DR. SIDNEY K. SHAPIRO WORLD CINEMA AWARDS

World Cinema Best Picture

2024: The Trap

2023: Our Father, the Devil

2022: You Resemble Me

2021: Fires in the Dark

2020: My Dearest Enemy

2019: Doing Money

2018: Streaker

2017: Land of the Little People

2016: Home Care

2015:    In Silence

2014:    When I Saw You

2013:    Inch’Allah

2012:    Apartment in Athens

2011:    As If I Am Not There

2010:    Beyond The Pole

2009:    Ocean

2008:    This Beautiful City

2007:    A Sunday in Kigali

2006:    On the Other Side

2005:    Far Side of the Moon

2004:    Dying at Grace

World Cinema Best Director

2024: Matthieu Lietaert and Erika Gonzalez Ramirez — The Illusion of Abundance

2023: Yunhong Pu — Go Through the Dark

2022: Gabriele Fabbro — The Grand Bolero

2021: Lienhard Dominique — Fires in the Dark

2020: Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník — Old Timers

2019: Lynsey Miller — Doing Money

2018: Peter Luisi — Streaker

2017: Yaniv Berman — Land of the Little People

2016: Cody Campanale — Jackie Boy

2015:   Zdenek Jirasky — In Silence

2014:   Petr Nikolaev — Godfather’s Story

2013:    David Ondricek — In the Shadow

2012:    Ruggero Dipaola — Apartment in Athens

2011:    Ed Gass-Donnelly — Small Town Murder Songs

2010:    Francesco Campanini — Il Solitario

2009:    Mai Iskander — Garbage Dreams

2008:    Shamin Sarif — The World Unseen

2007:    Danny Lerner — Frozen Days

2006:    Ricardo Mendez Matta and Poli Marichal — Thieves and Liars

 

World Cinema Best Documentary

2024: The Illusion of Abundance

2023: Go Through the Dark

2020: Ask No Questions

2019: Modified

2018: Becoming Who I Was

2017: The Island and the Whales

2015:   Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in Pyong Yang

2014:   The Aryans

2013:   Occupy The Movie

2012:   Wolves Unleashed

2010:   Milking the Rhino

 

Best World Cinema Short Film

2024: The Old Young Crow

2023: Plus

2022: Distances

2021: My Other Suit is Human

2020: Hunger

2019: Over the Wall

2018: Stealing Silver

2017: Friday Night

2016: Violet

2015:   In the Clouds

2014:   Mr. Invisible

2013:   Half Good Killer

2012:   La Media Pena

2011:   The Road Home

2010:   Andheri

2009:   Toyland

2008:   We Are All Rwandans

2007:   Fall

2006:   God Sleeps in Rwanda

2005:   Superheroes (Mexico)

2003:   Life Orchestra