1) Awards

Big Apple Latin Films Awards
Best Ecological Documentary: Tierras de Agua Dulce (Freshwater Lands) (Dir.: Ana Cristina Henríquez)

Environmental Media Awards (EMA)--Nominees
Documentary:
The Cove (Dir.: Louie Psihoyos; Prods.: Paula DuPre Pesmen)
Food, Inc. (Dir./Prod.: Robert Kenner; Prod.: Elise Pearlstein)
Fuel (Dir.: Josh Tickell; Prods.: Greg Reitman, Dale Rosenbloom, Daniel Assael)
No Impact Man (Dir./Prod.: Laura Gabbert; Dir.: Justin Schein; Prod.: Eden Wurmfeld)
Feature Film (documentary): Earth (Dirs.: Alistair Fothergill, Mark Linfield; Prods.: Sophokles Tasioulis, Alex Tidmarsh)
Reality Program:
The Lazy Environmentalist: The Lazy Family/The Lazy Pet Groomer (Sundance Channel)
Top Design: Eco Offices (Bravo)
Whale Wars: The Sound of Ice (Animal Planet)

Gotham Awards--Nominees
Best Documentary:
Food, Inc. (Dir./Prod.: Robert Kenner; Prod.: Elise Pearlstein; Magnolia Pictures)
Good Hair (Dir.: Jeff Stilson; Prods.: Chris Rock, Kevin O'Donnell, Nelson George, Jenny Hunter; Liddell Entertainment and Roadside Attractions in association with HBO Films)
My Neighbor My Killer (Dir./Prod.: Anne Aghion; Gacaca Productions)
Paradise (Dir./Prod.: Michael Almereyda; Prod.: Laurie Butler; Post Factory Films)
Tyson (Dir./Prod.: James Toback; Prod.: Damon Bingham; Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You--Documentary:
October Country (Dirs./Prods.: Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher)

2) Festivals

Chicago International Film Festival
Docufest Competition:
Gold Hugo: Cooking History (Dir.: Peter Kerekes; Austria/Slovakia/Czech Republic)
Silver Hugo: Racing Dreams (Dir.: Marshall Curry; USA)
Gold Plaque in Direction: Soundtrack for a Revolution (Dirs.: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman; USA)

Münster Film Festival
Audience Award: Wagah (Dir.: Supriyo Sen)

Middle East International Film Festival
Black Pearl Award for Best Documentary Film: The Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan, A Torch for Peace (Dir.: T. C. McLuhan; Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, USA)
Black Pearl Award for Best New Documentary Director: Johan Grimonprez (Double Take; Netherlands, Belgium)
Black Pearl Award for Best Middle Eastern Documentary Film: On the Way to School (İki Dil Bir Bavul) (Dirs.: Orhan Eskiköy, Özgür Doğan; Turkey)
Black Pearl Award for Best New Middle Eastern Documentary Director: Mohamed Zran (Being Here [Zarzis]; Tunisia)

Pusan International Film Festival
PIFF Mecenat Award for Documentaries: Earth Woman (Dir.: Kwon WooJung; Korea); The Other Song (Dir.: Saba Dewan; India)

Raindance Film Festival
Best Documentary:  A Normal Life Please (Futsu No Shigoto Ga Shitai), (Dir.: Tokachi Tsuchiya; Japan)

Rio Film Festival
Best Feature Length Documentary: Dzi Croquettes (Dirs.: Tatiana Issa, Raphael Alvarez );  Reidy, a construção da utopia (Reidy, Building Utopia) (Dir.: Ana Maria Magalhães)
Popular Vote Award--Best Feature Length Documentary: Dzi Croquettes (Dirs.: Tatiana Issa, Raphael Alvarez)

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize): Encirclement--Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy (Dir:: Richard Brouillette)
The Mayor's Prize: Oblivion  (Dir.: Heddy Honigmann)
Awards of Excellence: Z32  (Dir.: Avi Mograbi); The Fortress (Dir.: Fernand Melgar)
Special Prize: Japan: A Story of Love and Hate  (Dir.: Sean McAllister)
New Asian Currents Awards
Ogawa Shinsuke Prize: American Alley  (Dir.: Kim Dong-ryung)
Awards of Excellence: Bilal (Dir.: Sourav Sarangi); This is Lebanon  (Dir.: Eliane Raheb)
Special Mentions: Spiral Staircase of Harbin (Dir.: Ji Dan); Ximaojia Universe (Dir.: Mao Chenyu)
Citizens' Prizes:  Japan: A Story of Love and Hate (Dir.: Sean McAllister); Yuri-About Loving  (Dir.: Azuma Mieko)
Community Cinema Award: Bilal (Dir.: Sourav Sarangi)
Directors Guild of Japan Award: Doctor Ma's Country Clinic  (Dir.: Cong Feng)