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DOKUECHO
DokuEcho Award Winners – DokuBaku 2025
Main Award: iMystic
Special Jury Mention
DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival is proud to present the winners of the DokuEcho category. This section of the festival serves as a powerful reminder of the urgent global challenges we face today, as well as the need to explore and implement sustainable solutions for the future.
The DokuEcho category sheds light on the pressing issues affecting our world — from the delicate relationship between humans and nature to our connection with the cosmos. It aims to bring these realities to audiences in an open and thought-provoking way, fostering ecological awareness and emphasizing our shared responsibility toward the planet and the wider universe.
We warmly congratulate the winners and wish them continued success in their meaningful journeys. And we invite everyone to collectively embrace this responsibility for the well-being of our world and beyond.
Main DokuEcho Award - iMystic
Herd Walk | Ankit Pogula | India | 1:02:53
Jury Statement:
Director Ankit Pogula’s film Herd Walk was selected for its poignant reminder of the fading historical bond between humans and nature, and for its evocative portrayal of the value of traditional ways of life. With sensitivity and insight, the film brings to light a vanishing heritage that speaks to universal questions of belonging and coexistence.
Special Jury Mention
Phrasha-Criti | Araz Quliyev | Azerbaijan | 0:22:30
Jury Statement:
An ambitious homage to Man with a Movie Camera, Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis, and Koyaanisqatsi, Phrasha-Criti is an uncanny visual poem marked by striking compositions, unusual kinetics, and imaginative distortions of time and space. Its curious gaze casts a surreal light on what we usually consider normal, provoking both unease and reflection.
Green Grey Black Brown | Yuyan Wang | China, France, Korea, Republic of | 0:11:30
Jury Statement:
In Green Grey Black Brown, filmmaker and video artist Yuyan Wang harnesses the full potential of the screen to deliver a darkly prophetic warning. Haunting and mesmerizing, the work unfolds as a ceaselessly shifting, phantasmagorical visual hymn to the restless metamorphic power of petroleum.
The Silence After The Storm | Alina Rizwan | Pakistan | 0:10:47
Jury Statement:
The Silence After the Storm captivated the jury with its dramatic intensity. The film’s portrayal of people’s struggle with — and vulnerability before — the forces of nature is both moving and thought-provoking. Unlike many ecological narratives, this work focuses not on destruction but on coexistence and the search for harmony within nature. It left a lasting impression on the jury.
We sincerely thank the DokuEcho Jury — Ruslan Mollayev, Emin Afandiyev, and Richard James Allen — for their dedication, thoughtful insights, and careful deliberations in selecting this year’s winners.
