🏆 SIMA 2025 WINNERS ANNOUNCED! With stories spanning 30 countries, these films do more than document our world; they celebrate the extraordinary resolve of individuals and communities who rise, despite the weight of uncertainty, to forge a path toward hope. Meet the winners of the 13th Annual Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA): https://lnkd.in/gDxZ7mkS Congratulations filmmakers, production companies, and impact producers, we’re honored to champion your work. The 13th Annual SIMA Awards are powered by SIMA Studios, The Foundation for Systemic Change, Human Sustainability Project, FIPADOC - International Documentary Festival, International Documentary Association (IDA), Firelight Media & Firelight Films, DC/DOX Festival, Double Exposure Film Festival, Undocumented Filmmakers Collective, Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC), Documentary Australia, Armenian Film Society, GEN - Center for Arts & Sciences, and Instituto Multimedia de Derechos Humanos para América Latina y El Caribe - IMD.
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SIMA is a global impact media agency amplifying the power of documentary storytelling to advance positive change.
About us
We award, curate and distribute documentaries + creative impact projects that advance positive social change, and support creators, activists, educators and changemakers worldwide. Since 2012, the annual Social Impact Media Awards / SIMA Awards have set new standards of integrity and creativity in global impact storytelling, championing exceptional non-fiction cinema that challenges the status quo. Our year-round distribution programs, the Cinema Across Borders series and SIMA Academy, bring award-winning projects to communities and classrooms in over 100 countries, fostering lasting impact through local coalition building and high-impact engagement opportunities that transform audiences, learners, and leaders into agents of change. SIMA’s Fiscal Sponsorship program supports global impact projects in 50+ countries, helping to realize the vision of over 85 creative activists and changemakers. Serving independent arts, social justice, and academic industries worldwide, each year, our programs engage a network of over 4,000 filmmakers from 140+ countries, 145,000+ students access our educational resources, 90+ partners host community screenings in 30 countries, and over 7,000 digital film viewings reach more than 5 million viewers around the globe. SIMA is a 501(c)3 non-profit registered in California and Germany. https://simastudios.org | https://simaacademy.com
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http://www.simastudios.org
External link for SIMA STUDIOS
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- West Hollywood, California
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2012
- Specialties
- Impact Media, Documentary Films, Community Screenings, Advocacy, Impact Distribution, Community Engagment, Grassroots Engagement, Global Education, Global Citizenship Education, Sustainable Development, Human Rights, and Social Justice
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West Hollywood, California 90069, US
Employees at SIMA STUDIOS
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Kristi Manning
CFO, Impact Agent and Grassroots Program Officer I SOCIAL IMPACT MEDIA AWARDS (SIMA)
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Virginia Pittaro
Director of Partnerships at SIMA Studios
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Khushboo Dantre
Education Enthusiast, SDG Ambassador, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, Teacher Trainer, Parent Mentor, Resource person-International…
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Daniela Kon Lieberberg
Founder | CEO at SIMA STUDIOS
Updates
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Spotlight on UNTIL HE'S BACK, Directed by Jacqueline Baylon, SIMA 2025 Best Short Documentary + Best Sound Winner and 2025 Oscar shortlist. After learning that his son, Yahya, has died at sea trying to get to Spain, Ahmed Tchiche must find a way to bring his remains back to Morocco so he and his family can have a proper goodbye. A Spanish mortician, an NGO worker and an established Moroccan immigrant living in Spain all struggle to help Ahmed get his son's body home. Through interweaving threads, UNTIL HE’S BACK explores a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean and the difficulty of returning the bodies of those who drown at sea. In this story of grief and hope, a family and a community try to make sense of the tragedy that took Yahya away. UNTIL HE’S BACK IS NOW STREAMING IN THE U.S. ON PBS.ORG Learn more about the film + watch 🔗 untilhesback.com #SIMA2025 #FilmFestival #Documentary #Docs #ImpactCinema #UntilHesBack #FilmFestival #FilmFestivalWinner #JacquelineBaylon #POVDocs #OscarNom #PBS
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#Educators — You won't want to miss this incredible symposium next week!
