Emmy Awards 2025

May, 08, 2025

Awards and nominations can be one of the deciding factors that gets their next project made, or even the thing that defines their career. Too many creative voices have been left out of the awards conversation for too long. When underrepresented filmmakers are acknowledged by nominations and awards, the world benefits from fresh ideas and the legitimization of innovative art. These Emmy nominations and awards are symbolic of growing careers and new perspectives.

Changing the Ratio is a cross-disciplinary networking event for industry professionals celebrating women and gender expansive filmmakers and below-the-line crew. As the Emmys are approaching, our focus is to shine a light on some of the amazing projects and their creators from this year as we come together for a night of industry conversation and networking with professional filmmakers, crew, and influential industry decision-makers.

Now, without further ado, please join us in celebrating the Film Fatales members who have won Emmy Awards this year as well as all of the nominees.
Best Documentary – WINNER
The Sing Sing Chronicles directed by Dawn Porter

Crafted from an archive of more than 1,000 hours of footage filmed from 2002 to present day, The Sing Sing Chronicles tells the story of a journalist and a man convicted of murder who begin as strangers but become like brothers.

Outstanding Direction Documentary – WINNER
Frida directed by Carla Gutierrez

Frida is an intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first time — drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews — and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.

Outstanding Climate, Environment, and Weather Coverage – WINNER
Maui’s Deadly Firestorm directed by Xinyan Yu

An investigation into the causes of the deadliest American wildfire in a century, the chaotic response and how changes to the climate and landscape have made Maui increasingly vulnerable to fires.

 

Outstanding Long Sports Documentary – WINNER

The first Nepali woman to summit and descend Mount Everest, now a single mum working at a Connecticut Whole Foods, heads back to Everest to make a better life for her two daughters.

 

Bread & Roses directed by Sahra Mani

Bread & Roses offers a powerful window into the seismic impact that the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in 2021 had on women’s rights and livelihoods.

 

Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Daughters directed by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae

Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, DC jail.

 

Outstanding Social Issue Documentary and Outstanding Direction Documentary
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge directed by Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

An unprecedented look at the non-stop life of a cultural luminary. At a time when gender equality and women’s issues are at the forefront, Diane von Furstenberg’s life exemplifies empowerment, resilience, entrepreneurship and style.

 

Outstanding Direction Documentary, Outstanding Music Composition, and Outstanding Graphics
King Coal directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon

The cultural roots of coal permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia, even as its economic power wanes. The journey of a coal miner’s daughter reveals the region’s dreams and myths.

 

Los Angeles Arts and Music
The Cheech directed by Varda Bar-Kar
Outstanding Long Sports Documentary and Outstanding Camera Work

Told through perspectives of established artists and those who know him best, the film tells his journey from comedy icon to Chicano art advocate.

 

The Space Race directed by Lisa Cortés

The Space Race weaves together the stories of Black astronauts seeking to break the bonds of social injustice to reach for the stars.

 

Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary and Outstanding Writing Documentary

Join Bill Gates as he delves into pressing global issues and uncovers cutting-edge technologies that will transform the world.

 

Eight photos of Film Fatales who have won Emmy Awards interspersed with their film posters.