
Awards
Short films selected for the Festival's competition program are eligible for the short film awards, presented in two categories: documentary and non-documentary. Each category includes the Grand Jury Prize, Jury Prize, and Special Mention, with winners selected by a distinguished jury comprising film critics, filmmakers, and environmental experts. In addition to the main awards, the festival also presents special awards, which vary each year to recognize outstanding achievements and unique contributions by participating filmmakers.
Awards 2025
Main Competition
Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Theingi Win Tin
13 min · 2025 · Myanmar · Burmese
Jury Prize
Tilmann Stewart, Gaku Matsuda
15 min · 2024 · Australia, Japan · Japanese
Honorable Mention
Tao Farren-Hefer
8 min · 2024 · Turkey · Turkish
Non-Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Maryam Samadi
15 min · 2023 · Iran · Kurdish
Jury Prize
Yoo Ji-in
15 min · 2025 · Republic of Korea · Korean
Honorable Mention
Thanaphat Puangsuwan ธนภัทร พ่วงสุวรรณ
7 min · 2025 · Thailand · No dialogue
Special Awards
Founder's Special Award
Atawee Khositpatipat อฏวี โฆษิตปฏิพัทธ์
15 min · 2024 · Thailand · Thai
Young Filmmaker Award
Jessada Khimsook เจษฎา ขิมสุข
15 min · 2025 · Thailand · Thai
Audience Award
Atawee Khositpatipat อฏวี โฆษิตปฏิพัทธ์
15 min · 2024 · Thailand · Thai
Jury members
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J. English Cook
J. English Cook is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Climate Film Festival NYC. She is an art historian, film programmer, and curator and has worked on exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Venice Biennale, MoMA, and more. Her writing has appeared in various journals, anthologies, and exhibition catalogues, and she is currently completing her PhD in Art History with a focus on film and architecture at New York University.

Polen Ly
Polen Ly is self-taught filmmaker based in Cambodia. Polen’s artistic practice is rooted in social issues and nature, while his storytelling style is often expressed through different means of visualization and metaphors. Some of his films have gained recognition at international film festivals, including Tropfest SEA in Malaysia, where his short film COLOURFUL KNOTS won the first prize. The following year, Polen was selected as a Director Fellow at the Asian Film Academy in Busan, Korea. In 2021, his short documentary SIDE BY SIDE won the Youth Jury Prize at Locarno International Film Festival Open Door. His latest short fiction, FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY, premiered at Berlinale International Film Festival in 2022 and won ‘Best Live-Action Short over 15 minutes’ at Palm Springs International Film Festival Shortfest in 2022.
In 2024, Polen’s first featured documentary “UNTIL THE ORCHID BLOOMS” was premiered at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Early 2025, He currently works on his first featured fiction film ‘BECOMING HUMAN’ that receives grant from Biennale College Cinema organized by Venice Film Festival.

Tara Buakamsri
Tara Buakamsri, a co-founder of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, is actively engaged in advocating for environmental protection and climate justice. With extensive expertise in climate policy analysis and human geography, he plays a crucial role in addressing pressing global challenges. In addition to his professional endeavors, he enjoys reading non-fiction literature and has a passion for synthesizing complex academic information into accessible and inspiring narratives, making it easier for diverse audiences to understand and engage with critical environmental issues.
Awards 2024
Main Competition
Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Yusuke Ono
11 min · 2024 · Japan · Japanese
Jury Prize
Issaree Arunprasert อิสรีย์ อรุณประเสริฐ
8 min · 2024 · Thailand · S'gaw Karen
Honorable Mention
Weeraphan Thavorn วีระพรรณ ถาวร
14 min · 2024 · Thailand · Thai
Non-Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Chinanang Tamrongtanakijakarn ชินานาง ธำรงธนกิจการ
10 min · 2024 · Thailand · Thai
Jury Prize
Afif Fahmi
15 min · 2024 · Indonesia · Javanese
Honorable Mention
Chaela Tordillo
5 min · 2024 · Philippines · Filipino
Special Awards
Youth Jury Award
Chinanang Tamrongtanakijakarn ชินานาง ธำรงธนกิจการ
10 min · 2024 · Thailand · Thai
Young Filmmaker Award
Areeya Jitaree อารียา จิตอารี
11 min · 2024 · Thailand · English
Audience Award
Dr. Alongkot Chukaew ดร.อลงกต ชูแก้ว
11 min · 2024 · Thailand · English
Jury members

Dr. Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn
Dr. Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn is a lecturer at the Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University. Graiwoot is an expert in film and environment and has launched ecocinema studies at the faculty. Graiwoot's works have been published in international film academic journals including Screen and Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (JCMS).

