1) Awards

Canwest-Hot Docs Funds--Awarded Projects
Completion Fund (a total of $258,000 awarded):
Act of God (Dir:: Jennifer Baichwal; Mercury Films/Foundry Lightning Inc., Toronto)
Cat Ladies (Dir.: Christie Callan-Jones; Cat Ladies Productions Inc., Toronto)
Last Train Home (Dir.: Lixin Fan; