1) Awards

 

Crystal Film Award (The Netherlands)-given to a documentary that has drawn an audience of over 10,000 since its theatrical release: Contract Hotels--Djangan Loepah! (Dirs.: Hetty Naaijkens, Retel Helmrich)

 

Global Media Awards for Excellence in Population Reporting
Best Film or Mini-Series: Earth Days (Dir.: Robert Stone)

 

Grierson Documentary Awards (UK)
Grierson Trustees' Award: Norma Percy
Best Documentary Series: Iran and the West (Dir.: Norma Percy; Prods.: Dai Richards, Delphine, Jadeau, Paul Mitchell)
Best Arts Documentary:  The Mona Lisa Curse (Dir.: Mandy Chang)
Best Cinema Documentary: Burma VJ (Dir.: Anders Østergaard)
Best Documentary on a Contemporary Issue: Afghan Star (Dir.: Havana Marking)
Best Drama Documentary: House of Saddam (Dirs.: Alex Holmes, Jim O'Hanlon)
Most Entertaining Documentary: The Yes Men Fix the World (Dirs.: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno)
Best Historical Documentary: Thriller in Manila (Dir.: John Dower)
Best Science Documentary: Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (Dir.: Sacha Mirzoeff)
Best Newcomer: Elizabeth Stopford (I'm Not Dead Yet)

 

2) Festivals

 

Chicago International Children's Film Festival

Children's Jury Prize--Documentary Film Or Video:

1st Prize: Bronx Princess (Dirs.: Yoni Brook, Musa Syeed)
2nd Prize: Chickens of the Sea (Dir.: Steve Furman)
Certificate of Excellence: Why Don't We Ride Zebras? (Dir.: Hannah Smith Walker)

Adult Jury Prize--Documentary Film Or Video:

1st Prize: My 24 Hours II: Families: "Japan" (Dirs.: Sara Yamamoto, Fabrice Matadi, Inka Hakala, Tapio Koivula, Iago Tannus Santos, Guan-De Jiang, Tzu-Yin Wang,;(Taiwan, 2009)
2nd Prize: Fight the Bad Things (Dir.: Jenni Linko; Finland)
Certificate of Excellence: Why Don't We Ride Zebras? (Dir.: Hannah Smith Walker; USA)

 

 

DOK Leipzig
Long Metrage (longer than 45 min)--Golden Dove: Les arrivants (The Arrivals) (Dirs.: Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard; France)
Long Metrage--Silver Dove: La casa (The House) (Dir.: Tayo Cortés; Colombia, Spain).
Short Metrage (less than 45 min)--Golden Dove: Tying Your Own Shoes (Dir.: Shira Avni; Canada)
The German Jury for Documentary Film Award: Rich Brother (Dir.: Insa Onken;  Germany)
The International Jury for the Young Talent Competition Award: Antoine (Dir.: Laura Bari; Canada)
The Jury for the Healthy Workplaces Film Award: A Blooming Business (Dir.: Ton van Zantvoort)
The Jury of the Doc Alliance Award:  Maggie in Wonderland. (Dirs.: Mark Hammarberg, Ester Martin Bergsmark, Beatrice Maggie Andersson; Sweden)
The MDR (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk) Award for an Outstanding Eastern European Documentary: Chemia (Chemo) (Dir.: Pawel Lozinski; Poland)
The DEFA Foundation Award for an Outstanding German Documentary:  Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten (The woman with the 5 elephants) (Dir.: Vadim Jendreyko; Germany, Switzerland)
The Jury of the Trade Union ver.di Prize: Les arrivants (The Arrivals) (Dirs.: Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard; France)
The Ecumenical Jury Prize: Les arrivants (The Arrivals) (Dirs.: Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard; France)
The FIPRESCI Jury Prize: Cooking History (Dir.: Peter Kerekes; Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic)
The Youth Jury of the Filmschule Leipzig e. V. Prize:  Die Eroberung der inneren Freiheit (The Conquest of Inner Freedom) (Dirs.: Aleksandra Kumorek, Silvia Kaiser;  Germany)

 

Hawaii International Film Festival
Halekulani Award for Best Documentary Film: Petition (Dir.: Zhao Liang)

 

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Jury Prize--Best Documentary: Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride (Dir.: Bob Christie)
Audience Choice Award-Documentary: Ferron: Girl on a Road (Dir.: Gerry Rogers)

 

London International Film Festival
The Grierson Award for Best Documentary: Defamation (Dir.: Yoav Shamir)