(Formerly JVC Professional Student Video Prize until 2003)
| 2025 | What Do Ghosts Think? (Yuefei You, Indonesia/ Netherlands, 2024) | Winner |
| 2023 | The Future of Work? (Yihao Yan, China/ Thailand, 2022) | Winner |
| Ten by Ten (Jami L. Bennett, United Kingdom/ South Korea, 2022) | Special Mention | |
| A Family Portrait (Shubham Sharma, Germany/ India, 2022) | Special Mention | |
| 2021 | Unwritten Letters (Max Bloching & Abd Alrahman Dukmak, Italy, 2020) | Special Mention |
| The Daring Young Girl on the Flying Trapeze (Nina Ross, UK, 2020) | Special Mention | |
| In Aiye’s Garden. Propagation and Processing of Enset in the Gamo Highlands (Eyob Defersha, Ethiopia, 2019) | Special Mention | |
| Ocak (Zeynep Kaserci, Turkey, 2020) | Special Mention | |
| Those Who Have Eyes to See (Melanie Grant, Trinidad, 2019) | Special Mention | |
| 2019 | The Absence of Apricots (Daniel Asadi Faezi, Pakistan/ Germany, 2018) | Winner |
| It Was Tomorrow (Alexandra D’Onofrio, Italy/ UK, 2018) | Special Mention | |
| A Very Dai Girl (MengHua Zhang, China, 2018) | Special Mention | |
| 2017 | Fighting for Nothing to Happen (Nora Wildenauer, Netherlands/ Indonesia, 2015) | Winner |
| Treasured Moments (Ravi Hart Lloyd, UK, 2016) | Special Mention | |
| 2015 | Leaving Greece (Anna Brass, Germany, 2013) | Winner |
| Cast in India (Natasha Raheja, USA, 2014) |
Special Mention | |
| 2013 | Playing With Nan (Dipesh Kharel & Asami Saito, Nepal/ Japan, 2012) | Winner |
| Vultures of Tibet (Russel O. Bush & Craig Campbell, USA/ Canada, 2013) | Special Mention | |
| Djeneba: The Lifeworld of a Minyanka Woman of Southern Mali (Bata Diallo, Norway, 2011) | Special Mention | |
| 2011 | Juarke Boys Made Men in Mboum Society (Mohamadou Saliou, Norway, 2010) | Winner |
| Men of Words (Johanne Ihle, Yemen/ UK, 2009) | Special Mention | |
| Blackstone Edge (Susan Butterworth, UK, 2010) | Special Mention | |
| Uncle Joh Still Has a Farm (Trude Berge Ottersen, Norway, 2010) | Special Mention | |
| 2009 | Sermiligaaq 65º54’N, 36º22’W (Anni Seitz & Sophie Elixhauser, Germany, 2008) | Winner |
| Enet Yapai – An Ambonwari Girl (Daniela Vávrová, Slovenia, 2008) | Special Mention | |
| Black Mountain (Charlotte Whitby-Coles & Amin Hajee, UK/ India, 2008) | Special Mention | |
| 2007 | Sona and her Family (Daniela Rusnoková, Slovakia, 2006) | Winner |
| 2005 | Lukas’ Moment (Aryo Danusiri, Norway/ Indonesia, 2005) | Winner |
| The Small Man of the Forest An Anthropology of Research (Hugh Hartford, UK, 2004) | Special Mention | |
| In Search of the Hamat’sa: A tale of Headhunting (Aaron Glass, USA, 2004) | Special Mention | |
| Fountain of Youth (Daniel Vernon, UK, 2005) | Special Mention | |
| My Brother My Enemy (Masood Khan & Kamaljeet Negi, UK, 2005) | Special Mention | |
| 2003 | Adhiambo: Born in the Evening (Ruth Prince, Wenzel Geissler & Gisela Tuchtenhagen, UK/ Denmark, 2001) | Winner |
| Life on the Tracks (Edita Carolino, UK/ Philippines, 2003) | Special Mention | |
| Ravi and Bhajay (Rachel Webster, UK, 2002) | Special Mention | |
| At the End of the Day (Claus Erichsen, UK, 2002) | Special Mention | |
| Call for Grace (Laetitia Merli, France/UK, 2002) | Special Mention | |
| Dim Sum – A Little Bit of Heart (Jane Wong, China, 2003) | Special Mention | |
| Lost in the City (Jin Xueli, China, 2003) | Special Mention | |
| Safar – The Journey (Sandhya Suri, UK, 2002) | Special Mention | |
| Steel Lives (Massimiliano Mollona, UK, 2001) | Special Mention | |
| The Most Admired Man (Julia Berg, Germany/ UK, 2001) | Special Mention | |
| 2000 | Oyakata – The Master (Aya Domenig, Switzerland, 1999) | Winner |
| Domov (Rosie Read, UK, 2000) | Special Mention | |
| 1998 | Uncle John (Juliet Jordan, UK, 1997) | Winner |
| Drake and Son (Tim Clements, UK, 1997) | Special Mention | |
| Even Memories (Rodrigo Vázquez, Argentina, 1997) | Special Mention | |
| The Thompsons (Andy Lawrence, UK, 1996) | Special Mention | |
| 1996 | Without Fathers or Husbands (Cai Hua, China, 1995) | Winner |
| 1994 | Osaka Story (Toichi Nakata, UK, 1994) | Winner |
| Leaving Bakul Bagan (Sandeep Ray, USA, 1994) | Special Mention | |
| 1992 | Almighty, Satan and the Boys (Lone Sahl-Liboriussen & Paul Utting, Denmark, 1992) | Winner |
| The Old Lady (Janine Prins, UK, 1992) | Special Mention | |
| In and Out of Africa (Illisa Barbash & Lucien Taylor, USA, 1992) | Special Mention | |
| Something Old, Something New (Marinella Nicolson, USA, 1991) | Special Mention | |
| Sahar’s Wedding (Hanna Musleh, USA, 1991) | Special Mention | |
| 1990 | Over the Threshold (Christine Lloyd-Fitt & Tesuka Yoshi, Japan/ UK, 1989) | Winner |
| Why Wear White (Sarah Cole, UK, 1989)
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Special Mention |