Sheffield Innovation Award. A jury of peers awarded one documentary from the Doc/Fest programme that exhibits originality in approach to form and radical manifestations in the delivery of its story.

This year, the nominees were:

• The Arbor (winner)
• The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
• Exit Through The Gift Shop
• Out My Window
• Prison Valley (special mention)
• Quadrangle
• The Wilderness Downtown

Jurors were:

• Frank Poulsen – Filmmaker / Denmark
• Zach Klein – Vimeo / USA
• Marc Goodchild – Head of Inertactive & On Demand, BBC / UK
• Julianne Pierce – Blast Theory / Australia
• Ingrid Kopp – Shooting People / USA