spotlight Silver Award
Life in the Sacrifice Zone
Director Chad Nance
Spotlight Silver Award
Line Man
Director Marcelo Silva
Spotlight Silver Award
Little but Fierce
Director Sara Barger
Spotlight Gold Award
Living with The Odds
Director Erich Meltvedt
Spotlight Silver Award
Lockdown Lunch Club
Director Déwun Owusu
Spotlight Gold Award
Lost in Berlin
Director Rodney S. Martel
Spotlight Silver Award
Love the Mission
Director Jared Cruce
Spotlight Silver Award
Love Thy Neighbor - The Story of Christian Riley Garcia
Director Brandon Smith
Spotlight Silver Award
Made In America
Director Kevin Bryce
Spotlight Silver Award
Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art
Director Barry Avrich
Spotlight Gold Award
Making Lemonade: Our COVID-19 Story
Director Christopher Francis
Spotlight Gold Award
Mamakrom
Director Joseph Pelegreen
Spotlight Gold Award
Man on the Street
Director Dakare Chatman
Spotlight Bronze Award
Marasma
Director Luigi Perelli
Spotlight Silver Award
March for Dignity
Director John Eames
Spotlight Silver Award
Marie-Madeleine: A Female Chief
Director Florence Ayisi
Spotlight Gold Award
Mauthausen - Two lives
Director Simon Wieland
Spotlight Silver Award
Mcclenty
Director Jessee Bermudez
Spotlight Gold Award
Millennium Willow
Director Fiona Yang
Spotlight Bronze Award
Missing in Brooks County
Directors Lisa Molomot, Jeff Bemiss
Spotlight Gold Award
Mission Safeer 37 Days To Freedom
Directors Viraf Kekobad, Hanif Modak
Spotlight Bronze Award
Miyamoto and the Machine: The Story of KenKen
Director Dan Sullivan
Spotlight Silver Award
Mrs. Nambiar: More than 'just' a teacher
Director Prateek Prajosh
Spotlight Silver Award
My Mother My Rock
Director Kelly Roulette
Spotlight Bronze Award
My Roblox Story - CJ Oyer
Directors Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky
Spotlight Gold Award
My Life on the Wire
Director Marko Rivera
Spotlight Silver Award
My War-Torn Family
Director Benjamin Fischerm
Spotlight Silver Award
Nobody Wants Us
Director Laura Seltzer-Duny
Spotlight Silver Award
No Defense
Director Sara Ganim
Spotlight Silver Award
No History of Violence
Directors Ellie Bernstein, Tracy Nichole Cring
Spotlight Gold Award
No Limbs No Limits
Director Steven O' Riordan
Spotlight Gold Award
Now I am an Axolotl
Director Alejandra Medellín
Spotlight Gold Award
Nurture with Nature, A Story of Ecotherapy
Directors Tanya Stadelmann, Dorothy Ibes
Spotlight Gold Award
Oceans Without Limits
Director Mark van Wijk
Spotlight Gold Award
Oh Me Lads
Director Ralph Sansum
Spotlight Silver Award
Once Upon A Time In Montgomery - The WAPX Documentary
Director David Wise
Spotlight Bronze Award
One Pandemic Day
Director Mikelle Virey
Spotlight Silver Award
On The Trail Of The Humpback Whale
Director Tony Whelan
Spotlight Silver Award
"On This Hallowed Ground" Vietnam Veterans Memorial Born From Tragedy
Director Sarah Kanafan
Spotlight Gold Award
Open Art Surgery
Director Katie Mackenzie
Spotlight Platinum Award
Open Hearts
Directors Travis Pollert, Jacob Kostelli
Spotlight Silver Award
Open Honest Conversations
Director Mauli Bonner
Spotlight Silver Award
Outbreak: The First Response
Director Rose Arce
Spotlight Gold Award
Overcoming Obstacles Through a United Culture
Director Heewon Kim
Spotlight Silver Award
Over-Flow
Director Elizabeth Ramjit
Spotlight Silver Award
Over the Barriers
Director Banu Ramazanova
Spotlight Silver Award
Pals
Director Nick Papaterpou
Spotlight Silver Award
PAT PASSLOF...unexpected conversation...
