Visioni Incontra Best Documentary Project 2026 Award
NO MOTHER’S LAND, directed by Wiktoria Szymanska Davis produced by Monika Braid, Braidmade Films
Motivation: A true story with universal resonance, capable of speaking to us all and inspiring us to fight for our children’s rights.
Cinema La Compagnia Award
NO MOTHER’S LAND, directed by Wiktoria Szymanska Davis produced by Monika Braid, Braidmade Films
Motivation: for its ability to explore complex issues of parenthood, child protection and international law through a deeply personal story, highlighting critical aspects of the Hague Convention and the need to reassess its mechanisms. For its use of archival materials and testimonies to create an intimate narrative that opens onto a broader reflection on society and its institutions. For its cinematic strength and potential to engage audiences in cinemas.
Lo Scrittoio Subtitles Award
LAZARO Y MARITZA, directed by Manuel Rossi produced by Alex Scorza, Altrove Studio
Motivation: a project which we believe has the qualities to attract international interest and which has the merit of not taking a preconceived stance, but instead allowing space for all the different perspectives and the profound, authentic feelings that drive the protagonists’ different life choices. In other words, a project that moves beyond stereotypes.
Archivio Luce Award
MALE GAMBE, directed by Francesca Zonars, produced by Nicoletta Cataldo, Insolita Film and Zonaras production
Motivation: for its ability to reinterpret and reinvent archival materials related to gender, transforming them through a reworking in tableau form and unconventional staging into an original, ironic and contemporary language. A work capable of breathing new life into memory, challenging stereotypes and representational models through a dialogue with the archive.
Bio to B - Industry Days Award
TIZIANO TERZANI, L’AMANTE TRADITO, directed by Simone Manetti, produced by Raffaele Brunetti, B&B Film
Motivation: for Simone Manetti’s ability, as an author of great sensitivity, to explore delicate themes and offer profound portraits of figures who played a crucial role in Italian history. Through Tiziano Terzani, the project promises to engage with our present through a perspective that is both intimate and universal.
Wanted Cinema Award
TIZIANO TERZANI, L’AMANTE TRADITO, directed by Simone Manetti, produced by Raffaele Brunetti, B&B Film
Motivation: we chose to reward a new perspective on Tiziano Terzani, one of Italy’s most important journalists and writers of the last century. Drawing on largely unexplored archival material, the film immerses us in his words and courageous investigation of the world, offering a curious and deeply personal view of the 20th century. Simone Manetti’s work reflects on a vanished world while helping us better understand our present.
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival Award
THE WINTER OF THE CENTURY – 1929, EUROPE IN CRISIS, directed by Linn Sackarnd, produced by Bernhard von Hulsen, 3B-Produktion GmbH
Motivation: we chose to award this project for its unique and well-developed concept, as well as for its extraordinary form. We would also like to recognise its brilliant and creative use of archival materials.
Visioni Incontra Special Mention
AMNIOS. IL PRIMO SUONO, directed by Diego Loreggian, produced by Diego Loreggian, RedString
Motivation: an emotional project, featuring a strong protagonist and striking cinematography: a story that goes beyond borders and has the ability to speak to us all.
