1)   Awards

CanWest Hot Docs Fund--Round Three

Atanasoff (Dir./Prod.: Daniel Cross, Prod.: Mila Aung-Thwin; Prod. Co.: EyeSteelFilm/ Montreal, QC)
Blood, Sweat and Beers (Dir.: Eppo Eerkes; Prod.: Ron Goetz; Prod. Co.: Parrtners in Motion/Regina, SK)
Injury (Dir.: Brett Story; Prod.: Frederic Bohbot; Prod. Co.: Bunbury Ontic Films/ Montreal, QC)
Water on the Table (Dir./Prod.: Liz Marshall; Prod.: Susan McGrath; Prod. Co.:  Water On The Table Inc. /Toronto, ON)

Canwest-Hot Docs Development Fund

Angry Inuk (Dir./Prod.: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril; Prod.:  Stacey Aglok-MacDonald; Prod. Co.: Unikkaat Studios Inc./Iqaluit, NU)
Big Red & Eddie (Dir./Prod.:  Marike Emery; Prod. Co.:  Little Dog Productions Inc./ Toronto, ON)
Just Blow It Up (Dir.: Julian Pinder; Prods.: Paul Scherzer, Ric Beairsto; Prod. Co.: Six Island Productions Inc./Toronto, ON)
Metamorphosis (Dir.: Clement Virgo; Prod.: Damon D'Oliveira; Prod. Co.: Conquering Lion Pictures/Toronto, ON)
Ton Up! (Dir./Prod.: Karen Porter; Prod. Co.: Tony Devenyi Inc./Vancouver, BC)
Transformation (Dir.: Sebastian Lange; Prods.:  John Christou, Pepita Ferrari; Prod. Co.:  Loaded Pictures/Montreal, QC)
Uprooted (Dir.: Simon Trépanier; Prod.: Lucie Tremblay; Prod. Co.: Lowik Media 2008 Inc./Montreal, QC)

Emmy Awards Nominees--News and Documentary

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  Emmy Awards Nominees--Primetime and Creative Arts

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  Imagen Foundation Imagen Awards--Nominees

Best Feature Documentary:
Beisbol (Prods.: Winston Davis Assoc.)
Crude (Dir./Prod.: Joe Berlinger; @Radical Media)
Pushin' Forward: The James Lilly Story (Dir.: Izumi Tanaka; Fanlight Productions)
Soy Soldado (Dir.: Juan Escobedo)
Viva La Causa (Dir.: Bill Brummel; Bill Brummel Productions)

Best Television Documentary:
A Class Apart (Dirs./Prods.: Carlos Sandoval, Peter Miller; Latino Public Broadcasting)
The Last Conquistador (Dirs./Prods.: John J. Valadez, Cristina Ibarra; Latino Public Broadcasting)
Latinos '08 (Dir./Prod.: Phillip Rodriguez; City Projects)
Habla Ya (Prod.: HBO Latino)
Angel in the Hood (Prod.: EZ Public Relations)

2) Festivals

Galway Film Fleadh

Best Feature Documentary: The Cove (Dir.: Louie Psihoyos)
Runner-up: Sweet Crude (Dir.: Sandy Cioffi)
Best Short Documentary: Christmas with Dad (Dir.: Conor McCormack)
Honorable Mentions: The Knife (Dir.: Colm Quinn); God and Napoleon (Dir.: Claran Deeney)

Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Film Competition--Finalists

Best Animal Behavior Program 
Crimson Wing (Natural Lights Films, Kudos Pictures Productions, Disneynature)
Gorilla King  (Tigress Productions, Ltd, Nature/THIRTEEN, BBC)
What Females Want And What Males Will Do, Episode 2 (Pangolin Pictures, Nature/THIRTEEN)

Best Wildlife Habitat Program
Crimson Wing (Natural Lights Films, Kudos Pictures Productions, Disneynature)
The Forest: Fight for Light (Nautilus Film, Studio Hamburg GmbH Documentaries, NDR Naturfilm, Arte, ORF)
Yellowstone: Winter (BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet)

Best Conservation Program
Coal Country (Evening Star Productions, Norman Star Media)
Division Street (Frogpondia Films)
Green (Tawak Pictures)

Best People & Nature Program 
Gorilla Murders (National Geographic Television)
Legend of Pale Male (Birdjail Productions)
Snow Leopard: Beyond The Myth (BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet)
There's A Rhino In My House (Oxford Scientific Films, Animal Planet)

Best Limited Series
Nature's Great Events (BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery, Wanda Vision )
The Secret Life of Elephants (BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet)
Yellowstone (BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet)

Best Children's Program  
Arctic Tale (National Geographic, Paramount Vantage, Visionbox Films)
Frog, Chemical, Water, You (Jennifer Grace, MSU)
Once Upon a Tide (Center for Health and the Global Environment/Harvard Medical School, Sea Studios Foundation, Laika/house, Funjacket Enterprises)

Best Presenter-led Program 
Charles Darwin & the Tree of Life (Sir David Attenborough; BBC Natural History Unit, Open University)
The Human Spark (Alan Alda; THIRTEEN, Chedd-Angier-Lewis Productions )
The Real Gremlin (Nick Baker; Icon Films, Animal Planet International, Five, ITV Global Entertainment)