Director Bill Page
Spotlight Bronze Award
P.E.N.S. (Poetic Energy Needed in Society)
Director Mikell Limbrick
Spotlight Silver Award
Perception: Seeing Is Not Believing
Director James Purpura
Spotlight Silver Award
Pinnacle
Director Vikram Jeet Singh Parmar
Spotlight Gold Award
Pipetown, USA
Director Joaquín Ramon Herrera
Spotlight Silver Award
Porno Uncle Jim
Director Stephan Bookas
Spotlight Silver Award
Pre-Existing Freedom
Director Frederick Taylor
Spotlight Silver Award
Pride Of DC: The Hyde Rugby Odyssey
Director Jonni Masella
Spotlight Silver Award
ProDogTV
Director Randall Owens
Spotlight Gold Award
Prophets, Teachers and Kings
Director Devin A. Rice
Spotlight Gold Award
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
Director Barry Avrich
Spotlight Gold Award
Pungjeong Radio
Director Wondal Park
Spotlight Silver Award
Puri
Director Daniel Casado
Spotlight Gold Award
Qualcosa Rimane
Director Francesco D'Ascenzo
Spotlight Silver Award
Rachel's Law
Director Cameron Campbell
Spotlight Silver Award
Ramak Niakan Safi: This is Life
Director Jack Trent
Spotlight Silver Award
Rebels With A Cause
Director Dobrivoie Kerpenisan
Spotlight Silver Award
Remembering: The Maurits Kiek Story
Director Cheryl Halpern
Spotlight Silver Award
Rescue Story - Saving Companion Animals
Director Daniel Gartzke
Spotlight Silver Award
Respect the Ditch
Director Michael Cotaya
Spotlight Silver Award
Return to Foretop's Father
Director Preston Randolph
Spotlight Silver Award
Revelation
Directors Nial Fulton, Sarah
Spotlight Gold Award
Reversal of Fortune: Turkey's Unraveling Democracy
Director Barry Avrich
Spotlight Gold Award
Right Now I Want to Scream: Police and Army Killings in Rio - the Brazil Haiti Connection
Director Cahal McLaughlin, Siobhán Wills
Spotlight Silver Award
Rising Silence
Director Leesa Gazi
Spotlight Silver Award
Rivers of Ukraine. Stokhid. Part II
Director Sergii Trofymchuk
Spotlight Gold Award
Salman Bin Hamad - A VISION OF PROMISE
Director Eva Daoud
Spotlight Gold Award
Salt & Sea
Director Jack Sarcone
Spotlight Silver Award
Saved
Director Tim Pappa
Spotlight Silver Award
Saving Saffron
Director Tammy Khajotia
Spotlight Gold Award
Saving the Sacred
Director Daniel Bruns
Spotlight Gold Award
Searching for Camelot: The Quest
Director Roger Paradiso
Spotlight Bronze Award
Seeroo fi al ardh
Director Dimitri Yuri
Spotlight Gold Award
Selfie Rebels
Director Jella Bethmann
Spotlight Silver Award
Shadow of Dumont
Director Trevor Cameron
Spotlight Silver Award
Shadows of History - Hitler‘s Secret Bio Weapons
Director Marc Fehse
Spotlight Silver Award
Sh*t Saves the World
Director Troy Hale
Spotlight Gold Award
Silver Clown
Directors Zhao Songqiao, Wu Tong
Spotlight Silver Award
Director Liel Sharon Gur
Spotlight Silver Award
Sleeze Lake: Vanlife at its Lowest & Best
Directors Andrew J. Morgan, Nick Nummerdor
Spotlight Silver Award
Small Town Hero
Director Brian Swinehart
Spotlight Silver Award
Smoldering Ice
Director Aaron T Lewis
Spotlight Silver Award
Soccer Grannies
Directors Clément Boxebeld, Julia Mourri
Spotlight Gold Award
Sockeye Salmon. Red fish
Directors Dmitriy Shpilenok, Vladislav Grishin
Spotlight Gold Award
Songs From the Street
Director Mackenzie Huffman
Spotlight Silver Award
Sonnie
Director Samuel Mirpoorian
Spotlight Platinum Award
South of Everything: A Journey to Antarctica
Director Alexyn Scheller
Spotlight Gold Award
So What Can You Eat?
