LAUSANNE, March 3, 2026 – AIPS is delighted to announce the longlist for the Video Short Feature category of the AIPS Sport Media Awards 2025 edition.
The longlist represents the first judging stage and is based on the average ratings of the AIPS panel of experts, the Executive Committee members and the members of the Jury.
Participants with two submissions in the longlist can find both listed side by side. These 24 countries are represented in the list: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Ghana, Hungary, Iran, Kenya, Kosovo, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Yemen, Zambia
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The following are the longlisted works of Video Short Feature, organised alphabetically by country and by surname:
Santiago Fernandez Murdocca (Argentina), El Matagigantes (Platense Campeon del Futbol Argentino 2025) – CA Platense
Ryan Pierse (Australia), Lewis Hamilton First Ferrari Test – Getty Images
Tawsia Islam (Bangladesh), BCB President allegations – Deepto TV
Henrique Arcoverde* (Brazil), Galeguinho – The Backwards Runner | Melgaço – Surrounded By Water – Grupo Globo
Plácido Berci (Brazil), Gui Negão: a supporter on the pitch – TV GLOBO
Alison Mayer (Brazil), A Snapshot of Thrills – Tv Globo
Tiago Roedel (Brazil), Tarde de Copa / Afternoon Cup – TV Globo
Caroline Zilberman (Brazil), Brazil: Born to Play – TV Globo
Iliya Iliev (Bulgaria), To The Hell and Back – The Confession of Aleksandra Nacheva – bTV Media Group
Lena Smirnova (Canada), Ink on Blades: The making of an Olympic skate program – Olympic Channel
Yixing Dong (China), Yixing’s Vlog: Rally 101 – Can a cyclist master rally motorcycling? – Xinhua News Agency
Han Han (China), Pursuing Happiness in the dark – China Media Group
Jing Xia (China), Running on the Roof of the World: A Journey of Self-discovery in the Himalayas – Great Sports Media
Benoit Durand (France), The second life of Tifany – France Télévisions
Yena Lee (France), Hype for the hoops – MZDN
Clement Repellin (France), Ferrari aux quatre coins du monde/Ferrari: the machine around the globe – Canal+
Joseph Ayinga-walter (Ghana), Blind but unstoppable: Emmanuel Dela Mensah’s Goalball dream – Multimedia Groups Limited
Bill Eshun (Ghana), No legs, no limits: How Kojo Appiah is training tomorrow’s champions – TV3 Ghana
Emmanuel Owusu (Ghana), Pitch to plantation – Media General (TV3)
Márton Farkas (Hungary), Dream Big, Little Village! – MTVA / M4 SPORT
Reza Rahmani (Iran), Dream – tasvir 8
Kelvin Kimathi* (Kenya), Wanyonyi’s journey from herdsboy to Olympic champion | The Ugandan mud wrestlers who became a global sensation – BBC News (BBC Sport-Africa)
Besian Beha (Kosovo), Dealing a blow to racism – Media Work Publico (Nacionale)
Onyinyechi Obaroh (Nigeria), Sports animation: Nigeria’s untapped revenue stream – NewsCentral TV
Daniel Sannum Lauten (Norway), Johannes Klæbo: Beyond the Finish Line – TV 2
Mohammed Alnakhala (Palestine), In Gaza, Hope Always Rises from the Rubble – beIN Sports News
András Killyéni (Romania), A Polish Hero of Borșa – Sport History Horizon
Mariano Amiune (Spain), Tara & Hunter Woodhall: Two Golds, One Love… – Olympic Channel
Santiago Castañeda Heredia* (Spain), Pionero Campbell Johnstone: la inspiradora historia del primer All Black en declarar abiertamente su | Casados con la ultradistancia: la fórmula secreta de los Mityaev – Diario AS, AS Televisión
Lorena Encabo (Spain), Andrea Fuentes on redefining artistic swimming – Olympic Channel
Antonio García* (Spain), Homeless World Cup. Footballs’ home | Los Leones de Lavapiés – TBS
Marina Ramon Lopez (Spain), Flora & Miro Tabanelli: Siblings on the Rise – Olympic Channel
Daniel Nilsson (Sweden), The shortest season – Offside Magazine
Koray Baloglu (Turkey), Jose Mourinho grabbing the nose of Galatasaray boss Okan Buruk – A SPOR TV
Nick Hope (United Kingdom), From screaming sibling to boxing brilliance – the Ruby White story – SportsAid
Stuart Pollitt (United Kingdom), Unstoppable Determination – Restless Films
Cory Mull (United States of America), Darryl Payne Jr. Aims For U.S. Winter Sports History In This Olympic Sledding Event – Forbes
Basel Farea (Yemen), Stolen Funds In Yemeni Football – One Two platform
Cosmas Mulenga (Zambia), She fought with men. She fought the odds. And she won. – Diamond TV
*Participants with two submissions in the longlist
