The Golden Globes®, Artemis Rising Foundation and Think-Film Impact Production hosted a high-profile event during the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, spotlighting the growing importance of documentary filmmaking within the global entertainment landscape.
This week, filmmakers, industry leaders and cultural voices gathered on the Cannes Croisette for a thoughtful panel discussion and celebratory evening that reflected the documentary community’s spirit of collaboration and mutual support. Ahead of the prize presentation, jury members discussed documentary filmmaking’s unique ability to illuminate urgent global issues through deeply personal storytelling while underscoring the genre’s growing cultural influence and continued elevation within the entertainment industry.
The event marked a key moment for non-fiction storytelling on the Cannes festival calendar, celebrating documentary filmmaking as both a powerful artform and a catalyst for social change. The evening culminated in the announcement of Joshua and Rebecca Tickell as the joint recipients of the Golden Globes Prize for Documentary in partnership with Artemis Rising Foundation. Their film “Groundswell” follows experts, Indigenous leaders and farmers across five continents, demonstrating how regenerative farming can restore soil health, draw carbon from the atmosphere and fight climate change. The jury recognized the Tickells for their longstanding contributions to documentary storytelling and particular focus on inspiring audiences with tangible solutions to the environmental crisis the world is experiencing.
