During the Award Night of the Movies that Matter Festival 2026, seven titles received an award, with the Grand Jury Documentary Award going to *Traces* by Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk, and Tom Fassaert winning the Dutch Focus Award for *Tussen broers*. Morad Mostafa won the Grand Jury Fiction Award with his directorial debut *Aisha Can't Fly Away*, while *Cutting Through Rocks* by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni received the Activist Lens Award and Jérôme Clément-Wilz the Justice Frame Award for *This is my Body*. The Shorts Award went to *Rahhala: Hayya ala Hayya* by Lujain Jo, while the Flemish film *TKT* won the Education Award.