This year's Juried Prize Winner was the film "Eid Mubarak," a story of love and sacrifice.

Since 1988, POV has been the home for the world's boldest contemporary filmmakers, celebrating intriguing personal stories that spark conversation and inspire action.

Through POV's documentaries, we have met Aaju Peter is a renowned Inuit lawyer and activist who defends the human rights of Indigenous peoples, followed a volunteer aid van helping people of all ages during the ongoing war in Ukraine, and run alongside high school track stars from the Navajo reservation. That's just a small sample of the worlds POV films have introduced us to.

In this short film titled "a film is a goodbye that never ends," a woman waits for a visa with a dog that she grows to adore. They walk, cuddle, watch TV and play together. As time passes she has to grapple with their imminent separation. With the film, she attempts to recreate a less painful goodbye.