1) Awards

Gemini Award Nominations
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
A Place Between (Prods./Dirs.: Joe MacDonald, Derek Mazur, Graydon McRae, Michael Scott; National Film Board of Canada)
A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman (Prod./Dir.: Peter Raymont; White Pine Pictures)
Darfur: On Our Watch (Prods./Dirs.: Neil Docherty, Lisa Ellenwood; CBC)
Forgiveness: Stories for our Time (Prods./Dirs.: Johanna Lunn, Kent Martin; Wild East Productions, National Film Board Of Canada)
Girl Inside (Prods./Dirs.: Maya Gallus, Justine Pimlott)

Best History Documentary Program
100 Films and a Funeral (Prods/Dirs.: Judy Holm, Michael McNamara; Markham Street Films)
The Battle of Medek Pocket (Prods./Dirs.: Laszlo Barna, Steven Silver; Barna-Alper Productions Inc.)
Bloody Saturday (Prod./Dir.: Andy Blico; CBC Winnipeg)
Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery (Prods./Dirs.: Andrew Ferns, W. Patterson Ferns; Ferns Productions Inc., Cook Films PTY ( Australia), South Pacific Pictures ( NZ), Film Australia)
Charging the Rhino (Prods./Dirs.: Sincha Jacobovici, Ric Esther Bienstock, Felix Golubev, Alberta Nokes)

Best Biography Documentary Program
Captain Cook: Taking Command (Prods./Dirs.: Andrew Ferns, W. Patterson Ferns; Ferns Productions Inc., Cook Films PTY ( Australia), South Pacific Pictures ( NZ), Film Australia)
Citizen Sam (Prods./Dirs.: Tracey Friesen, Rina Fraticelli; National Film Board of Canada)
Confessions of an Innocent Man (Prods./Dirs.: David Paperny, Tracey Friesen, Trevor Hodgson, Terence McKeown, Cal Shumiatcher; Paperny Films Inc.)
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues (Prods./Dirs.: Nick Orchard, Corby Coffin; Soapbox Productions)
Lovable (Prods./Dirs.: Michael McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin; Primitive Entertainment Inc.)

Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program
Battle of the Bag (Prods./Dirs.: Ryszard Hunka, Monika Delmos; CBC)
Four Wings and a Prayer (Prods./Dirs,: Michael McMahon, David Johnston, Emmanual Laurent, Kristina Mc:Laughlin; Primitive Entertainment Inc., Films A Trois, National Film Board (NFB))
Hubble's Canvas (Prods./Dirs,: Craig Colby, Ivan Semeniuk; High Fidelity HDTV)
Long Haul Big Hearts (Prodfs./Dirs.: Doug Raby, Joanne P. Jackson, Joan Jenkinson; Brilliant Red Media, Vision TV)
The Refugees of the Blue Planet (Prods./Dirs.: Monique Simard, Yves Bisaillon, Luc Martin Gousset, Marcel Simard; Les Productions Virage, National Film Board of Canada, Point du Jour)

Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Cowboy Junkies: Trinity Revisited (Prods./Dirs.: Francois Lamoureaux, Pierre Lamoureaux; Fogo Labs)
Embracing Da Kink (Prod.Dir.: Joel Gordon; V-Formation Productions Inc.)
The Fiddle and the Drum (Prods.Dirs.: Karen Pickles, Matt Gillespie, Joe Novak; Joe Media Group Inc.)
Hamlet (solo) (Prods./Dirs.: Raoul Bhaneja, Andrew Barnsley; Hope & Hell Inc.)
Landscape as Muse (Prod./Dir.: Ian Toews; 291 Film Company)

Best Documentary Series
CBC News: The Lens (Prods./Dirs.: Andrew Johnson, Charlotte Odele, Catherine Olsen, Angelina Stokman; CBC Newswordl)
The Dark Years (Prods./Dirs.: Laszlo Barna, Silva Basmajian, Chuck Gammage, Steven Silver; Barna-Alper Productions Inc., National Film Board of Canada)
Diamond Road (Prod./Dir.: Robert Lang; Kensington Communications Inc.)
The Nature of Things (Prod./Dir.: Michael Allder; CBC)
The View from Here (Prod./Dir.: Jane Jankovic; TVO)

Best Direction in a Documentary Program
Peter Raymont (A Promise To The Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman)
David Paperny (Confessions of an Innocent Man)
Nick de Pencier (Four Wings and a Prayer)
Maya Gallus (Girl Inside)
John Zaritsky (The Suicide Tourist)

Best Direction in a Documentary Series
Phyllis Ellis (Crystal: Living The Dream--Episode 1)
Steven Silver (The Dark Years--Episode 1)
Leslie Lucas (Jetstream--Darkness Falls)
Denis Blaquière (Mars Rising--Search For Life)
Derreck Roemer, Neil Graham (The View From Here--Last Call at the Gladstone Hotel)