Thida Plitpholkarnpim
Thida Plitpholkarnpim born in 1972, Thida graduated from Faculty of Architecture and Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University. She later turned her attention from graphic design and advertising to writing about film after starting her first internship at the film magazine CINEMAG. She then co-founded the film editorial team for the website edtoday.com, owned by Grammy Entertainment.
In 2000, Thida and Suparp Rimtheparthip founded the film magazine BIOSCOPE, which focuses on presenting film content that inspires and broadens the knowledge of film lovers. The magazine had expanded its scope to include other areas related to film, such as the Indie Spirit Project, which helped bring independent films to wider theatrical release; short film workshops for students, educators, and the general public nationwide; competitions and festivals that addressed social issues.
Thida's love of documentaries, coupled with her frustration with the lack of diversity in Thailand's film market, especially in the documentary genre, which combines entertainment with content that exposes the truth and inspires viewers to ask questions and take action to change the world around them, led her to found the Documentary Club in 2014. The project began with a crowdfunding campaign that was met with enthusiastic support, raising enough money to acquire the rights to excellent documentaries from around the world, add Thai subtitles, and screen them in leading cinemas.
The project has since expanded to include a variety of other activities, such as panel discussions to expand knowledge related to each documentary, screenings of documentaries and academic events with various social organizations, and screenings of documentaries to raise funds for student organizations to use in their social impact activities.

Piriya Uraiwong
Piriya is a professional specializing in water resources management, river basin planning, climate change adaptation, and water diplomacy. Currently, he serves as a freelance consultant, leveraging his extensive expertise to address complex challenges in the field.
In the period spanning 2022 to 2023, Piriya played a pivotal role as the Chief Technical Advisor for the "Enhancing Climate Resilience in Thailand through Effective Water Management and Sustainable Agriculture Project" at UNDP Thailand. Additionally, he assumed the role of "Climate Action Portfolio Manager," contributing significantly to UNDP Thailand's climate-related initiatives.
Prior to his UNDP engagement, Piriya garnered invaluable experience with giz Thailand and the Mekong River Commission Secretariat. With over 18 years of proficiency, he is well-versed in water resources management, climate change adaptation, climate-resilient river basin planning, project management, and stakeholder engagement, particularly within the dynamic Mekong region.
Piriya holds a Ph.D. from the School of Engineering at Kochi University of Technology in Japan.
Youth jury members

Wichaya Punsawat
Volunteer at GYBN Thailand
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Jaiwad Charoenwattanasuk
Editor at GreenYouth Thailand

Possathorn Watcharapanit
Film Director

Lamuetor Dangdaenwiman
Volunteer in the fields of human rights
Awards 2023
Main Competition
Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Patiparn Boontarig ปฏิภาณ บุณฑริก
15 min · 2023 · Thailand · Thai, English
Jury Prize
Nichapa Nisabdi นิชาภา นิศาบดี
13 min · 2023 · Thailand · Thai
Honorable Mentions
Napat Wesshasartar ณภัทร เวชชศาสตร์
15 min · 2023 · Thailand · Thai
Sirithan Laowakul สิริธารณ์ เลาวกุล
15 min · 2023 · Thailand · Thai
Non-Documentary Competition
Honorable Mentions
Jittinont Sujjakulvanich จิตตินนท์ สัจจกุลวนิชย์
15 min · 2023 · Thailand · Thai
Naphat Khunlam ณภัทร ขุนล่ำ
15 min · 2023 · Thailand · Thai
Siwakorn Srikhammoum ศิวกร ศรีคำม่วม, Supitchaya Thamsaengchote สุพิชญา ธรรมแสงโชติ
14 min · 2023 · Thailand · English
Special Awards
Youth Jury Award
Chinanang Tamrongtanakijakarn ชินานาง ธำรงธนกิจการ
10 min · 2024 · Thailand · Thai
Young Filmmaker Award
Jiraphat Vinagupta จิรภัทร วีณะคุปต์
4 min · 2023 · Thailand · Thai
Krongkan Kiangphalak กรองกาญจน์ เกี๋ยงภาลัก
9 min · 2023 · Thailand · Thai
Special Prize
Zayan Agha
12 min · 2023 · Pakistan · Urdu
Nandini Rao, Nirupa Rao, Kalp Sanghvi
7 min · 2023 · India · English, Kannada
Audience Award
Nopawat Likitwong ณพวัฒน์ ลิขิตวงศ์
15 min · 2023 · Thailand · Thai
Jury members

