LAUSANNE, February 15, 2022 – The AIPS Sport Media Awards are pleased to announce the longlist for the Video Documentary category.

The longlist represents the first judging stage and is based on the average ratings of the AIPS panel of specialists, the Executive Committee members and the members of the Jury.

Find out more about the judging stages here.

Here are the selected works, in alphabetical order of country:

• Omar Boudi and Zoheir Boudi (Algeria), The drama of Algerian players and their disabled children – Echorouk TV.

• Scott Rollinson (Australia), Building titans – Fox Sports Australia / Channel 9 Australia

• Heidi Iro (Austria), One extraordinary year – Red Bull TV

• Thomas Schoeneich (Austria), Women’s EHF Euro 2020. A championship like no other – European Handball Federation

• Karoline Rath-Zobernig (Austria), Peter Schröcksnadel: An eventful life – Orf.at

• Dimitar Tasev (Bulgaria), Doping in deep water – bTV Media Group 

• Anson Henry (Canada), COVID 2020 (Part 2) The new normal | COVID 2020 – Part 1 – «Olympic Year» – Unconventional Entertainment Group YouTube

• Nan Shen (China), 2020+1: Through Pandemic to Olympics – Xinhua News Agency

• Felipe Antonio Zarruk Diazgranados (Colombia), October 11, 1981. October 11, 2021… 40 Years of a massacre – Canal TRO

• Yodeni Masó Aguila (Cuba), Stars of a passion – Cubavisión Internacional

• Matthieu Darnon (France), Backdraft – Canal +

• Arnaud Bonnin (France), We need to talk – Canal +

• Benoit Durand (France), Bodies and souls | Teddy Riner: The quest – France 2 TV

• Benoit Pensivy (France), Heart-to-heart with Les Bleus – M6

• Remi Vorano (France), The blows of life – Canal +

• Baboucarr Sey (Gambia), The Gambia Football Federation and the missing $ millions from FIFA – Citizens Network Gambia YouTube

• Christoph Nahr (Germany), Unified for gold: The German Biathlon Association – ARD 

• Sophie Schneider (Germany), The «Gorilla» gets off the bike – ARD / Norddeutscher Rundfunk

• Eike Schulz (Germany), A Film about photos. Even in a pandemic: Without a foreground, no photo can be healthy – ZDF Sports

• Tim Tonder (Germany), Malaika Mihambo: My long approach to gold – NDR/ARD German TV

• Muftawu Nabila Abdulai (Ghana), Najat Lokko: Meet 11-year-old Ghanaian female boxer from Jamestown – Muftawu Nabila Abdulai YouTube

• Sayon Kourouma (Guinea), Syli local, this bronze that is worth gold – CIS Médias

• András Muhi Pires (Hungary), One for all – ATV 

• Viktor Tihany (Hungary), Running in her blood: The story of Lívia Gereben – MTVA  

• Imad Al-rikabi (Iraq), Baghdad – Tokyo – Imad Al-rikabi YouTube

• Mohaned Walied (Iraq), Steps of success – Mohaned Walied YouTube

• Jonathan Taylor (Ireland), Mariah: A boxer’s dream – Olympic Channel

• Alessandro Cattaneo (Italy), The long wait: Road to Tokyo 2020 – Discovery+ 

• Emanuele Corazzi (Italy), Sympathetic. EP1: The last of the romantics | Sympathetic. EP2: The last of the romantics – DAZN

• Guido Foddis (Italy), Garibaldi: The eco tour of the two worlds – Repubblicabiciclette.it

• Mohammad Ali (Jordan), ChexTadium: The lazy magician and Maradona’s successor, Juan Rickmley – Aljazeera O2

• Henry Opemi (Kenya), Sports legends – Standard Media Group / KTN Home

• Moses Wakhisi (Kenya), The making of king David Rudisha (the master story of David rudisha) – Standard Media Group / KTN News

• Samat Jumakadyr (Kyrgyzstan), Kokboru players – Samat Jumakadyr YouTube

• Bouchaib Brhadda (Morocco), Sports is a right to everyone – Oumapress 

• Rayane Hatimi (Morocco), Couscous swell – Beach Ratz YouTube

• Joao Chivale (Mozambique), Luis Miquissone from the origins to the success – Televisão de Moçambique

• Diogo Oliveira (Portugal), Report TV “The Kabul Rescue” – SPORT TV Portugal

• Vladimir Pajić (Serbia), The lessons of love – ArenaSport TV 

• Nataša Šević (Serbia), The first 20 years – ArenaSport TV

• Rubén Daimiel (Spain), Luis Aragonés, the footprint of a wise man – Movistar+

• Nuria Ruano (Spain), The invisible bond – Olympic Channel

• Anton Kucher (Ukraine), «The special atmosphere» – Vimeo

• David Harrison (UK), Al Jazeera Investigations: The men who sell football – Al Jazeera

• Christina Macfarlane (UK), Running as equals: The elite athletes fighting for acceptance – CNN International / CNN Sport

• Theo Lee Ray (UK), Standing firm: Football’s Windrush story – BT Sport

• Cole Sax (USA), World Debut: From outsiders to the Olympic Games – Olympic Channel