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Awards Roundup: January 13-19, 2010
Posted: Jan. 18, 2010 Sign-in to Comment Bookmark and Share

1)   Awards

Previously reported: Cinema Eye Honors

 

15th Annual Broadcast Film Critics (Critics Choice) Awards
Best Documentary Feature:
The Cove

 

GLAAD Media Awards--Nominees
Outstanding Documentary
Ask Not (Dir./Prod.: Johnny Symons; Independent Lens/PBS)
Be Like Others (Dir.: Tanaz Eshagian; HBO)
Derek (Dir.: Isaac Julien; Sundance Channel)
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (Dir.: Leanne Pooley; Diva Productions)
U People (Dirs.: Olive Demetrius, Hanifah Walidah; Logo)

 

Heartland Truly Moving Pictures Top Ten
Documentaries on the List:
5) The Cove (Dir.: Louis Psihoyos; Lions Gate)
6) Herb & Dorothy (Dir.: Megumi Sasaki; Fine Line Media)

 

Vancouver Film Critics Awards
Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Dir.: Sacha Gervasi)
Best British Columbia Film: Facing Ali (Dir.: Pete McCormack)
Achievement Award for Contribution to the British Columbia Film Industry: Nettie Wild

 

2) Festivals

 

Palm Springs International Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (Dirs.: Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith)
Runner Up: Inside Hana's Suitcase (Dir.: Larry Weinstein)