Prawit TaengAksorn
Prawit TaengAksorn is a prominent Thai film critic who writes for several magazines and online newspapers. He is a lecturer on film criticism at Bangkok University, Chulalongkorn University, Ramkhamhang University, and Thai Chamber of Commerce University. He has also authored and co-authored several books about film including ones on Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg. Since 2015, he has served on the board of directors of the Thai Film Archive (Public Organization).

Cattleya Paosrijaroen
Cattleya holds a bachelor degree from SWU (Bangkok), Faculty of Fine Arts. She has been involved in areas of arts and filmmaking for more than ten years, gaining experience in the Thai independent film industry while working in various positions for film projects.
In particular, she served as line producer for films such as By the River by Nontawat Numbenchapol (2013), PopAye by Kirsten Tan (co-production with Singapore, 2017) and as producer for Motel Mist by Prabda Yoon (2016), the omnibus film Ten Years Thailand (2018) and The Edge of Daybreak (2021). She has also produced several artists’ moving image projects, mostly focusing on art and multidisciplinary practices. Cattleya is currently developing the new feature film A Useful Ghost, with Thai director Ratchapoom Boonchachoke.

Dr. Kritsada Boonchai
Project coordinator, Thai Climate Justice for All (TCJA)
Youth jury members

Danai Chatyingyongkun
Jade is a Grade 12 student at Triam Udom Suksa School who has always loved reading, especially literature and poetry. For Jade, poetry is a way of preserving emotions and experiences through words, which is why writing poems has always been a part of his life. Beyond writing, Jade loves cats, the patterns of clouds in the sky, and raisins but dislikes coffee-flavored sweets. He is currently learning to play the khim (a traditional Thai dulcimer) and hopes to better understand nature, not only through the lens of science, but also through the eyes of art.

Nara Phonpraserth
Aim Nara Phonpraserth, a Grade 11 student at Srinakharinwirot University Prasarnmit Demonstration School (Patumwan), English Program for Talented Students (EPTS). Aim has loved music since childhood and enjoys playing the violin, piano, and singing. She sees music as a universal language that connects people and conveys meaningful messages. Beyond her passion for music, Aim is active in various school activities and currently serves as president of The Climate Club, promoting awareness of climate change among her peers.

Passa-on Jesdpiyawong
Poomai is a Year 8 student at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok Riverside. She loves reading, especially fantasy, mythology, history, and science, and also enjoys music and playing the piano. Passionate about the environment, Poomai has joined school clubs that raise funds for climate causes and organize mangrove planting. She is now part of a team working to make her school more eco-friendly and recently wrote an essay about society’s inaction toward global warming.

Jeda Jesdpiyawong
Jeda is a 10-year-old Grade 4 student at Singapore International School of Bangkok (SISB). She loves drawing and crafting, and has participated in several art competitions. She also enjoys reading, especially magical and adventure stories, which inspire her imagination and help her relax. Jeda once joined a robot creation contest where she built an eco-friendly trash-collecting robot. Through her travels, she has become aware of the seriousness of climate change and the need for greater action to address it.

Tuskin Hajisalah
Tuskin is a Grade 12 student at Buranakarn Sueksa Witthaya School in Pattani. She is passionate about various forms of art, including creating paintings inspired by her feelings about contemporary society or expressing different emotions. Usually participating in small school projects, the CCCL program is the first large-scale project she has joined. Through this experience, Tuskin aims to contribute to environmental development while improving her artistic skills.

