The theme of 7th Golden Tree Festival is "Roots of Culture - Facing Nature", and a total of 4199 films have been received from 139 countries and regions. After initial and preliminary evaluations, a total of 46 films were shortlisted, including four documentaries from China, including "Chasing Light for Thousands of Miles" and "Land of Gods".

Five final judges from different countries finally selected six award-winning films. The Indian film "Last Hope" won the Golden Tree Award, and the Chinese documentary "Land of the Gods" won the "Best Chinese Documentary Award". At the same time, the Golden Tree International Documentary Festival has set up the "Golden Tree Golden Fruit Plan Best Completion Award" specifically for the "Jiaguo Youth Image Training Program" aimed at the Z generation worldwide, which was won by Guo Yuehan of China for her performance in "Little New".