(Formerly JVC Professional Student Video Prize until 2003)
| 2011 | Juarke Boys Made Men in Mboum Society (Mohamadou Saliou, Norway, 2010) | ||
| Men of Words (Johanne Ihle, Yemen, UK, 2009) * | |||
| Blackstone Edge (Susan Butterworth, UK, 2010) | |||
| Uncle Joh Still Has a Farm (Trude Berge Ottersen, Norway, 2010) | |||
| 2009 | Sermiligaaq 65º54’N, 36º22’W (Anni Seitz, Sophie Elixhauser, Germany, 2008) | ||
| Special Commendations | Enet Yapai - an Ambonwari Girl (Daniela Vávrová, Slovenia, 2008) * | ||
| Black Mountain (Charlotte Whitby-Coles, Amin Hajee, UK/India, 2008) | |||
| 2007 | Sona and her Family (Daniela Rusnoková, Slovakia, 2006) | ||
| 2005 | Lukas' Moment (Aryo Danusiri, Norway/ Indonesia, 2005) | ||
| Special Commendations | The Small Man of the Forest An Anthropology of Research (Hugh Hartford, UK, 2004) * | ||
| In Search of the Hamat'sa: A tale of Headhunting (Aaron Glass, USA, 2004) * | |||
| Fountain Of Youth (Daniel Vernon, UK, 2005) | |||
| My Brother My Enemy (Masood Khan and Kamaljeet Negi, UK, 2005) | |||
| 2003 | Adhiambo: Born in the Evening (Ruth Prince, Wenzel Geissler, Gisela Tuchtenhagen, UK/Denmark, 2001) * | ||
| Life on the Tracks (Edita Carolino, UK/Philipines, 2003) | |||
| Ravi and Bhajay (Rachel Webster, UK, 2002) * | |||
| Special Commendations | At the End of the Day (Claus Erichsen, UK, 2002) | ||
| Call for Grace (Latitia Merli, France/UK, 2002) * | |||
| Dim Sum (A little bit of Heart) (Jane Wong, China, 2003) | |||
| Lost in the City (Jin Xueli, China, 2003) | |||
| Safar (The Journey) (Sandhya Suri, UK, 2002) | |||
| Steel Lives (Massimiliano Mollona, UK, 2001) * | |||
| The Most Admired Man (Julia Berg, Germany/UK, 2001) * | |||
| 2000 | Oyakata (The Master) (Aya Domenig, Switzerland, 1999) |
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| Special Commendation | Domov (Rosie Read, UK, 2000) * | ||
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| 1998 | Uncle John (Juliet Jordan, UK, 1997) | ||
| Special Commendations | Drake and Son (Tim Clements, UK, 1997) | ||
| Hasta la Memoria, Siempre (Even Memories) (Rodrigo Vazquez, Argentina, 1997) | |||
| The Thompsons (Andy Lawrence, UK, 1996) * | |||
| 1996 | Without Fathers or Husbands (Cai Hua, China, 1995) * | ||
| 1994 | Osaka Story (Toichi Nakata, UK, 1994) | ||
| Special Commendation | Leaving Bakul Bagan (Sandeep Ray, USA, 1994) | ||
| 1992 | Almighty, Satan and the Boys (Lone Sahl-Liboriussen and Paul Utting, Denmark, 1992) | ||
| Special Commendations | A Velha/Old Lady (Janine Prins, UK) | ||
| In and Out of Africa (Illisa Barbash and Lucien Taylor, USA, 1992) * | |||
| Something Old, Something New (Marinella Nicolson, USA) | |||
| Sahar's Wedding (Hanna Musleh, USA) * | |||
| 1990 | Over the Threshold (Christine Lloyd-Fitt and Tesuka Yoshi. Japan/UK, 1989) | ||
| Special Commendations | Why Wear White (Sarah Cole, UK, 1989) | ||
| Djungguwan at Gurka'wuy (Ian Dunlop, Australia, 1990) | |||
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| * distributed by the RAI | |||
