Best Feature Narrative
- Alexa: a Tale of the Mixteca
Directed by José Assadourian Martínez (Mexico)
Best Short Film
- Protecting the River Krupa
Directed by Ciril Jazbec (Croatia)
Best Documentary
- The Illusion of Abundance
Directed by Erika Gonzalez Ramirez, Matthieu Lietaert (Columbia)
Best Animation
- Amplifying Feedback Loop
Vanessa Sweet (United States)
Best Photo
- Sisters
Andrea Gluckman (United States)
Best Poetry
- Project Hazmatic: Demolition Suite
Willa Carroll (United States)
Best Environmental Film
- Logging Algonquin
Directed by Conor DeVries (Canada)
Best Migration Story
- The Vazaha (The Stranger)
Directed by Anthony Trapanese (Madagascar)
IMEFF 2024 Honorable Mentions
- Whale Call directed by Ron Goodlin
- Between Borders directed by Juan José Cea Escobar and Jose Fuca
- Turbulent Waters directed by Elena Näsänen
- Letter from the Age of Ecocide directed by Shireen Rahimi
- Holding the Frontline directed by Jess Donnelly
- The Last Border directed by André Carvalho Ramos
- Mundo Maya directed by Steve Hamm
- The Human Effect Revision 2023 directed by Ed Breeding
- Preening” directed by Ian Gibbins
- Inundations” directed by Anne Ciecko
- Cardboard Scavengers directed by Marcela Moran, Maritza Bautista
- Sudden Silence – How Animals Reclaim a World in Lockdown directed by Susanne Maria Krauß
- The Elephants and the Grass directed by Beau Rosario, Brandon Gulish
- F-1 directed by Ya-Chi Yang
- Amphibious directed by Ghazal Partou
- Raid on the Atlantic directed by Nicolas Van Ingen
- Home directed by Bárbara Bárcia
- Animals at the Borders directed by Cornelia Volk
- Voices from the Frontlines directed by Maarten Koets, Kamal Amakrane
- The Root of it All directed by Kalyn Edworthy
- Cause a Sea Change: Save Sharks by Jed Winer
- Planet Ocean Blues directed by Michael Buckley
- The Youth Climate Corps BC directed by Arian Tomar
- Imalirijit directed by Vincent L’Hérault, Tim Anaviapik Soucie