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15/06/2026

This is your LAST CHANCE to have your say and vote for our Audience Award at this year's DocFest before voting closes at 12pm👇

If you have attended an eligible screening and had your ticket scanned, you'll have received a reminder email with a link to vote for your Audience Award winner 💚

You'll be able to watch the winner at a special audience award screening at 8.45pm today over at (tickets at sheffdocfest.com)

Photos from Sheffield DocFest's post 14/06/2026

Following our very special awards ceremony at the Crucible Playhouse this evening, we are thrilled to present the full list of this year’s award winners:

International Competition (Grand Jury Award, supported by Apple Original Films) goes to:

⭐️ Winner: Filthy (Sucia – Per què no vas fer res?) - directed by Bàrbara Mestanza, Marc Pujolar (Spain, 2026)

⚡️ Special Mention: Time Machine Maidan - directed by Roman Liubyi, Volodymyr Tykhyy (Ukraine, Germany, 2026)

International First Feature Competition (supported by Netflix) goes to:

⭐️ Winner: Magma (Le Magma) - directed by Mia Bendrimia (France, Algeria, Qatar, 2026)

⚡️ Special Mention: A City In The Forest - directed by Lev Omelchenko, Nolan Huber (USA, 2026)

International Short Film Competition goes to:

⭐️ Winner: Maybe Tomorrow أغدا ً ألقاك - directed by Waad Al-Kateab, Wafa Mustafa (United Kingdom, Syria, Germany, 2026)

⚡️ Special Mention: Anatomy of a Portrait (Anatomía de un Retrato) - directed by Juan Felipe León (Colombia, 2026)

Youth Jury Award goes to:

⭐️ Winner: Crocodile - directed by The Critics, Pietra Brettkelly (New Zealand, Nigeria, 2026)

⚡️ Special Mention: All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea - directed by Jeanie Finlay (United Kingdom, Germany, 2026)

Tim Hetherington Award goes to:

⭐️ Winner: The Long Cuban Night (Cuba y la Noche) - directed by Sergio Fernandez Borras (Spain, Colombia, Cuba, 2026)

⚡️ Special Mention: Birds of War - directed by Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak (United Kingdom, Syria, 2026)

Read the full list of award winners here: https://www.sheffdocfest.com/news/announcing-our-2026-sheffield-docfest-award-winners 💚

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