Director Jack Everitt
Spotlight Silver Award
Stallion Blues
Director Ryan Oligmueller
Spotlight Silver Award
Status Unknown
Director Nate Van Dore
Spotlight Bronze Award
Steel City Surfers, the Journey to Gerry
Director Bryan Murray
Spotlight Silver Award
Straight Off The Canvas
Director Anthony Saldana
Spotlight Bronze Award
Struggle For Workplace Justice: The Michael Friedman Story
Director Elizabeth Lundy
Spotlight Silver Award
SuddenRush - Memoirs of a Hmong Rock Band
Director Yacheng Moua
Spotlight Silver Award
Supermalo
Director Matthew Seger
Spotlight Gold Award
Taking Flight
Director Quitterie Hervoue
Spotlight Silver Award
Tao Qi
Director Emily Feng
Spotlight Bronze Award
Teacher
Director Ken Honjo
Spotlight Silver Award
TechTalk
Director Jonny Caplan
Spotlight Gold Award
The Alabnian Code
Director Yael Katzir
Spotlight Silver Award
The Ballad of John Henry
Submitter Matt Rice
Spotlight Gold Award
The Book of Curses
Director Iouri Goroulev
Spotlight Silver Award
The Bronze Men of Cameroon
Director Florence Ayisi
Spotlight Gold Award
The Children of Borah
Director Raza Mehdi
Spotlight Silver Award
The Cost of Darkness
Director Sandy Holman
Spotlight Silver Award
The Dancing Homeless
Director Wataru Miura
Spotlight Silver Award
The Deadliest Disease In America
Director Crystal R Emery
Spotlight Silver Award
The Donbass children
Director Lubomir Dankov
Spotlight Silver Award
Black Holes | The Edge of All We Know
Director Peter Galison
Spotlight Silver Award
The Endless Chain
Director Benjamin Jordan
Spotlight Gold Award
The Fable of a Song
Director Andy Strohl
Spotlight Gold Award
Director Norman Stone & Tim Neeves
Spotlight Gold Award
The Funeral Singer
Director Manjula Varghese
Spotlight Platinum Award
The Ghost Behind
Director Caroline Rumley
Spotlight Platinum Award
The Kids We Lose
Director Lisa Q. Wolfinger
Spotlight Silver Award
The Last Day on Duty
Director Jon Cortegoso Otad
Spotlight Gold Award
The Last Fishing Journey
Director Tanguy Guinchard
Spotlight Gold Award
The Last Lightkeepers
Director Rob Apse
Spotlight Gold Award
The Last Rites: Death for a Living
Director Charles Phang
Spotlight Silver Award
The Last Song
Directors Lisa Punz, Michael Hecht
Spotlight Gold Award
The Little Tea Shop
Directors Matteo Servente, Molly J. Wexler
Spotlight Silver Award
The Little Things
Director Michal Aronzon
Spotlight Silver Award
The Making Of Pan Rocks Rush
Director Matthew B. Moore
Spotlight Silver Award
The Man of The Monkey
Director David Romberg
Spotlight Silver Award
The Maroon Bomber
Director Joshua M. Thomas
Spotlight Gold Award
The Mayberry Effect
Director Christopher Hudson
Spotlight Gold Award
The Metta Story
Director Chow Wah Chan
Spotlight Bronze Award
The New Abolitionists
Director Christina Zorich
Spotlight Gold Award
The One and Only Jewish Miss America
Director David Arond
Spotlight Silver Award
The Other: Religion and Korean Society
Director Yubin Lee
Spotlight Silver Award
The Penan Project
Director Lau Ung Ing
Spotlight Silver Award
The Pivotal Players: Flannery O'Connor
Director Matthew Leonard
Spotlight Gold Award
The Place That Makes Us
Submitter Karla Murthy
Spotlight Gold Award
The Promise
Director Danel Aser
Spotlight Platinum Award
The Raising of the Son
Director Ricardo Jackson
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People
Director Juan C. Dávila
Spotlight Gold Award
The Reunited States
Director Ben Rekhi
Spotlight Platinum Award
The Right Girls
Director Timothy Wolfer
Spotlight Gold Award
The Road Back (Benito Glosson Story)
Director Michael Young Sr.
