Years running: 13 (since 2013)
Social Impact Media Awards
Global documentary competition
About
The 13th annual Social Impact Media Awards (#SIMA2025) celebrates eye-opening impact cinema that exemplifies excellence in its potential to inspire social change. Each year, films and media projects are selected from over 140 countries around the world, competing for honors, cash prizes, media features, distribution opportunities, and entry into SIMA’s signature film programs: SIMA Academy and the global SIMA Traveling Series.
Submit your film to SIMA 2025 via Festicine:
https://films-sima-awards.festicine.pro/
Awards
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AWARDS
- Best Feature Documentary
- Best Director
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Best Sound Editing
DOCUMENTARY SHORT AWARDS
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Director
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Best Sound Editing
JURY PRIZES – DOCUMENTARY @<$1000
- Transparency
- Stylistic Achievement
- Ethos
- Lens to Action
IMPACT VIDEO AWARDS
- Humanitas
- Creative Activism
JURY PRIZES – IMPACT VIDEO @<$500
- Innovation
- Impact
VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) + 360 AWARDS
- Best VR Experience
- Best Director
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Best Sound Experience
Rules
- Films must be completed between October 2023 and September 2024 to be eligible for entry.
- Each entry may be submitted by only one individual or organization. If the film is a co-production, the entrant assumes full responsibility for notifying the other co-production partners of the entry.
- All (non-English language) entries must be subtitled in English.
- Multiple projects may be submitted, however each film must have a separate completed submission form.
- Submit online via Festicine:
https://films-sima-awards.festicine.pro/
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Jury and Organizers
Daniela Kon Lieberberg
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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- Opening DateSeptember 05, 2024
- Earlybird DeadlineSeptember 16, 2024
- Regular DeadlineSeptember 26, 2024
- Late DeadlineOctober 10, 2024
- NotificationsJanuary 09, 2025
- Event Dates9 January — 6 February 2025
Impact videos that share unique insight into “how impact works”, capturing distinctive approaches, creative models, successful tactics and innovative projects of global development, education and social justice initiatives. Between 2 and 20 minutes.
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Earlybird Deadline — $20
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Regular Deadline — $25
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Late Deadline — $35
Individual, stand-alone VR films, less than 20 minutes in length.
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Earlybird Deadline — $45
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Regular Deadline — $50
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Late Deadline — $60
(less than 40 minutes)
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Earlybird Deadline — $30
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Regular Deadline — $35
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Late Deadline — $45
(40min +)
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Earlybird Deadline — $45
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Regular Deadline — $50
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Late Deadline — $60
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