Benchamin Traitinnawai
Ben Benchamin is a 14-year-old student in Grade 9 at Photisapittayakorn School. Growing up in a family that shares a love for animals and the arts, his father enjoys painting, his mother loves listening to and singing music, Ben naturally developed an interest in both visual art and music from an early age. He began formal music training in Grade 3 and has nurtured a dream of becoming a musician ever since. Ben created a YouTube channel to document his musical progress. His first performance was at KPN Music School, followed by competitions at his school, where he earned a Popular Vote award, one of his proudest achievements. He excels at guitar performance and has since performed on larger stages, including the Youth Pride event in front of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, and more recently, at Siam Square.

Bussaba Chatubhornpipat
My name is Prae. My friends call me “Bus” taken from my first name. I’m very into art and now exploring chalk colors. I didn’t like it as it was a bit messy but here I am… enjoying it very much. I have been creating many artworks with chalk colors lately. I also submitted them to competitions. I’m gradually developing my skills and currently learning to draw on iPad as well, which is a bit difficult as I just started. But I’ll keep going!!!

Thapani Pahusee
I’m in grade 12 studying at Chaiyaphum Pukdee Chumpol school. Before this I didn’t realize that I enjoyed doing activities very much until the COVID-19 hit. I had to attend online classes which allowed me to try doing other things including joining the work with SDGs for People. I was producing communication materials in different formats that allow the audience to understand better. This work gave me more awareness about climate change.
I want to bring these resources and information that I have done and turn them into a new format that I never worked on before which is drawing. I don’t get to draw quite often. Working with CCCL will be an opportunity to challenge myself. I want to work hard on this one and to hopefully make people understand more about what I intend to deliver. I previously joined Saturday School 11.

Khingchat Chatkul Na Ayutthaya
My name is Khingchat and I am studying at Saraburi Wittayakhom school. I’m interested in art, media, film and animation. My experience in creating media and artworks might not be extensive but I won some awards in the past. I’m currently looking for more opportunities to gain experience and develop my skills and work.
Awards 2022
Main Competition
Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Patiparn Boontarig ปฏิภาณ บุณฑริก , Chonchanok Thanatteepwong ชนม์ชนก ธนัสทีปต์วงษ์
8 min · 2021 · Thailand · Thai
Jury Prize
Weeraphan Thavorn วีระพรรณ ถาวร
15 min · 2022 · Thailand · Thai, Karen
Honorable Mention
Phapop Saengkong ปภพ แสงคง
12 min · 2021 · Thailand · Thai
Non-Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Phumchayanuth Mitrteeraroj ภูมิชญณัฐ มิตรธีรโรจน์
14 min · 2021 · Thailand · Thai
Jury Prize
Karan Wongprakarnsanti การันตร์ วงศ์ปราการสันติ
14 min · 2021 · Thailand · Thai
Honorable Mention
Methas Chantawongs เมธัส จันทวงศ์
5 min · 2021 · Thailand · Thai
Special Awards
Youth Jury Award
Li-Wei Hsu
6 min · 2021 · Taiwan · No dialogue
Audience Award
Panitarn Boontarig ปณิธาน บุญฑริก, Issaree Arunprasert อิสรีย์ อรุณประเสริฐ
8 min · 2021 · Thailand · Thai
Jury members

Chessada Sakulku
Chessada Sakulku, director of Information Technology and Corporate Communication, earned his bachelor's degree in Animal Science from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, master's degree in Environmental Science (Aquatic Toxicology) from Chulalongkorn University and a master's degree in Information Technology from King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. Prior to working for Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization), Chessada previously worked with the Ministry of Energy developing energy and greenhouse gas data management systems and supervising public relations and corporate reputations. Currently, Chessada works as the Director of Information Technology and Corporate Communication.

Chayanin Tiangpitayagorn
Chayanin Tiangpitayagorn is a Bangkok-based cinephile and an independent film critic, started working for film magazines such as Starpics and Bioscope before expanding to other journals and online media publications. He’s serving as a jury for Bangkok Critics Assembly Award; where he also leads the selection committee for its short film branches. Since 2013, he co-curates Wildtype and Wildtype Middleclass -annual film screening programmes focusing on overlooked Thai independent films- and later became one of the selection committee for Thai Short Film and Video Festival in 2022 until now. Most recently, he joined a team of jury members for Festival Film Dokumenter 2024 and guest curators for the 7th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (BEFF7).

