Los Angeles – 8 January, 2026 – Last night, the documentary film community gathered ahead of the Golden Globes Award Ceremony for a special cocktail reception to celebrate Eugene Jarecki and Ross McElwee, winners of the Golden Globes Prize for Documentary, Presented by Artemis Rising Foundation.
The Prize is a landmark collaboration between the Golden Globes and Artemis Rising Foundation, which underscores a shared commitment to the cultural and artistic impact of documentary storytelling. It honours a non-fiction film or filmmaker whose work demonstrates both exceptional creative merit and keen potential to inspire positive social change.
Acclaimed documentary filmmakers Eugene Jarecki and Ross McElwee each received a bespoke Golden Globes half-statuette with a special Artemis Rising Foundation inscription at this unique gathering.
Artemis Rising Foundation Founder & CEO Regina K. Scully, whose dedication to elevating the documentary genre has been pivotal to the inauguration of the prize, said, “There is an urgent need for non-fiction stories to be made, recognized and seen. This Prize is an extension of the work Artemis Rising Foundation has engaged in for decades to champion powerful stories about some of the most challenging social justice issues of our time; I hope it helps to push these incredible creative works further into the spotlight.”
Eugene Jarecki won the inaugural edition of the prize at Cannes Film Festival 2025, where his documentary on Julian Assange, The 6 Billion Dollar Man, also won the festival’s L’Œil d’or. At the Venice Film Festival 2025, the prize was awarded to Ross McElwee’s documentary Remake, a deeply personal film exploring his journey as a filmmaker alongside the life of his son, Adrian, who was tragically lost to substance abuse.
A further key collaborator is Think-Film Impact Production, which has been central to the Prize’s beginnings and the spotlights at Cannes and Venice film festivals, within its overall mission to ensure powerful independent films resonate widely to change society for the better.
As the Globes prepares for its main ceremony this weekend, which includes a new podcast award, many in the industry are now asking when a documentary category will be included.
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Dick Clark Productions: Gina Sorial | gsorial@dickclark.com
Golden Globes: Media | media@goldenglobes.com
Think-Film: Mercy Brewer | mercy.brewer@tfip.org
