WHAT'S EATING RALPHIE MAY

Best Documentary

Catherine Rhinehart

Lahna Turner

Ralphie May

SELLING LIES

Best Documentary Short

Leslie Iwerks

PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE

Best Producer Award

Robert Rippberger & Chris Chiari

 DOC LA Storyteller Award

 ICE-T

LET THE BELL RING

Audience Award - Feature

Best Student Documentary - Feature

Christine Freitag

 Best Cinematography 

 Max Preiss

A SONG OF AN UNKNOWN ACTRESS

Best Documentary Portrait - Feature

Peter Goeltenboth & Florian Giefer

ALICE IS STILL DEAD

Best Autobiographical Documentary

Edwin Stevens

HELEN

Honorable Mention Documentary Short

Mark Allen Davis

SHADOW LIFE

Miranda Kahn

Best Animated Documentary (tie) 

SCALING ICELAND

Best Student Documentary Mid Length

Adam Hersko-RonaTas 

PANDEMIA

Best Experimental Film

Yiannis Biliris

(Hong Kong)

STUART X

Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award

Cate Blanchett

Best Director - Documentary Short

Thibault Upton

(Australia)

THIS LITTLE LAND OF MINES

Best Director - Documentary Feature

Erin McGoff

Best Composer (tie)

Jeremy Zuckerman

THE RINGMASTER 

Best Screenwriting

Molly Dworsky

Dave Newberg

Zachary Capp

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

Audience Award - Short

Corrado Carreto 

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UNCAGED: A STAND-IN STORY

Best Documentary Portrait - Short (tie)

Marco Kyris, Blake Johnston, Kelso Steinhoff

 (Canada)

DREAM JOB

Best Autobiographical Doc - Short

Katie Burrell & Colleen Gentemann

 (Canada)

AFRICAN DRIVERS

Best Wildlife Documentary

Hector Saldago

(Kenya/Mexico)

YEMEN: THE SILENT WAR

Best Animated Documentary (tie)

Sufian Abulohom

(Yemen)

CAN DOLLS BE MY NEIGHBOR

Best Student Documentary Short

Claire He

 (Japan)

LOVEMOBIL

Best International Documentary

Elke Margarete Lehrenkauss

 (Germany)

BURATINO

Honorable Mention - Feature

Sacha Slobodyanik

Best Composer (tie)

 Anna Drubich

THE WILD

Best Environmental Film

Mark Titus

SWIM UP HILL

Best Sports Documentary

John Duarte

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JACK

Best Documentary Portrait - Short (tie)

Stacey Stone

THE OPTITIAN

Best Documentary Portrait Mid Length 

Jonty Fine

KAXA MARCA

Best Cinematography - Short

 Mariel Sosa

 (Peru)

DETRANSITIONED

Best LGBTQ Documentary

Nic Pollock

52%

DOC LA Rising Star Award

Wren Gardiner

FEW HOURS IN ATHENS

Best Actress 

 Danae Vasilopoulos

Best Film

Ari Papargyropoulos

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LIFE!

Best Short Film

Ramesh Jai

 (Ghana)

TALK

Best Actor 

 William Baldwin

 Best Film Director

 Romuald Boulanger

(France)

BUTTERFLIES FLY IN WINTER

Best Student Film

Yana Alekperova

 (Russia)

BRUISED

Best Animated Film

Rok won Hwang & Samantha Tu

BE MY REBEL

Best Song

Nena & Dave Stewart

 Best Music Video

 Virgil Widrich