Chalida Uabumrungjit
Chalida Uabumrungjit, director of the Thai Film Archive, Thailand, studied Journalism and Mass Communication from Thammasat University and film archiving from University of East Anglia, UK. She is one of the founding members of the Thai Short Film and Video Festival where she has served as the Festival Director since 1997. She also programmes for Salaya Documentary Film Festival and Silent Film Festival in Thailand. She coordinated programmes of Thai films for various international festivals and was also involved in making a number of experimental films and documentaries. She is also one of the selection committees of AND (Asian Network of Documentary) from 2006 to 2018. Since 2013, she has been one of the Executive Committee of FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives) and currently serves as the Director of the Thai Film Archive, Thailand.
Youth jury members

Patcharaporn Uraporn
Patcharaporn Uraporn is a Grade 4 table tennis player at Satit Ramkhamhaeng School in Bangkok. She enjoys creating art and singing, and her artworks have won numerous awards in competitions.

Waranya Mamungkhung
Waranya Mamungkhung is a Grade 11 student at Muang Pattaya 11 School (Pattaya Demonstration School) in Chonburi. She enjoys capturing different perspectives of the world through photography and is interested in contributing to the development of Thai media for a better future.

Chollatorn Yongyukantorn
Chollatorn Yongyukantorn is a Grade 11 student at the Demonstration School of Srinakharinwirot University, Patumwan, Bangkok. He is interested in environmental conservation for sustainable development and has experience producing and developing projects in collaboration with various organizations.

Felix Watanabe
Felix Watanabe is a Grade 10 student at KIS International School in Bangkok. He is Canadian and has interests in digital art, Photoshop, playing the piano, and playing football.

Ploysai Kumyod
Ploysai Kumyod is a Grade 11 student at Pang Mapha Pittayasan School in Mae Hong Son. She enjoys art, having participated in numerous drawing competitions, and is skilled in creating art from paper rolls.

Yatip Yangyubon
Yatip Yangyubon is a Grade 9 student at the Demonstration School of Thammasat University in Pathum Thani. She enjoys conversing and exchanging ideas with others, seeking new experiences, and is skilled in both drawing and writing.

Supachai Audkham
Supachai Audkham is a Grade 11 student at Yupparaj Wittayalai School in Chiang Mai. He is highly interested in youth and social development and is able to share knowledge on development through writing and public speaking.

Piroon Sansanayuth
Piroon Sansanayuth is a homeschooled student from Ratchaburi. She is currently taking a break to explore his interests and enjoys making music, songwriting, writing, sewing, gaming, drawing, and engaging in various creative activities.

Parawisa Taenrin
Parawisa Taenrin is a Grade 11 exchange student in Colorado, USA. She is interested in media, art, and the environment, and hopes her work can contribute to driving positive social change.
Awards 2020
Main Competition
Winner
Weeraya Vichayaprasertkul วีรยา วิชยประเสริฐกุล, Naruedon Sittirat นฤดล สิทธิรัตน์
10 min · 2020 · Thailand · Thai
1st Runner-up
Seree Larchanabot เสรีย์ หล้าชนบท
5 min · 2020 · Thailand · Thai
2nd Runner-up
Sasawat Loesrit ศาศวัต เลิศฤทธิ์
7 min · 2020 · Thailand · Thai, English, French, Japanese
Jury members

Vanchai Tantivitayapitak
Writer and winner of the Sri Burapha Award, Former Deputy Director at Thai PBS, and Co-Founder of Sarakadee Magazine.

Teeraporn Wiriwutikorn
Director of Hazardous Substance, Sub-division at Pollution Control Department.

Pianporn Deetes
Thailand and Myanmar campaigns director for International Rivers, a global NGO working to defend the rights of rivers and communities. For 16 years, Pai has actively worked to protect Southeast Asia's major rivers, the Mekong and Salween.

Surachai Pannoi
Thai PBS Executive Producer and Director of the Disaster Communication Development Center.

Kong Rithdee
Bangkok Post Columnist. He has written about films for 18 years with the Bangkok Post and other publications, and is one of the most prominent writers on cinema in the region.
Awards 2026
Main Competition
Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Mailee Osten-Tan
15 min · 2026 · Thailand · Thai, English
Jury Prize
Kawin Sirichantakul กวิน สิริจันทกุล
15 min · 2026 · Thailand · Thai
Honorable Mention
Muendaw Kamontum เหมือนดาว กมลธรรม
15 min · 2025 · Thailand · Thai
Non-Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
















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