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series
Neil Docherty (Darfur: On Our Watch)
Steve Lucas (The Dark Years--Episode 1)
Paul Myers (Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues)
Denis Blaquiere (Mars Rising--Search For Life)
Terence McKeown, John Zaritsky (The Suicide Tourist)

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series
Mike Sheerin (Bravo Company: Kandahar)
Bill Metcalfe (Dubai - Miracle or Mirage?)
Étienne Carton De Grammont (Four Wings and a Prayer)
John Collins, John Westheuser (Jetstream--Darkness Falls)
Martin Julian, Mike Carling (The Protestant Revolution--The Politics of Belief)
Stéphane Ricard, André Perron (What's That About?-- Loggers & Choppers)

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series
Roderick Deogrades (100 Films & A Funeral)
Gil Tétreault (Battle of the Bag)
Carmen Pollard (Citizen Sam)
Howard Wirth (Hunting the Predators)
Geoff Rayes (Lives That Changed the World)
Tim Wanlin (True Pulp Murder--99 Bottles of Beer)

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
Steve Cupani (The Confidential Series--Blue Jean Confidential)
Stuart French, Alan Geldart, Ron Searles (The Nature of Things - Geologic Journey: The Great Lakes)
Michel B. Bordeleau, Louis Gignac, Hahns Laitres (Race To Mars)
Joe Passaretti, Damian Kearns (the fifth estate--Life and Death in Kandahar)
Ian Dunbar, Mark Gingras, Andrew Tay (Triple Sensation--Workshop Presentations/Finale)

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series
Mark Korven (A Promise To The Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman)
Jim McGrath (The Climb)
Ken Myhr (Geologic Journey--The Great Lakes)
Aaron Davis, John Lang (How to Stop a Hurricane)
Guy Zerafa, Dave Klotz, Iris Chang (The Rape of Nanking)

HPA (Hollywood Post Alliance) Awards
Charles S. Swartz Award for Outstanding Contribution to Post Production: Elizabeth M. Daley, Dean, USC School of Cinematic Arts

Imagen Awards
TV Best Documentary: Brown Is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream (Dir.: Phillip Rodroiguez)

2) Festivals

Downtown Film Festival-- Los Angeles
Best Short Film Documentary: Isis Avenue (Dir.: Paul Marchand)

LA Shorts Fest
Best Documentary: Travis Pastrana--Driven (Dir.: Leandro HBL)

Montreal World Film Festival
Audience Award-Best Documentary: Children of the Pyre (Dir.: Rajesh S. Jala)

Moondance
Feature Documentary Film Winners
Columbine Award: Baghdad Diary (Dirs.: Sandra Consentino and Joseph Consentino)
Calypso Award: Heart & Soil (Dir.: Mara LeGrand)
Gaia Award: Just One Year (Dir.: Joy Clausen)
Seahorse Award: RFK (Dir.: Mark Sobel)
Sandcastle Award: Voices of the Chichinautzin (Dirs.: Patricia Sims and Luis Patron)
Spirit Award: Wahine (Dir.: Sharon Barbour)

Short Documentary Film Winners
Atlantis Award: Elegy for the Elswick Envoy (Dir.: Nancy Willis)
Gaia Award: Il Flauto Magico di Santi (Santi's Magic Flute) (Dir.: Francesca Molo)
Columbine Award: Lifestories: The Lost Boys of Sudan (Dir.: Jared Martin)
Spirit Award: On the Road to Discover Iceland's Secrets (Dir.: Cécile Cusin)
Seahorse Award: One! The Garry Davis Story (Dirs.: Arthur Kanegis, Richard Crawford and Garry Davis)
Calypso Award: The Hope of Nine Mile Creek (Dir.: Becky McMillen)

The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival
Best Documentary: The Wonder Kids (Dirs.: Jim Petersen and Pamela J. Richardson)
Best Director of a Documentary: Billy Burke (Under the Skin)
Best International Director of a Documentary: Avedis Ohanian (Husher (Memories))
Best Music Documentary: Black Metal Satanica (Dir.: Mats Lundberg)
Best International Music Documentary: A Nashville State of Mind (Dirs.: Jean-Martin Vogel and Eric LaRocca Mainade)
Best Arts Documentary: The Survival of the Wildebeest (Dirs.: Stuart Ross and Joe Wolf)
Best Political Documentary: Identity--The True Story of Juan Piras Peron (Dir.: Francesco Scura
Best Social Documentary: Negative Split (Dir.: Doug Follmer)
Best Medical Documentary: Medicinal
Best Special Interest Documentary: Nina
Best Environmental Documentary: Drifters

Norwegian International. Film Festival
Bringer of Joy Award-Honorable Mention: 99% Honest (Dir.: Rune Denstad Langlo)

Sarajevo Film Festival
Best Documentary: Corridor 8 (Dir.: Boris Despodov)