Jury and awards
International Feature Film Awards
An International Jury of experts in the field of documentary will award the following prizes:
- First Prize: € 7,000.00 (divided equally between the director and the production);
- Second Prize: € 4,000.00 (divided equally between the director and the production);
- “Gian Paolo Paoli” Plaque for Best Anthropological Film.
Special Mentions may also be granted.
Discoveries International Awards
An International Jury of experts in the field of documentary film will award the following prizes: Discoveries Prize: € 3,500.00 (divided equally between the director and the production).
Special Mentions may also be granted.
Youth Jury Awards
The Youth Jury will award the prize to the most innovative film.
Italian Competition Awards
A Jury of experts will award the following prize: Best Italian Documentary: € 3.000,00 equally divided between director and production.
Special Mentions may also be granted.
Other festival awards
CG ENTERTAINMENT “POPOLI doc” distribution award for Best Italian Film offered by
CG Entertainment distribution company.
CG Entertainment Distribution Award for Best European Film of the "Habitat" section, offered by the distribu-
tion company CG Entertainment
Human Rights Award – Amnesty International Italy, awarded by Amnesty Internation-
al Italy to one of the films in the official selection.
Theatrical distribution Award: “IMPERDIBILI” offered by Cinema La Compagnia and
FST – Fondazione Sistema Toscana to the best Italian film.
Theatrical distribution Award “Il Cinemino” offered by Il Cinemino Cultural project in Milan to the best Italian film.
AMC Best Editing Award offered by AMC – Italian film and television editing association to the best Italian film.
Mymovies.it Award – awarded to the film from the selection of films at the 66th Festival
dei Popoli available on the MYmovies.it platform, as part of the MYmovies ONE service,
which receives the highest number of votes from online viewers.

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