Previously reported:

Emmy Awards--Creative Arts

Emmy Awards--News & Documentaries

John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Genius Grants

Toronto International Film Festival

1) Awards

Cinereach Reach Film Fellows, Mentors and Films--Nonfiction Projects:
Nadia Hallgren (mentored by Annie Sundberg) Love Lockdown 
Anthony Morrison (mentored by Marilyn Agrelo) Our Principal Intent 

European Film Awards Nominees-Short Films: Documentaries:
Between Dreams (Dir.: Iris Olsson; France/Russia/Finland)
The Herd, (Dir.: Ken Wardrop; Ireland)
Peter in Radioland, (Dir.: Johanna Wagner ; UK)
Poste Restante (Dir.: Marcel Lozinski; Poland)
Szklana Pulapka (The Glass Trap) (Dir.: Pawel Ferdek; Poland)

Giant Screen Cinema Association Awards
Best Film of the Year Produced Exclusively for the Giant Screen: Van Gogh: Brush With Genius (Dir./Prod.: François Bertrand; Prods.: Laurent Dondey; Camera Lucida, Les Productions de la Géode, MacGillivray Freeman Films)
Best Film for Lifelong Learning: Van Gogh: Brush With Genius (Dir./Prod.: François Bertrand; Prods.: Laurent Dondey; Camera Lucida, Les Productions de la Géode, MacGillivray Freeman Films)
Best Original Score: Van Gogh: Brush With Genius (Composer: Armand Amar)
Best Cinematography: Under the Sea 3D (Director of Photography: Howard Hall)
Best Film Launch by a Theater: Krungsri IMAX Theatre in Bangkok, Thailand, for their film launch of Wild Ocean (Prods.: Don Kempf, Steve Kempf)
Best Marketing Campaign by a Distributor: IMAX Corporation for Under the Sea 3D
IMAX Corporation: Maximum Image Award: Everest (Prods.: MacGillivray Freeman Films)

IFP/Chicago-Independent Film Gala Honoree: Towers Productions

Robert Giard Fellowship (The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) at The Graduate Center, City University of New York): Sonali Gulati for her documentary film Out & About

2008-09 Rooftop Filmmakers' Fund Recipients--Documentaries:
Sara Zia Ebrahimi: Norman Schwartzkopf Made Me Gay
Dustin Guy Defa: We Have No Home

2) Festivals

Camden International Film Festival
Harrell Award for Best Documentary Feature: Before We Were Born (Puisque Nous Sommes Nés) (Dirs.: Jean-Pierre Duret, Andrea Santana)
CIFF Award for Emerging Cinematic Vision: The Philosopher Kings (Dir.: Patrick Shen)

Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Grand Teton Award: Green (Prod.: Tawak Productions)
Silver Teton Award:  The Meerkats (Prod.: Justin Krish; Yaffle Films, BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Films, The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Achievement:  Earth (BBC Natural History Unit, Disneynature, BBC Worldwide, Greenlight Media, B8 Media, Discovery Channel) 
Best 360 Campaign: Dirty Secrets (National Geographic Television, Sea Studios Foundation)
Best Animal Behavior Program:  Gorilla King  (Tigress Productions, Ltd, Nature/THIRTEEN, BBC)
Best Children's Program: Once Upon a Tide (Center for Health and the Global Environment/Harvard Medical School, Sea Studios Foundation, Laika/house, Funjacket Enterprises)
Best Conservation Program: Green (Tawak Pictures)
Best Earth Sciences Program: O2: The Molecule That Made Our World (ORF Universum / NHU; Burning Gold Productions, AV Dokumenta, BMUKK, BBC)
Best Limited Series: Yellowstone (BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet)
Best Nonbroadcast Program:  Frog, Chemical, Water, You (Jennifer Grace, MSU)
Best People & Nature Program: Legend of Pale Male (Birdjail Productions)
Best Presenter-led Program:  Charles Darwin & the Tree of Life (Sir David Attenborough; BBC Natural History Unit, Open University)
Best Short Program: Small Talk Diaries: Changeling (Ammonite, Off the Fence, CBBC, Big Squid New Media)
Best Special Venue: Bugs 3d! (Principal Large Format, SK Films)
Best Theatrical Program:  Earth (BBC Natural History Unit, Disneynature, BBC Worldwide, Greenlight Media, B8 Media, Discovery Channel) 
Best Use of Web 2.0/New Media:  www.quest.com (KQED-Quest)
Best Web Presence: Big Cat Live  Www.Bbc.Co.Uk/Bigcat/Big Cat Live (BBC Natural History Unit)
Best Wildlife Habitat Program: Yellowstone: Winter (BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet)

Best Cinematography: The Forest: Realm of Shadows (Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne, Rudolf Diesel, Adrian Langenbach, Robert Morgenstern, Rolf Steinmann; nautilusfilm GmbH for Studio Hamburg Documentaries, NDR Naturfilm, Arte, ORF)
Best Editing: The Meerkats (Justin Krish; Yaffle Films, BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Films, The Weinstein Company)
Marian Zunz Newcomer Award: Swamp Troop (Adrian Bailey, Road Media, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channels International)
Best Original Score: Disneynature Presents The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (The Cinematic Orchestra; Disneynature, Natural Light Films, Kudos Pictures)
Best Sound: Swamp Troop (Robyn Keene-Young [Sound Recordist and Sound Design], Adrian Bailey [Sound Design], Mark Phillips [Sound Editor and Mixer];Road Media, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channels International)
Best Writing: The Legend of Pale Male (Janet Hess; Birdjail Productions)

San Diego Film Festival
Best Documentary: American Harmony (Dir.: Aengus James)
Audience Choice--Documentary: Jesse's Story (Dir.: Mark Jacobs)

Sound Unseen Music and Film Festival
Career Achievement Award: Ondi Timoner

Woodstock Film Festival
Maverick Award for Best Feature Documentary: Junior (Dir.: Jenna Rosher)
Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography: Juan Carlos Rulfo (Those Who Remain)
James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Feature Documentary: Kate Hirson and Jessica Reynolds (Garbage Dreams)