DOC.LONDON, the annual festival spotlighting groundbreaking independent documentary cinema, wrapped its 2025 in-person edition this Thursday at BFI Stephen Street with a packed house and powerful conversations. But the story isn’t over— the festival's brand-new digital program, OFF ON Selection, is streaming globally until 4 April, offering audiences around the world a chance to experience this year’s most compelling nonfiction storytelling.
This year’s official selection featured 30 thought-provoking documentaries from across the globe, representing filmmakers from the U.S., U.K., Lebanon, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland, Canada, Hungary, Austria, Australia, Mexico, Italy, and Belgium.
Today, DOC.LONDON is proud to announce the winners of its 2025 awards, as selected by this year’s esteemed jury:
Best Feature Documentary Film
Missing from Fire Trail Road (USA) by Sabrina Van Tassel
Best Short Documentary Film
The Other Side of Despair (Switzerland) by Varsy Buchmann
Best Connecting Cultures Film
Shifting Roots (Lebanon) by Angie Mrad
Best UK Documentary Film
Maybe We Can Whisper (UK) by Alexandre Amaral & Aoife Mandeville
Best Experimental Documentary Film
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Best Underground Documentary Film
Marija Wants To Become A Woman (Serbia) by Jovan Pantovic
Best Super Short Documentary Film
Maslenitsa (UK) by Polina Kulbachevskaia
A heartfelt congratulations to all the filmmakers who brought their stories to DOC.LONDON 2025—thank you for challenging, enlightening, and inspiring us.
