In the documentary section Stockholm Documentary Competition, the winner will receive a Bronze horse the festivals price. The Stockholm Film Festival Bronze horse is awarded in the following sections:

• Best Film
• Best Documentary
• Stockholm Visionary Award
• Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award
• Stockholm Achievement Award

Since the start in 1990 the Stockholm Film Festival has brought a huge number of unforgettable docs such as: Salaam Cinema by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Huey P. Newton Story by Spike Lee, Devil’s Playground by Lucy Walker, Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer by Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill, Stories We Tell by Sarah Polley, Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog, Zidane A 21 Century Portrait by Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno, Mr Governor by Måns Månsson, Tarnation by Jonathan Caouette, A Story of Children in film by Mark Cousins and lately Toto and His Sisters by Alexander Nanau, Cains Children by Marcell Gerö, Stray Dog by Debra Granik and Cartoonists – Foot Soldiers of Democracy by Stéphanie Valloatto.