WINNERS ANNOUNCED
February 8, 2024
OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
September 7, 2023
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE
September 15, 2023
REGULAR DEADLINE
September 30, 2023
LATE / FINAL DEADLINE
October 7, 2023
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
January 11, 2024
ABOUT
The 12th annual SIMA Awards celebrate 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.
WHAT
2024 WINNERS OF THE 12TH ANNUAL SOCIAL IMPACT MEDIA AWARDS (SIMA 2024) ANNOUNCED
Entry Categories include: Feature Documentaries, Short Documentaries, Extended Reality (XR)/ Interactive, Impact AI, Impact Videos and Production Companies.
FINALISTS
OUTREACH TOOLKIT | FEBRUARY 8, 2024
NEWSLETTER (extended version)
SIMA 2024 WINNERS ANNOUNCED 🏆Congratulations Filmmakers!
The Winners of 12th Annual International Social Impact Media Awards (#SIMA2024) teach us this: Great documentaries aren’t just art, they’re alchemy.
“Thank you to all the filmmakers for your unwavering dedication and courage to inspire and transform our world. We are proud and honored to champion your work.” — Daniela Kon Lieberberg, SIMA Founder & CEO
View the winners list 🎥 simaawards.org/2024-winners
Join us in celebrating 📣 simaawards.org/sima-2024-winners-media-kit
The 12th Annual SIMA Awards are powered by Milatido, The Foundation for Systemic Change, GSR Foundation, International Documentary Association (IDA), Doc Society, Firelight Media, DC/DOX, Undocumented Filmmakers Collective, Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC), Documentary Australia, and Instituto Multimedia DerHumALC (IMD).
NEWSLETTER (condensed version)
SIMA 2024 WINNERS ANNOUNCED 🏆Congratulations Filmmakers! The Winners of 12th Annual International Social Impact Media Awards (#SIMA2024) teach us this: Great documentaries aren’t just art, they’re alchemy. View the winners list 🎥 simaawards.org/2024-winners
SIMA 2024 WINNERS ANNOUNCED 🏆 Congratulations Filmmakers!
The Winners of 12th Annual International Social Impact Media Awards (#SIMA2024) teach us this: Great documentaries aren’t just art, they’re alchemy.
“Thank you to all the filmmakers for your unwavering dedication and courage to inspire and transform our world. We are proud and honored to champion your work.” — Daniela Kon Lieberberg, SIMA Founder & CEO
View the winners list @simastudios 🎥 simaawards.org/2024-winners
+ Join us in celebrating 📣 🔁
The 12th Annual SIMA Awards 🏆 are powered by @_milatidobymila, The Foundation for Systemic Change, GSR Foundation, @idaorg, @thedocsociety, @firelight_media, @dcdoxfest, @undocufc, @docnational, @documentaryaustralia, and @imd.org.ar.
#SIMA2024 #FilmFestival #Documentary #Docs #ImpactCinema #SIMADocs #FilmFestivalWinners #DocsOfTheYear #ImpactStorytelling
SIMA 2024 WINNERS ANNOUNCED 🏆 Congratulations Filmmakers! The Winners of 12th Annual International @SocialImpactMediaAwards (#SIMA2024) teach us this: Great documentaries aren’t just art, they’re alchemy.
“Thank you to all the filmmakers for your unwavering dedication and courage to inspire and transform our world. We are proud and honored to champion your work.” — Daniela Kon Lieberberg, SIMA Founder & CEO
Meet the winners 🎥 simaawards.org/2024-winners
Join us in celebrating 📣 🔁
The 12th Annual SIMA Awards are powered by Milatido, The Foundation for Systemic Change, GSR Foundation, International Documentary Association (IDA), Doc Society, Firelight Media, DC/DOX, Undocumented Filmmakers Collective, Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC), Documentary Australia, and Instituto Multimedia DerHumALC (IMD).
