1)   Awards

American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Awards--Nominees
Best Edited Documentary:
The Cove (Geoffrey Richman)
Food, Inc. (Kim Roberts)
This Is It (Don Broch, Kevin Stitt)

Central Ohio Film Critics Association
Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Dir.: Sacha Gervasi)
Runner-up: The Cove (Dir.: Louis Psihoyos)
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir (Dir.: Ari Folman)

Directors Guild of America Awards--Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries--Nomineees
Sacha Gervasi (Anvil! The Story of Anvil; Metal On Metal Productions)
Mai Iskander (Garbage Dreams; Iskander Films, Inc.)
Robert Kenner (Food, Inc.; Robert Kenner Films)
Louie Psihoyos (The Cove; Oceanic Preservation Society and Roadside Attractions)
Geoffrey Smith (The English Surgeon; Eyeline Films)
Agnès Varda (The Beaches of Agnès; Cine-Tamaris, Paris)

History Makers Awards--Nominees
Best Current Affairs Production:
The Fifth Estate (CBC Television)
Iran and the West (Series Prod.: Norma Percy; Brook Lapping Productions')
Tiger Spirit (Dir.: Min Sook Lee; Storyline Entertainment/National Film Board of Canada)
The Final Inch (Dir.: Irene Taylor Brodsky; HBO)
Under Our Skin (Dir.: Andy Abrahams Wilson; Open Eye Pictures)
The Spy Factory (Dir./Prod.: C. Scott Willis; Prod./Wtr.: James Bamford; WGBH NOVA)

Best Use of Archive in a Current Affairs Production:
Trouble the Water (Dirs.: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin; HBO)
The Most Secret Place on Earth - The CIA's Covert War In Laos (Dir.: Marc Eberle; Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion Köln GmbH & Co. KG)
Allende, A Closed Affair.(TVE)

Best History Production:
Paper Dolls-- Australian Pinups of World War 2 (Dir.: Angela Buckingham; Marina Films
To Kill or Not to Kill (NHK)
The Stasi File of Hans Kramer (Context TV GmbH in association with Cinetévè)
Busting the Berlin Wall (Dir.: Oliver Halmburger; ZDF Enterprises)
Looking for Lincoln (Dirs./Prods.: John Maggio, Muriel Soenens; Thirteen WNET)
The People vs. Leo Frank (Ben Loeterman Productions in association with South Carolina ETV)

Best Use of Archive in a History Production:
Apocalypse: The Second World War (Clarke, Costelle & Cie/Smithsonian Networks)
Eliot Ness versus Al Capone (Dir.: Patrick Jeudy; Temps noir in association with ARTE France)
For Which I Am Prepared To Die (Lindy Wilson Productions)
Paris 1919 (Dir.: Paul Cowan; NFB/13 Production/Galafilm/ARTE France)
The Spies Who Came From the Sea (Dir.: Peter John Ingles; Radio-Canada/CBC)
Teddy: In His Own Words (Prods.: Peter Kunhardt, Sheila Nevins; HBO)

Most Innovative Production:
Inuit Odyssey  (Dirs./Prods.: Tom Radofrd, Niobe Thompson; Clearwater Documentary)
Manson (HISTORY)
The Naked Archaeologist: Coat of Many Colours? (Associated Producers Ltd.)
Busting the Berlin Wall (Dir.: Oliver Halmburger; ZDF Enterprises)
The Naked Archaeologist: Babes, Brothels and Baths (Associated Producers Ltd.)
Generals at War (Windfall Films)

Kansas City Film Critics Circle
Best Documentary: Every Little Step (Dirs.: Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern)

NAACP Image Awards--Nominees
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Brick City (Dirs.: Marc Levin, Mark Benjamin; Sundance Channel--the documentary nominee)
Outstanding Motion Picture
Michael Jackson's: This Is It (Dir.: Kenny Ortega; Columbia Pictures--the documentary nominee)
Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television)
Capitalism: A Love Story (Dir.: Michael Moore; Overture Films)
Crips and Bloods: Made in America (Dir.: Stacy Peralta; Gravitas Ventures)
Crude (Dir.: Joe Berlinger; First Run Features)
Good Hair (Dir.: Jeff Stilson; Roadside Attractions)
More than a Game (Dir.: Kristopher Belman; Lionsgate)

Toronto Film Critics Association
Allan King Documentary Feature Award: The Cove (Dir.: Louie Psihoyos; Maple Pictures)

Writers Guild of America--Nominees
Documentary Screenplay:
Against the Tide  (Screenplay by Richard Trank; Moriah Films)
Capitalism: A Love Story (Written by Michael Moore; Overture Films)
The Cove (Written by Mark Monroe; Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
Earth Days (Written by Robert Stone; Zeitgeist Films)
Good Hair (Written by Chris Rock & Jeff Stilson and Lance Crouther and Chuck Sklar; Roadside Attractions)
Soundtrack for a Revolution (Written by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman; Freedom Song Productions and Louverture Films)

2) Festivals

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Outstanding Achievement Award: Kim Longinotto
Doc Mogul Industry Award: Jan Rofekamp