Best Short Program 
A Coral Gardener (BBC Natural History Unit)
Rethink the Shark (Save Our Seas Foundation, Saatchi & Saatchi )
Small Talk Diaries: Changeling (Ammonite, Off the Fence, CBBC, Big Squid New Media)

Marian Zunz Newcomer Award
Division Street (Eric Bendick, Frogpondia Films)
Swamp Troop (Adrian Bailey, Road Media, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channels International)
The White Wood (Lou Astbury)

Best Theatrical Program
Crimson Wing (Natural Lights Films, Kudos Pictures Productions, Disneynature)
Earth (BBC Natural History Unit, Disneynature, BBC Worldwide, Greenlight Media, B8
Media, Discovery Channel) 
Wild Opera (Images Studio, Studio Saint Antoine, Inc., Animal Planet International,
Marathon International)

Best Nonbroadcast Program 
Amur River Basin (Craig Miller Productions, Inc., World Wildlife Fund)
Frog, Chemical, Water, You (Jennifer Grace, MSU)
Santa Cruz Island: Restoring Balance (The Ocean Channel)

Best Earth Sciences Program 
Are We Alone (Optomen Productions)
Landslide Detectives (KQED-QUEST)
O2: The Molecule That Made Our World (ORF Universum / NHU; Burning Gold Productions, AV Dokumenta, BMUKK, BBC)

Best 360 Campaign
Dirty Secrets (National Geographic Television, Sea Studios Foundation)
Rethink The Shark (Save Our Seas Foundation)
Springwatch (BBC Natural History Unit)

Best Web Presence
Big Cat Live  Www.Bbc.Co.Uk/Bigcat/Big Cat Live (BBC Natural History Unit)
Expedition: Blue Planet Www.Alexandracousteau.Com  (Blue Legacy, International)
www.saveourseas.com (Save Our Seas Foundation )

Best Use of Web 2.0/New Media 
Expedition: Blue Planet Www.Alexandracousteau.Com  (Blue Legacy, International)
www.saveourseas.com (Save Our Seas Foundation )
www.quest.com (KQED-Quest)
www.wildearth.tv (WildEarth Media, Hancock Wildlife Foundation, The Institute for Wildlife Studies)

Outstanding Achievement
Earth (BBC Natural History Unit, Disneynature, BBC Worldwide, Greenlight Media, B8 Media, Discovery Channel) 
Gorilla Murders (National Geographic Television)
Whale Wars (RIVR Media, Animal Planet)

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Best Documentary Film under 30 Minutes Long: Wagah  (Dir.: Supriyo Sen; Germany, India, Pakistan)
Special Jury Mention: Till It Hurts | Do bolu  (Dir.: Marcin Koszałka; Poland)
Best Documentary Film over 30 Minutes Long: Osadné  (Dir.: Marko Škop; Slovak Republic, Czech Republic)
Special Jury Mention:  We Live in Public  (Dir.: Ondi Timoner ; USA)

Marseille International Documentary Film Festival (FIDMarseille)

Grand Prix of the International Competition: Material (Dir.: Thomas Heise; Germany)
Special Mention: Lunch Break (Dir.: Sharon Lockhart; USA)
Grand Prix of the French Competition: Videomappings: Aida, Palestine (Dir.: Till Rosekens; France, Palestinian Territories)
Georges de Beauregard International Prize: Ruinas (Dir.: Manuel Mozos; Portugal)
Special Mention: Until the Next Resurrection (Dir.: Oleg Morozov; Russia)
Georges de Beauregard National Prize: The Cat, the Reverend and the Slave (Dirs.: Alain della Negra and Kaori Kinoshita; France)
First Film Prize: Searching for Hassan (Dir.: Edouard Beau; France)
Special Mention: Les Racines du Brouillard (Dir.: Dounia Bovet-Wolteche; Belgium)
Public Libraries Prize: Hinterland (Dir.: Marie Voignier; France)
Special Mention: Sur Place: 4 Revenants des Guerres Libanaises (Dirs.: Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim; Lebanon)
GNCR Prize-EX-AEQUO: The Cat, the Reverend and the Slave (Dirs.: Alain della Negra and Kaori Kinoshita; France); Le Plein Pays (Dir.: Antoine Boutet; France)
Marseille Esperence Prize: Maniquerville (Dir.: Pierre Creton; France)

Outfest 2009

Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Documentary Film: Off and Running (Dir.: Nicole Opper)
Grand Jury Award For Outstanding Documentary Short Film: First and Loveliss (Dirs.: Shaun Kadlec, Deb Tullman)
Special Programming Award for Freedom: On These Shoulders We Stand (Dir.: Glenne Mcelhinney) Special Programming Award for Emerging Talent: George O'Donnell (College Boys Live)
Audience Award for Outstanding Documentary Short Film: Get Happy (Dir.: Mark Payne)
Audience Award for Outstanding Documentary Feature Film:  Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement (Dirs.: Greta Olafsdottir, Susan Muska)