• Black Pearl Award – Narrative: Touch of Sin by Jia Zhangke
• Special Jury Award: My Sweet Pepper Land by Hiner Saleem
• Best Film from the Arab World: In the Sands of Babylon by Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji
• Best Director from the Arab World: Merzak Allouache for The Rooftops
• Best Actor (Specially Engraved Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Watch): Diego Peretti in The Reconstruction
• Best Actress (Specially Engraved Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Watch): Judi Dench in Philomena

• Black Pearl Award – New Horizons: Still Life by Uberto Pasolini
• Special Jury Award: Blind Dates by Levon Koguashvili
• Best Film from the Arab World: Before Snowfall by Hisham Zaman
• Special Jury Award to a film from the Arab World: Villa 69 by Ayten Amin
• Best Actor: Jesse Eisenberg in The Double
• Best Actress: Tillotama Shome in Qissa and, Julia Wildschutt in Love Me
• Special Jury Mention: Canopy by Aaron Wilson

• Black Pearl Award Jake Eberts – Documentary: These Birds Walk By Omar Mullick & Bassam Tariq
• Honorable Mention: InRealLife By Beeban Kidron
  
• Special Jury Award: Who is Dayani Cristal? By Marc Silver
• Honorable Mention: My Stolen Revolution By Nahid Persson Sarvestani
  
• Best Film from the Arab World: Cairo Drive By Sherief Elkatsha
• Best Director from the Arab World: Hamza Ouni For El Gort

• Best Narrative: The Wound (Obida) directed by Anna Budanova (Russia)
• Best Film from the Arab World: Though I know the River is Dry directed by Omar Robert Hamilton (Palestine, Egypt, Qatar)
• Best Documentary: Le Jour a Vaincu la Nuit directed by Jean-Gabriel Periot (France)
• Best Animated Short Film: Reality 2.0 directed by Victor Orozco Ramirez (Germany, Mexico)
• Best Producer: Saïd Hamish for the film Zakaria directed by Leyla Bouzid (France, Tunisia)
• Best Producer from the Arab World: Adila Bendimerad for the film The Days Before directed by Karim Moussaoui (Algeria)

Short Narrative Competition

• First Prize: Bidoon directed by Mohammed Al Ibrahim
• Second Prize: With Time directed by Malak Quota
• Special Jury Award: Daddy ABC directed by Hamad Al Awar

Short Documentary Competition

• First Prize: Feeding Five-hundred directed by Rafed Al Harthi & Ray Haddad 
• Second Prize: Temsa7 directed by Latifa Al Darwish & Rouda Al Meghaiseeb 
• Special Jury Award: Bader directed by Latifa Al Darwish, Sara Al Saadi & Maaria Assami
  

Student Short Narrative Competition

• First Prize: I Don't Understand directed by Noura Al Zarouni
• Second Prize: Mirror directed by Ameera Madhi
• Third Prize: Grief directed by Omnia Al Afifi

Student Short Documentary Competition

• First Prize: Oops! directed by Reem Al Meqbali 
• Second Prize: Silent Art directed by Hana Mire 
• Third Prize: Against the Wind directed by Aisha Abdulla

Best Emirati Film

• Daddy ABC directed by Hamad Al Awar

Best Cinematography Award

• Mirror Cinematographer Hamda Al Qubaisi  

Best Script Award

• Bidoon Writer Mohammed Al Ibrahim

• Audience Choice Award: Enough Said By Nicole Holofcener

FIPRESCI Award: The jury will focus on films that are from the Narrative Feature, New Horizons and Documentary Feature Competition sections.

• The Rooftops By Merzal Allouache
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  El Gort By Hamza Aouni

NETPAC Award: The jury will select a film from the Narrative, New Horizons and Documentary Feature Competition sections. Documentary Feature Competition sections.

• Harmony Lessons By Emir Baigazin 

Films devoted to broadening awareness of significant environmental and related issues. A jury of Masdar students awards a prize for the best film in Our World.

• Fatal Assistance By Raoul Peck

The Ministry of Interior Child Protection Centre works to ensure the safety and security of children ensuring implementation and regulation of child protection legislation, policies and best international practices.

• Child Protection Award for Best Film: These Birds Walk By Omar Mullick & Bassam Tariq
• Child Protection Award for Best Script: Like Father, Like Son By Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Special Mention: Short Term 12 By Destin Daniel Cretton
• Special Mention: My name is Hmm... By Agnes Trouble
• Special Mention Shorts: Agri and the Mountain By Hasan Serin
• Special Mention Shorts: The Queen By Manuel Abramovich