1) Awards

Cesar Film Awards (The French Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences)--Nominees
Best Foreign Film: Waltz with Bashir (Dir.: Ari Folman) (among seven nominees)
Best Documentary:
Elle s'appelle Sabine (Dir.: Sandrine Bonnaire)
Hollywood, I'll Sleep Over Tonight (Dir.: Antione de Maximy)
The Beaches of Agnès (Dir.: Agnes Varda)
Tabarly (Dir.: Pierre Marcel)
La Vie Moderne (Dir.: Raymond Depardon)

DGA Awards
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir)

Evening Standard Awards
Peter Sellers Award for Comedy
Chris Waitt for his documentary A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (among three nominees)

GLAAD Media Awards--Nominees
Best Documentary:
Chris & Don: A Love Story (Dirs.: Guido Santi, Tina Mascara; Zeitgeists Films)
Freeheld (Dir./Prod.: Cynthia Wade; Prods.: Vanessa Roth, Matthew Syrett; Cinemax)
A Jihad for Love (Dir.: Parvez Sharma; Prod.: Sandi DuBowski; First Run Features)
Saving Marriage (Dirs./Prods.: Mike Roth, John Henning; Regent Releasing)
Sex Change Hospital (Dir./Prod.: Chris McKim; WE tv)

Goya Awards (Spain)
Best Documentary Short: Heroes: No hace falta alas para volar (Dir.: Angel Loza)
Best Documentary: Bucarest, la memoria perdida (Dir.: Albert Solé)

Producers Guild of America Awards
Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Man on Wire (Prod.: Simon Chinn)
Producer of the Year Award in Non-Fiction Television: 60 Minutes (Prod.: Jeff Fager; CBS)
Visionary Award: Jeff Skoll

Visual Effects Society
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project: Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D (MacGillivray Freeman)

2) Festivals

History Makers Conference
Best Program Award--Nominees:
Man on Wire (Dir.: James Marsh )
Waltz with Bashir (Dir.: Ari Folman)
Oswald's Ghost (Dir.: Robert Stone)
Most Innovative Program--Nominees:
102 Minutes that Changed America (Dir.: Nicole Rittenmeyer)
Heist (Dir.: Justin Hardy)
Aftermath: Population Zero (Dir.: Christopher Rowley)
Life after People (Dir.: David Devries)

Hot Docs
Outstanding Achievement Award: Alanis Obamsawin

London Short Film Festival
Current TV Documentary Award: Light and Dark (Dirs.: Michael Smith, Tom Stubbs)

Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Best Documentary: Yes Madam, Sir (Dir.: Megan Doneman)
Social Justice Award: Yes Madam, Sir (Dir.: Megan Doneman)

Slamdance
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature: Strongman (Dir.: Zachary Levy)
Special Jury Mention: Second Sight (Dir.: Alison McAlpine )
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short: Rare Chicken Rescue (Dir.: Randall Wood)
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature: Heart of Stone (Dir.: Beth Toni Kruvant )
Spirit of Slamdance Award: Zombie Girl (Dirs.: Aaron Marshall, Erik Mauck, Justin Johnson); Vapid Lovelies (Dir.: Frank Feldman )

Sundance Film Festival
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IndieWIRE Crix Pix-Ten Best Documentary Films:
The Cove (Dir.: Louis Psihoyos)
Burma VJ (Dir.: Anders Ostergaard)
We Live in Public (Dir.: Ondi Timoner)
The September Issue (Dir.: R.J. Cutler)
Big River Man (Dir.: John Maringouin)
Boy Interrupted (Dir.: Dana Perry)
Rough Aunties (Dir.: Kim Longinotto)
Old Partner (Dir.: Chung-ryoul Lee)
Reporter (Dir.: Eric Daniel Metzgar)
The Carter (Dir.: Adam Bhala Lough)