The Golden Globes® hosted a Southern California reception Jan. 7 to honor the two recipients of the Golden Globes Impact Prizes for Documentary, presented by Artemis Rising Foundation. The private reception at SoHo House Holloway in West Hollywood on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, salutes Eugene Jarecki for his The Six Billion Dollar Man and Ross McElwee for Remake. The honorees were announced at  the 78th Cannes Film Festival in May and the 82nd Venice International Film Festival in September, respectively.

Though the Golden Globes had given awards to a few documentaries in the 1970s, the category was discontinued and these Impact awards are an innovation presented by Artemis Rising Foundation together with supporting partner Think-Film Impact Production, elevating international recognition of this important filmmaking platform.

As a premier entertainment awards show since 1944, the annual Golden Globes honors achievements in film, television and now podcasting. Over the last three decades, the Golden Globes has enabled donations of more than $55 million to entertainment-related charities including scholarship programs, film restoration projects and humanitarian efforts. This funding has also supported diverse programs in partnership with advocacy groups aimed at promoting greater access in Hollywood for underserved communities.

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Artemis Rising Foundation is dedicated to supporting media, arts and education projects that transform our culture and challenge the status quo. Led by founder-CEO Regina K. Scully, the foundation champions stories about challenging social-justice issues, including healing, trauma, mental health, addiction recovery, women’s empowerment and regeneration of our planet.

Artemis Rising Foundation has helped produce some of the most impactful documentaries of our time, inspiring changes in legislation, education, corporate policies, cultural and behavioral norms via films such as The Invisible War, The Hunting Ground, The Tale, Fed Up, Miss Representation, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Common Ground, Kiss the Ground, Athlete A and The Fantastic Fungi . Working closely with journalists and filmmakers, including Amy Ziering, Katie Couric, Morgan Neville, Ross Kauffman, Louie Schwartzberg, Freida Mock, Liz Garbus, Josh and Rebecca Tickell, Laura Dern and Alex Gibney, Artemis Rising Foundation has supported hundreds of films. In addition to documentaries, Artemis Rising Foundation supports a variety of projects that include narrative film, television, theater, education, and social programs. You can find the Foundation on Instagram here and the Foundation film website here.

Think-Film Impact Production partners with international independent feature storytellers to advance social justice at the highest levels of international policy and governance. Think-Film has brought impact into the film festival circuit including, co-launching the Cannes Marche du Film impACT programme in 2021 and awarding the Venice Collateral Impact Award in 2023 and 2024. Think-Film has led impact on more than 50 films over the past 10 years, including: Navalny (2023), Black Box Diaries (2025 Peabody winner), The End (a narrative film starring Tilda Swinton and directed by Joshua Oppenheimer), and Dark Waters (Mark Ruffalo feature from Todd Haynes). Think-Film co-produced Facing War, a documentary following the final years of former NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.