British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards
Outstanding British Film: Man on Wire (Dir.: James Marsh; Prod.: Simon Chinn)

Grammy Awards
Best Long Form Music Video: Runnin' Down a Dream (Dir.: Peter Bogdanovich; Prod.: Skot Bright)

London Film Critics' Circle Awards
Foreign Language Film of the Year: Waltz with Bashir (Dir.: Ari Folman)

Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards
Documentary Screenplay Award: Waltz with Bashir (Written by Ari Folman)
Documentary -- Current Events: FRONTLINE: Bush's War: Part One (Written by Michael Kirk; PBS)
Documentary -- Other Than Current Events: NOVA: Secrets of the Parthenon (Written by Gary Glassman; PBS)

2) Festivals

Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin Today Award: Wagah (Dir.: Supriyo Sen)
Honorable Mention: My Super Sea Wall (Dir.: Gina Abatemarco)

DOCNZ
Awards--Nominees:
International Competition--Short Documentary:
Don Roberto's Shadow (Dirs.: Juan Diego Spoerer, Hakan Engstrom; Chile/Sweden)
Standing Start (Dirs.: Finlay Pretsell, Adrian McDowall; Scotland)
Goleshavo (Dir.: Ilian Metev)
International Competition--Feature Documentary:
At the Death House Door (Dirs.: Steve James, Peter Gilbert; USA)
The Wild Horse Redemption (Dir.: John Zaritsky; Canada)
The Love of Mr An (Dir.: Yang Lina; China)
The Perfect Cappuccino (Dir.: Amy Ferraris; USA)
The Heart of Jenin (Dirs.: Leon Geller, Marcus Vetter; Germany/Israel)
New Zealand Competition--Short Documentary:
An Ordinary Person (Dir.: Susan Potter)
Chance of a Lifetime (Dir.: Sandy Crichton)
Rev Therapy (Dir.: Luke Wheeler)
New Zealand Competition--Feature Documentary:
Assume Nothing (Dir.: Kirsty MacDonald)
Toki Does New York (Dir.: Dan Salmon)
The Last Western Heretic (Dir.: Monique Oomen)
Shustak (Dir.: Stuart Page)
Architect of Dreams (Dir.: Geoffrey Cawthorn)
Best Emerging NZ Filmmaker:
Sandy Crichton (Chance of a Lifetime)
Stuart Page (Shustak)
Susan Potter (An Ordinary Person)
Screenrights Best Educational Documentary:
The Last Western Heretic (Dir.: Monique Oomen)
Architect of Dreams (Dir.: Geoffrey Cawthorn)
An Ordinary Person (Dir.: Susan Potter)
Best Editor:
Niels Pagh Andersen (Recipes for Disaster)
Francois Verster (Sea Point Days)
Danniel Danniel and Jessica de Koning (Oblivion)
Best Cinematographer:
Francois Verster and Peter Liechti (Sea Point Days)
John Collins and Ian Kerr (The Wild Horse Redemption)
Tibor Mathé H.S.C. (Another Planet)
Best Director:
Heddy Honigmann (Oblivion )
Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi (Suddenly, Last Winter)
Yang Lina (The Love on Mr. An)
Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro (Body of War)

History Makers Conference
Best Program Award: Waltz with Bashir (Dir.: Ari Folman)
Most Innovative Program: 102 Minutes that Changed America (Dir.: Nicole Rittenmeyer)

Hot Docs

Doc Mogul Award: Sheila Nevins

La Géode Film Festival
Grand Prix Award: Van Gogh: Brush with Genius (Dirs.: Peter Knapp and François Bertrand; Prods.: MacGillivray Freeman Films, Camera Lucida and Les Productions de là Géode)

Texas Black Film Festival
Best Documentary--Nominees:
Beneath the Skin: Baptists and Racism (Dir.: Cliff Vaughn)
HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana (Dir.: Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi)
Juror Number Six (Dir.: Rachel Lyon)
Krumbs (Dir.: Margaret Galbraith)
Redemption Stone: The Life and Times of Tom Lewis (Dir.: Tom Dziedzic)
Audience Choice Award--Nominees:
Best Texas Film:
The Least Among You (Dir.: Mark Young)
Juror Number 6 (Dir.: Rachel Lyons)
Hope (Dir.: William Shipley)
Platonic Bomb (Dir.: Michael Brown)
The Runner (Dir.: Nicholas Comier III)
Best Overall Film--Documentary Nominees:
The Black Candle (Dir.: M. K. Asante Jr.)
Krumbs (Dir.: Margaret Galbraith)

True/False Film Festival
True Vision Award: Rough Aunties (Dir.: Kim Longinotto)