Awards
Best Science Documentary
Give it a Shot
Director/author: Vaishali Sinha
Producer: Vaishali Sinha, Hemang Chheda
Executive Producer: Carrie Lozano, Lois Vossen, Jess Harrop, Caitlin Mae Burke Production Company: Coast to Coast Films LLC
Country: USA
Broadcaster: Independent Lens (US)
The Healing / Die Heilung - Eine Geschichte Vom Weitermachen
Director/Author: Marcus Richardt, Lillian Rosa
Producer: Marcus Richardt, Lillian Rosa
Executive Producer: Marcus Richardt, Lillian Rosa
Production Company: Favo Film Gmbh
Country: Germany
Hélène Huby - Her Race to Space
Director/author: Lena Leonhardt
Producer: Nadine Neumann
Executive Producer: Reinhardt Beetz
Production Company: beetz brothers
Country: France/Germany
Broadcaster: SWR/Mediawan
Best Science Documentary
The Wind, the Breath of the Earth
Director/author: Thibault FÉRIÉ
Executive Producer: Maxime BONNEAU
Production Company: SOLENT Production
Production Country: France
Distributor: Terranoa
Out of Plain Sight
Director/author: Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia
Producer: Austin Straub, Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia
Executive Producer: Chris Argentieri, Shani O. Hilton, Maurice James, Leslie Lindsey, Anna Magzanyan, Jens Jacob, Jason Pamer
Production Company: Los Angeles Times
Country: USA
Best Factual Series
Origins, A Tale of Light
Director/author: Roman Hill
Producer: IKO & Arte France
Executive Producer: Igal Kohen
Production Company: IKO
Country: France / Germany
Website
Riddle in the Wind
Director/author: Marta Sostres and Kévin Peyrusse
Producer: Bertrand Loyer
Executive Producer: Sabine Holzer, Martin Mészáros
Production Company:Terra Mater Studios, Saint Thomas Productions
Country: Austria, France
Broadcaster: ARTE G.E.I.E
Ice Women
Director/author: Jens Becker, Dorothea Braun
Producer: Dorothea Braun, Kurt Otterbacher, Hansjürgen Schmölzer
Executive Producer:
Production Company: door & bridge film / strandfilm / BSX Schmölzer GmbH
Country: Germany
Website
Best Factual Series
Kunz und die Welt
Director/author: Arne Sinnwell
Producer: Martin Tischner, Oliver Gernstl, Jonas Gernstl
Executive Producer:
Production Company: megaherz
Country: Germany
Broadcaster: Terra X/ZDF
Europa 2057
Director/author: Christian Offenberg / Gunnar Mergner / Niklas Nau / Petra Thurn
Producer: Alexander Lahl & Max Mönch
Executive Producer:
Production Company: mobyDOK GmbH
Country: Germany
Best Nature Program
Diary Of An Elephant Orphan
Director/author: Hermien Roelvert
Producer: Hermien Roelvert
Executive Producer: Hermien Roelvert
Production Company: Skydrum Films
Country: South Africa
Animus Femina
Director/author: Eliane de Latour
Producer: Serge Lalou and Alexandre Cornu
Executive Producer: Angèle Perrottet Production
Company: Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée and Les Films du Tambour de Soie
Country: France
Broadcaster: French Theatrical released January 7th 2026 / TV5MONDE (broadcast planned in 2027)
Muskox: Survival in the Arctic
Director/author: Chris Schmid
Producer: Chris Schmid
Executive Producer: Chris Schmid
Production Company: Stay Wild Studio
Country: Switzerland
Distributor: Off the Fence
Best Nature Program
300ºC – What comes after the forest fire?
Aus der Asche - Was kommt nach dem Waldbrand?
Director/author: Uwe Müller
Executive Producer: Uwe Müller
Production Company: Capricornum Film
Country: Germany
Broadcaster: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Super Nature
Director/author: Ed Sayers
Producer: Rebecca Wolff, Ed Sayers, Beth Allan
Executive Producer: Asif Kapadia, Shanida Scotland, Mark Thomas, Adrian Bull, Rachel Price, Alexander Behse, Nikki Parrott, Alice Aedy, Randy Gebhardt, Christopher Gebhardt
Production Company: Seven Productions / Grasp the Nettle / Forest of Black
Country: UK
Short & Crisp Award
Notes From Planet Three
Director/author: Simon Ellis
Producer: Simon Ellis, Rachel Robey, Alastair Clark
Executive Producer: n/a
Production Company: Bub. Wellington Films
Country: United Kingdom
The Day the Sun Stopped Shining
Director/author: Maria & Frederik Stuut
Producer: Mark Daems
Executive Producer: Nina Payrhuber
Production Company: Associate Directors
Country: Belgium
The Wonder Within
Director/author: Nina Landau
Producer: Mark Daems
Executive Producer: Nina Payrhuber
Production Company: Associate Directors
Country: Belgium
Short & Crisp Award
#danistechtalk Terra X TikTok
Director/author: Lukas Prommer (Bilderfest GmbH), Daniela Neupert
Producer: Lena Merkle (Bilderfest GmbH)
Executive Producer: Sonja Trimbuch (ZDF), Nils Otte (Bilderfest GmbH)
Production Company: Bilderfest GmbH
Country: Deutschland
Broadcaster: ZDF
Plant Life
Director/Producers: Brett Marty, Josh Izenberg
Executive Producer: Chad Cohen, Jared Lipworth
Production Company: Speculative Films, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
Country: USA
Power Of Science: Health
Menopause Mystery
Director/author: Louise Unmack Kjeldsen
Producer: Anja Dziersk, Stefan Kloos, Malene Flindt Pedersen, Johanna Dorothea Raita, Anders Riis-Hansen, Anne Krysiza Sørensen
Production Company: Hansen & Pederson, Kloos & Co, Ten Thousand Images
Country: Germany, Denmark, Norway
Chronically Ignored
Director/author: Daniela Schmidt-Langels, Sibylle Dahrendorf
Executive Producer: Anahita Nazemi
Production Company: inselfilm produktion, NAVIGATOR FILM
Country: Germany, Austria
My Word Against Mine
Director/Author: Maasja Ooms
Producer: Willemijn Cerutti
Executive Producer: Margreet Ploegmakers
Production Company: Cerutti Film
Country: Netherlands
Power Of Science: Health
Learning from the Dead
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When Pigs Fly
Director/author: Denise Riedmayr
Producer: Michael Kalb
Executive Producer: Michael Kalb
Production Company: Michael Kalb Filmproduktion
Country: Germany
Immersive Science Award
Out of Nowhere
Director/author: Kris Hofmann
Creative Director: Andreas Wuthe
Producer: Kris Hofmann, Richard Pusch, Abigail Addison
Production Company: Hofmann Studio, spec.studio GmbH
Country: Austria, Germany
One Step Beyond
Director/author: Aaron Bradbury
Producer: Ben Squires
Executive Producer: Paul Mowbray
Production Company: NSC Creative
Country: United Kingdom
HeartBeat, Son coeur a trouvé sa cadence dans le silence des rencontres
Director / Author: Bonnie Lisbon (Fanny Fortage)
Production Company: ENTER.black
Country: France
Immersive Science Award
Water Organoids
Director/author: Shapes of Emergence
Producer: Société des arts technologiques
Country: France/USA/Canada