Five awards announced live on stage in Vienna on 6 May. The winners, the finalists and the judges behind the 2025 Way Up North Awards.
By Way Up NorthUpdated 13 October 2026
2025 Way Up North Awards
The Individual Winners
Read out on stage at Way Up North Vienna, 6 May.
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Five individual awards were handed out on stage in Vienna on 6 May. Below are the winners, the other finalists, and everyone who has won each one before.
Way Up North started in 2015 and the awards followed two years later. The way they work has barely changed. The nominations come from the industry. Anyone who gets nominated is invited to enter, whether that's one nomination or a hundred. Story of The Year and Film of The Year are open to everybody, with no nomination needed.
Nominees send in their best work from the year and the judges score it. Highest total wins.
Imagen have been the title sponsor since Copenhagen in 2021, and the judges all come from their ambassador programme. Their founder Ron Oren handed out every award in Vienna alongside our host Sandra Franzén.
The judges
Who judged what
Eight judges, all Imagen ambassadors, split between the photography and the film categories.
Photography
Koko King
Canada
Fine art and editorial wedding photographer, working across digital and film. One half of the Hastings & King duo.
