Avignon Film Festival
Prix Pierre Salinger for the Best Documentary Film:
An Unlikely Weapon (Dir.: Susan Morgan Cooper)
Prix Special Du Jury: Wild Blue Yonder (Dirs.: Celia Maysles and Charlene Rule)  

Edinburgh International Film Festival
Standard Life Audience Award:        Man on Wire (Dir.: James Marsh; Prod.: Simon Chinn)
Jury Prize for Documentary:  Encounters at the End of the World (Dir.: Werner Herzog; Prod.: Henry Kaiser) 

Frameline
Audience Award for Best Documentary: Pageant (Dirs.: Stewart Halpern and Ron Davis)

Los Angeles Film Festival
Target Documentary Award:            Loot (Dir./Prod.: Darius Marder)
Documentary Audience Award:     Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Dir.: Sacha Gervasi; Prod.: Rebecca Yeldham)
International Audience Award:         Man on Wire (Dir.: James Marsh; Prod.: Simon Chinn)
Special Documentary Jury Commendation: Pressure Cooker (Dir./Prod.: Jennifer Grausman; Dir.: Mark Becker)
Best Documentary Short Film:                     City of Cranes (Dir.: Eva Weber)

Tandil Cine (Argentina)
Best Documentary: Caja cerrada (Dir.: Martin Sola)
Best Director—Documentary: Gaston Solnicki (Suden)
Special Prize: Guitarra adentro (Dir.: Javier de Silvio)
Audience Picks--Documentary: Suden (Dir.: Gaston Solnicki)