Eric Moe Award

For Best Short on Sustainability

2026 Winner Sallie's Ashes

(US, 2025, 39mins)

Faced with terminal lung cancer, 80-year-old Sallie Smith rallies an unlikely team of fellow Alabama grandmas to fight for the removal of a toxic coal ash pit that threatens the waters of their beloved Mobile Bay.

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Flo Stone & Roger D. Stone Award

For Outstanding Artistry in Filmmaking

2026 Winner Observer

Director: Ian Cheney (US, 2025, 94mins)

OBSERVER embarks on an experiment in which a series of keen-eyed observers - scientists, artists, a hunter - are brought to a range of locations around the world, and asked to simply describe what they see.

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Shared Earth Foundation Award

For Advocacy

2026 Winner Yanuni

Director: Richard Ladkani (AT, 2025, 112mins)

In this cinematic journey, an Indigenous leader’s fight to save the Amazon becomes a deeply personal battle—for her people, her family, and the future of a planet on the brink.

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William W. Warner Voice of Nature Award

For Reflecting a Spirit of Reverence for the Natural World

2026 Winner Nuisance Bear

(US, CA, GB, 2025, 90mins)

A polar bear is forced to navigate a human world of tourists, wildlife officers, and hunters as its ancient migration collides with modern life. When a sacred predator is branded a nuisance, it becomes unclear who truly belongs in this shared landscape.

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