INVITE — Creativity, Consciousness and The Future: Online Symposium The University of Michigan Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies and the International Consortium for Academic and Societal Transformation present: Creativity, Consciousness and The Future, an online symposium. TUESDAY. APRIL 8TH | 7PM to 8:30 EST ⭐ REGISTRATION REQUIRED ⭐ REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/gx2prs-j As our nation and world become increasingly engulfed in waves of turbulence, conflict and uncertainty, the necessity for directing the leadership gaze inward becomes increasingly essential. Please join us for an online conversation that features leaders of several initiatives dedicated to the pivotal place of the arts, creativity, consciousness and spirituality in navigating the complexities, as well as uncovering evolutionary openings, inherent in this extraordinary moment in history. ⭐ FEATURED SPEAKERS ⭐ Virginia Pittaro, SIMA STUDIOS + SIMA Academy David W. Robinson-Morris, PhD, Center for Human Spirit and Radical Reimagining Molly Beauregard, Tuning the Student Mind Ed Sarath, International Consortium for Academic and Societal Transformation #FutureofEducation #Educate #TurningTheStudentMind #LeadingSDG4 #TransformingEducation #Education #Educators #TeachSDGs #GlobalCitizen #GlobalEd #GlobalEducation #GlobalCitizenship #GlobalCitizenshipEducation #SDGs #SDG4 #SIMAacademy #Changemaker
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Anne Marie- ShareDoc Borsboom sits down with SIMA’s Founder + Executive Director, Daniela Kon Lieberberg, in an interview exploring their new partnership and SIMA’s ecosystem for creative impact. Read The Interview 🧡 https://lnkd.in/gCQSs7-w
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SIMA NEWS | March 2025 — Q1 "Allow yourself the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind" - Maria Popova #brainpickings Screenings in Colombo, #SriLanka with GCED Syndicate; in #Guatemala with Fundación Ixcanul; and Makhanda, Bloemfontein, #Johannesburg, and #SouthAfrica with @DocLOVE; SIMA INDIA SDG Challenge Winner Rajvi Trivedi Announced; ShareDOC interviews SIMA Founder + CEO Daniela Kon Lieberberg; Rooted: Stories of Hope joins SIMA's Fiscal Sponsorship program + MORE... LINKS: https://lnkd.in/g7tbn2kE NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP: simastudios.org/news 👥 GCED Syndicate Fundación Ixcanul Anne Marie- ShareDoc Borsboom Rajvi Trivedi Julian Brave NoiseCat Emily Kassie University Global Coalition
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We are beyond excited to share this year's winner of the SIMA India SDG Challenge, Rajvi Trivedi 🎉 Congratulations to her, our runner up, Anubha Arora, and our incredible partners on this inspiring accolade! Be sure to read her impact story here: https://lnkd.in/gJf2iV2D Sattva- A Space for Lifelong Learning, GEEO Teacher Travel Programs, Global Citizenship Foundation, IB Festival of Hope, Liferarian Association, Dreamtime Learning, De Pedagogics
Congratulations to Bangalore-based educator, Rajvi Trivedi, the winner of this year’s SIMA India SDG Challenge! 🏆 Rajvi Trivedi is an educator and changemaker, working with Sattva- A Space for Lifelong Learning. Through SIMA Academy, she leveraged film as a tool to encourage critical thinking and raise awareness on pressing global issues. Rajvi’s work aimed to connect the concept of responsible global citizenship with practical actions, using art, dance performances, and magazine creations to spread awareness within the local community. Her winning project directly engaged students in artistic expressions, empowering them to think critically about their role in social change and their capacity to make a positive impact on society. Through these experiences, she helped students reflect on their biases, question conventional education systems, and take meaningful steps towards creating a more sustainable future, aligning with SDGs like Gender Equality, Quality Education, and Sustainable Consumption. 📖 Read Her Impact Story: https://lnkd.in/gJf2iV2D 🎖 Additionally, today we're celebrating the SIMA India SDG Challenge Runner Up, Ahmedabad-based educator, Anubha Arora. 🎉 Thank you to our incredible partners, GEEO Teacher Travel Programs, Global Citizenship Foundation, IB Festival of Hope, Liferarian Association, Dreamtime Learning, and De Pedagogics. #SIMAIndia #IndiaEducation #EducatorsOfIndia #LeadingSDG4 #TransformingEducation #Education #Educators #TeachSDGs #GlobalCitizen #GlobalEd #GlobalEducation #GlobalCitizenship #GlobalCitizenshipEducation #SDGs #SDG4 #SIMAacademy #SDGChallenge #Changemaker #MIL
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In a remote Russian mining town, black snow falls due to the extreme pollution. A Siberian eco-activist, dubbed the 'Erin Brockovich of Russia', fights for her community. Spotlight on BLACK SNOW, Directed by Alina Simone, SIMA 2025 Transparency Jury Prize Winner. #SIMA2025 #FilmFestival #Documentary #Docs #ImpactCinema #BlackSnow #FilmFestival #FilmFestivalWinner
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Now Trending at SIMA Academy — GIRLS LIKE US!
Celebrating our most watched SIMA Academy film of March 2025! GIRLS LIKE US by C. Dallas Golden, DES. In Tanzania, women are expected to stay home, cook, clean, and take care of the children while their husbands are away at work. Like a typical teenager, Winnie needed an outlet for her curious mind and in 2013, she joined Apps and Girls, an organization that teaches young girls how to code their own websites. 👉 Login + watch the film: https://lnkd.in/eM9DJh43 👉 Read our filmmaker interview: https://lnkd.in/eHAm758D #AppsandGirls #WomenInStem #GirlsInStem #LeadingSDG4 #TransformingEducation #Education #Educators #TeachSDGs #GlobalCitizen #GlobalEd #GlobalEducation #GlobalCitizenship #GlobalCitizenshipEducation #SDGs #SDG4 #SIMAacademy #SDGChallenge #Changemaker #MIL
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Spotlight on IGUALADA, Directed by Juan Mejía Botero Human Pictures, SIMA 2025 Systemic Change Award Winner, Sponsored by The Foundation for Systemic Change. In one of Latin America’s most unequal countries, Francia Márquez, a Black Colombian rural activist, challenges the status quo with a presidential campaign that reappropriates the derogatory term “Igualada” — someone who acts as if they deserve rights that supposedly don’t correspond to them — and inspires a nation to dream. With unprecedented access, director Juan Mejía Botero brings his camera into Márquez’s inner circle, as she runs a rousing campaign speaking truth to power, faces death threats, and lives her life in the eye of the storm. Learn more + book + support the film 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e72Fv8bD #SIMA2025 #FilmFestival #Documentary #Docs #ImpactCinema #IGUALADA #FilmFestival #FilmFestivalWinner
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SIMA STUDIOS reposted this
Featured Playlist: WOMEN — 50+ films featuring stories of women standing up, speaking out, innovating, building community, and being resilient. Explore Playlist → simaacademy.tv/women #Women #WomensMonth #LeadingSDG4 #TransformingEducation #Education #Educators #TeachSDGs #GlobalCitizen #GlobalEd #GlobalEducation #GlobalCitizenship #GlobalCitizenshipEducation #SDGs #SDG4 #SIMAacademy #Changemaker #MIL
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