Short Film News (SFN)- The winners of the 7th edition of SILVERDOCS Documentary Festival were announced.

Sterling Award for a US Feature goes to OCTOBER COUNTRY by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher.

Sterling Award for a World Feature went to MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN by Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson.

Sterling Award for a Short Film was given to 12 NOTES DOWN by Andreas Koefoed.

Special Jury mention goes to SALT by Michael Angus and Murray Fredericks.

Music Documentary Award presented by Gibson Guitars went to RISEUP by Luciano Blotta.

Cinematic Vision Award went to OLD PARTNER by Lee Chung-ryoul.

WITNESS Award in honor of Joey R. B. Lozano was given to GOOD FORTUNE by Landon Van Soest.

The Award Winner for the Animal Content in Entertainment (ACE) Grant went to CINEMA CHIMP by David Grabias.

The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East have named writer-director Nicole Opper as the winner of the WGA Documentary Screenplay Award for her film OFF AND RUNNING.

SILVERDOCS Documentary activities that included screening 122 films representing 58 countries, free outdoor screenings and live performances, and a five-day concurrent International Documentary Conference.

Winning filmmakers received over $70,000 in combined cash and in-kind prizes.

The 7th SILVERDOCS Documentary Festival took place from June 15 until June 22 in USA.