1) Awards

Student Academy Awards--Best Documentary
Gold Medal: The Last Mermaids (Dir.: Liz Chae, Columbia University)
Silver Medal: The Wait (Dirs.: Cassandra Lizaire, Kelly Asmuth, Columbia University)
Bronze Medal: A Place to Land (Dir.: Lauren DeAngelis, American University)

2) Festivals

CineVegas
Best Documentary: All In: The Poker Movie (Dir.: Douglas Tirola)
Special Documentary Jury Prize for Artistic Vision: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (Dir.: Jessica Oreck)
Audience Award—Best Documentary: Winnebago Man (Dir.: Ben Steinbauer)

Seattle International Film Festival
Documentary Competition--Grand Jury Prize: talhotblond (Dir.: Barbara Schroeder)
Documentary Competition Special Jury Prize: Manhole Children (Dir.: Yoshio Harada)
Short Documentary Grand Jury Prize: The Herd (Dir.: Ken Wardrop)
Special Youth Jury Award for Best FutureWave Feature: Sounds Like Teen Spirit (Dir.: Jamie J. Johnson)
Best Documentary--Golden Space Needle Award: The Cove (Dir.: Louie Psihoyos)
Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision: Sweet Crude (Dir.: Sandy Cioffi)

NewFest
Best Feature Length Documentary: Prodigal Sons (Dir.: Kimberly Reed)
Best Short Documentary: Kaden Later (Dir.: Harriet Storm)

Texandance International Film Festival
Best Documentary: Begging for Billionaires (Dir.: Phil Klein)