X (TWITTER)
SIMA 2024 WINNERS ANNOUNCED 🏆Congratulations Filmmakers!
The Winners of 12th Annual International @SIMAawards (#SIMA2024) teach us this: Great documentaries aren’t just art, they’re alchemy.
MEET THE WINNERS 🎥 simaawards.org/2024-winners
+ CELEBRATE WITH US 🔁
SIMA 2024 WINNERS ANNOUNCED 🏆 Congratulations Filmmakers! The Winners of 12th Annual International Social Impact Media Awards (#SIMA2024 @SIMAawards) teach us this: Great documentaries aren’t just art, they’re alchemy.
“Thank you to all the filmmakers for your unwavering dedication and courage to inspire and transform our world. We are proud and honored to champion your work.” — Daniela Kon Lieberberg, SIMA Founder & CEO
Meet the winners 🎥 simaawards.org/2024-winners
Join us in celebrating 📣 🔁
The 12th Annual SIMA Awards are powered by Milatido, The Foundation for Systemic Change, GSR Foundation, International Documentary Association (IDA), Doc Society, Firelight Media, DC/DOX, Undocumented Filmmakers Collective, Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC), Documentary Australia, and Instituto Multimedia DerHumALC (IMD).
ANNUAL SIMA AWARDS
PRESS ASSETS
HISTORY
In 2012, award-winning documentary filmmaker and human rights activist, Daniela Kon founded SIMA to support and champion excellence in social impact filmmaking by launching an annual awards program and global distribution platforms that amplify the power of media to foster a world that is free from prejudice, discrimination and oppression.
SIMA started as the first and only international media competition honoring achievements in the creative, human rights and humanitarian fields. Today, SIMA is the most renowned global curator in the social impact space, serving independent film, academic and global social justice industries around the world.
QUOTES ABOUT SIMA
“These courageous filmmakers and activists re-imagine socio-political filmmaking. They set new standards for transparency, integrity, and creativity, while transforming their cameras, their narratives, and by extension their audiences, into vehicles for social justice. We’re proud to champion such an extraordinary range of global stories and filmmakers.” – Daniela Kon, SIMA Founder and Executive Director
“SIMA films are visual storytelling that can affect your mind, body, and soul.” – David Craig, Assistant Professor at USC’s Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism
“SIMA is quickly becoming the gold standard for social impact films, and the genre is quickly becoming our planet’s truest form of journalism. The content SIMA draws is jaw dropping.” – Trevor Hall, President of Creative Visions Foundation
“Necessary viewing for anyone concerned with international affairs and human rights issues.” – Andrew McGregor, Founder of Tiziano Project
“Watching these films was like school of the best, most expansive and inspiring kind.” – Patricia Billings, Co-founder of Milet Publishing
“Abandon the cultural conditioning of the ‘Do-Gooder Industrial Complex’ with each and every SIMA Film.” – Shawn Humphrey, Professor, Innovator & Development Consultant”
GLOBAL NETWORK
23,000,000+ media impressions yearly
5,000,000+ direct media reach
102 outreach partners
50 brand ambassadors
3,000+ filmmakers
4,600+ educators
117,400+ students
600+ media organizations
196 countries
ALL-TIME STATS
3,253 films submitted
147 countries
450 films short-listed
191 films awarded
300+ films distributed
104 languages
500+ screenings
6 continents
FILMMAKER GENDER
53.3% FEMALE
41.8% MALE
1.1% NON BINARY
FILMMAKER AGE
1.9% 18-25 YRS
36.3% 26-34 YRS
28.4% 35-44 YRS
14% 45-54 YRS
5.3% 55-64 YRS
1.2% 65+ YRS
5% DECLINE TO STATE
CONTACT
For all press or partnership inquiries, please email us directly.
#SIMA2024 SPONSORS
THANK YOU to our sponsors for supporting the championing of creative storytelling that inspires social change and for helping to share the best global impact cinema with communities and students around the world.
