French critic and scholar Jean-Michel Frodon and Chinese documentary director Ying Qiming co-presided the jury panel, which included filmmaker Lyu Yue, British director Richard Dale, Canadian critic Cameron Bailey, Hong Kong film editor Mary Stephen, Chinese documentary researcher He Suliu and director Du Haibin.
According to the jury, Pan's 24th Street depicts the adventures of ordinary people set against the backdrop in a country which is undergoing unprecedented changes.
Meanwhile, Fan Jian's A Second Child, about two families who suffer and survive the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, won the Most Potential Development Plan award.
Winners also included A Solitary Human Voice (D20 Best Short Documentary), Ten Years: Forget Me Not (D20 Best Documentary Series), Spanish director Elías León de Siminiani's The Asunta's Trial (Special Mention) and Four Springs (Special Jury Award).
The award-winning documentaries were selected from more than 450 entries from the world.
