| 2025 | The Other Profile (Armel Hostiou, Democratic Republic of Congo/ France, 2024) | Winner | 
| Sama in the Forest (Carlos Gómez & Coralynn V. Davies, India/ USA, 2023) | Special Mention | |
| 2023 | Once Upon a Village (Srishti Lakhera, India, 2021) [sponsored by SAPIENS Magazine] | Winner | 
| 2021 | The Two Lives of Li Ermao (Jia Yuchuan, China/ UK, 2019) | Winner | 
| 2019 | Even When I Fall (Kate McLarnon & Sky Neal, UK, 2017) | Winner | 
| 2017 | The Cinema Travellers (Shirley Abraham & Amit Madheshiya, India, 2016) | Winner | 
| 2015 | Sepideh: Reaching for the Stars (Berit Madsen, Denmark, 2013) | Winner | 
| 2013 | Algorithms (Ian McDonald & Geetha J., India/ UK, 2012) | Winner | 
| Village at the End of the World (Sarah Gavron, UK/ Denmark, 2012) | Special Mention | |
| 2011 | I Dream of Mummers (Adela Peeva, Bulgaria, 2010) | Winner | 
| The Lover and the Beloved (Andy Lawrence, UK, 2010) | Special Mention | |
| 2009 | The Meaning of Life (Hugh Brody, Canada, 2008) [sponsored by the Wallflower Press] | Winner | 
| 2007 | Sona and her Family (Daniela Rusnoková, Slovakia, 2006) [sponsored by the Manchester University Press] | Winner | 
| 2005 | Sisters in Law (Kim Longinotto & Florence Ayisi, UK, 2005) [sponsored by the New Internationalist] | Winner | 
