1) Awards

Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) Awards
Docudrama Cinematography: The Great Sperm Race (Jeremy Benning)
Robert Brooks Award for Documentary Cinematography: Aftermath: The World Without Humans (Frank Vilaca )

2) Festivals

Ashland Independent Film Festival
Jury Award--Best Documentary: They Killed Sister Dorothy (Dir.: Daniel Junge)
Audience Award--Best Documentary:  Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (Dir.: Peter Rosen)
Jury Award-Best Documentary Short: The War of 33 (Dir.: Richard Rowley)
Audience Award-Best Documentary Short: Kick Like a Girl (Dir.: Jenny Mackenzie)

Aspen Shortsfest
Best Documentary: The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 (Dir.: Adam Pertofsky)
Audience Favorite: The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 (Dir.: Adam Pertofsky)

Beverly Hills Film Festival
Audience Choice Award: Best Documentary: Henry O! (Dir.: Ziad Hamzeh; Prod.:  Karen Hunter)

Cleveland International Film Festival
Cleveland Magazine Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award for Best Film:
Cherry Blossoms (Dir.: Doris Doerie)
Runners-Up:
The Way We Get By (Dir.: Aron Gaudet)
Sin By Silence (Dir.: Olivia Klaus)
Herb and Dorothy (Dir.: Megumi Sasaki)
Forgotten Transports: To Estonia (Dir.: Lukas Pribyl)
Prom Night in Mississippi (Dir.: Paul Saltzman)
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition Award:
The Way We Get By (Dir.: Aron Gaudet)
Nesnadny + Schwartz Documentary Film Competition: Trinidad (Dirs.: PJ Raval, Jay Hodges)
Best Documentary Short Film Award: Down Here (Dir.: Charles Wilkenson)

Florida Film Festival
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature: The Garden (Dir.: Scott Hamilton Kennedy)
Special Jury Award for Fearless Filmmaking: Prodigal Sons (Dir.: Kimberly Reed)
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature: The Garden (Dir.: Scott Hamilton Kennedy)
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short:  Pickin' & Trimmin' (Dir.: Matt Morris)

Philadelphia CineFest
Jury Award--Best Documentary: Pressure Cooker (Dirs.: Mark Becker, Jennifer Grausman)
Festival of Independents Award--Best Feature Documentary: See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary (Dir.: Hilari Scarl)
Festival of Independents Award--Best Feature Film: Heart of Stone (Dir.: Beth Toni Kruvant)
Festival of Independents Award--Best Short Documentary:  Women in War Zones--Sexual Violence in the Congo (Dirs.: Scott Blanding, Brad LaBriola)
Audience Award--Best Documentary: Herb and Dorothy (Dir.: Megumi Sasaki)

Sarasota Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: Winnebago Man (Dir.: Ben Steinbauer)
Special Jury Prize for Cinematography: Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same (Dir./Cin.: Jody Lee Lipes)
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature: Over The Hills and Far Away (Dir.: Michel O. Scott)

Sonoma International Film Festival
Best Documentary:  Under Our Skin (Dir.: Andy Abrahams Wilson)
Audience Award--Documentary Feature - Speed And Angels (Dir.: Peyton Wilson)
The Carolyn Stolman Humanitarian Award: A Grandmother's Tribe (Dirs.: Dean Easterbrook, Qiujing Wong)