Artdocfest/Riga Awards Ceremony 2025

On the eighth day of the festival, March 8, the closing ceremony took place at Splendid Palace, during which awards were presented in several categories. In total, the jury evaluated 31 documentary films from the Baltic Focus and Artdocfest Open competition programs.

ARTDOCFEST OPEN COMPETITION

Grand Prix — "Mission 200" (Director: Volodymyr Sydko, Ukraine, 2023)
Best Director — "Everything needs to live (Directors: Tetiana Dorodnitsyna, Andrii Lytvynenko, Poland, Ukraine, 2024)
Special Award — "Connected" (Director: Vera Krichevskaya, United Kingdom, 2025)
Special Mention — "Return of the Projectionist" (Director: Orkhan Aghazadeh, Azerbaijan, France, Germany, 2024)

BALTIC FOCUS

Grand Prix — "Trains" (Director: Maciej Drygas, Poland, Lithuania, 2024)
Best Director — "Afterwar" (Director: Birgitte Stærmose, Denmark, Kosovo, Sweden, Finland, 2024)
Special Award — "The Moment Before" (Director: Aleksandrs Grebņevs, Latvia, 2025)