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Sexy Six: A Story of Lifelong Friendship
Director Kathy Drasky
Spotlight Silver Award
The SixTripleEight
Director James William Theres
Spotlight Silver Award
The Special Forces Experience
Director Zachariah Montgomery
Spotlight Gold Award
The Spider Crab
Director Tristan Francia
Spotlight Gold Award
The Story of Carmen
Director Imeh Gabriel
Spotlight Silver Award
The Sullivanians:Through a Blue Window
Director Shelley Feinerman
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Tale of the Dog: The Untold Story of Denver's Greatest Music Venue. The Family Dog Denver, 1967-1968
Directors Dan Obarski, Scott Montgomery
Spotlight Gold Award
The Undocumented Lawyer
Directors Chris Temple, Zach Ingrasci
Spotlight Gold Award
The Unheard Tales of the Tamikafest
Director Fenell
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Universality of It All
Director Andres Bronnimann
Spotlight Silver Award
The Unlikely Story of the Lesbians of First Friday
Director Kathryn L Beranich
Spotlight Silver Award
The Whisper of the Steps
Director Ksenya Kravtsova
Spotlight Silver Award
There Is No Planet B
Director Stephen Stanley
Spotlight Silver Award
There's Still Someone in the Woods
Director Teresa Turiera-Puigbò
Spotlight Silver Award
This Is Dire Times
Director Ross Anderson
Spotlight Gold Award
This is not a person
Directors Miguel Rodriguez, Pablo Ostarek
Spotlight Silver Award
Three Meals
Director Monika Ivonne
Spotlight Bronze Award
Through His Eyes: A Story of Companionship
Director Zack Williams
Spotlight Silver Award
Tierra calcinada (Scorched land)
Director Antonio Ferre
Spotlight Silver Award
To Be Us: To Work
Directors Tosca Davis, Cedrick Smith, Terrance Thomas
Spotlight Bronze Award
Together We Stand
Director Ben Greer
Spotlight Silver Award
Tony Halik
Director Marcin Borchardt
Spotlight Bronze Award
Typography Through Time: Renaissance Era
Director Rodney Roldan
Spotlight Silver Award
U-105 / American Strongman in India
Director Casey Grant
Spotlight Silver Award
United We Heal
Directors Ryan Welch, Ryan Rossman
Spotlight Silver Award
United We Sing
Director Dan Petracca
Spotlight Silver Award
Unlearning Sex
Director Zanah Thirus
Spotlight Silver Award
Untie Me
Director Magi Avila
Spotlight Gold Award
Until We Touch
Director Charlotte Mungomery
Spotlight Platinum Award
Veritas
Directors Sam Wang, Zoey Zhou
Spotlight Bronze Award
Victor
Director Christophe Hermans
Spotlight Silver Award
Victoria's Foil
Directors Brett Forrest, Brian Ryu
Spotlight Gold Award
Viennese Miniatures
Director Christian Filek
Spotlight Silver Award
Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations
Director Andrew Goldberg
Spotlight Gold Award
Directors Barry Lyons & Linda Nieman
Spotlight Silver Award
Voices from the Barrens
Directors Nancy Ghertner, Brian Francis
Spotlight Silver Award
Voter Fraudbusters
Director Michael Kasino
Spotlight Silver Award
Vulnerable Beauty
Director Manuele Mandolesi
Spotlight Silver Award
Walking on Water
Director Gianmarco D'Agostino
Spotlight Silver Award
Walk, Run, Ride, and Live.
Director Patrick Albright
Spotlight Silver Award
Warrior Women
Directors Dr. Elizabeth A. Castle , Christina D. King
Spotlight Gold Award
We Came A Long Way By Faith: Catholic Hill and St. James the Greater Catholic Church
Director George Wingard
Spotlight Silver Award
We Never Talked About This
Director Steven Nanson
Spotlight Bronze Award
When the Camera Stopped Rolling
Director Jane Castle
Spotlight Gold Award
Where She Lies
Director Zach Marion
Spotlight Platinum Award
Where the Stone Dropped
Directors Ian Paine, Graham Williamson
Spotlight Silver Award
White Wolves - Ghosts of the Artic
Director Oliver Goetzl
Spotlight Gold Award
Who is Ida?
Director Ken Kobre
Spotlight Silver Award
Who is Lun*na Menoh?
Director Jeff Mizushima
Spotlight Silver Award
Who Is This Women's Day For?
Director Monalisa Mukherji
Spotlight Gold Award
Why Do Men Cheat
Director Matthew Sanders
Spotlight Bronze Award
Why Kap Kneeled
Director Hadasah Ingrid Cornell
Spotlight Silver Award
With Love
Director Julia Beck
Spotlight Silver Award
Women are the Change
Directors Philip Lewis, Linda Stout
Spotlight Gold Award
Women of Faith: Coping with Trauma
Director Angela Heath
Spotlight Bronze Award
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Spotlight Silver Award
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Spotlight Silver Award
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Spotlight Silver Award
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