The curtain fell on the 14th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century with a sparse Closing Ceremony on Saturday, March 17, 2012. The editions awards were handed out during the Ceremony.

The first award, the Amnesty International award for the best film in the "Human Rights" section of the festival went to This Is Not A Film by Jafar Panahi and for his documentary Mojtaba Mirtahmasb.

The WWF award for the best film in the Habitat section was given to the film Vivan las Antipodas! by Victor Kosakofski. 

The ERT3 award for best television documentary in the Habitat section was given ex aequo to the films Expropriation by Manos Papadakis and A Few Brave People by Rüya Arzu Köksal. 

The ERT «Doc on Air» award, for best project in the Pitching Forum of the European Documentary Network EDN was given out to the project My Journey to Meet You, directed by Marco Simon Puccioni and produced by Simone Catania /Indyca. 

The FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) award for best Greek film was given to the documentary Sayome by Nikos Dayandas. The FIPRESCI award for best foreign film went to Canicula by Jose Alvarez.

The 14th TDF award ceremony concluded with the four audience awards for Greek and foreign documentaries over 45 minutes. The prize for a foreign film under 45΄ went to ORA by Philippe Baylaucq. Best foreign production for a film over 45’ was Italy: Love It or Leave It by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi. The award for best Greek film under 45’, went to The Blind Fisherman by Stratis Vogiatzis and Thekla Malamou. Finally the award for best Greek film over 45’ went to the film Encardia, the Dancing Stone by Angelos Kovotsos.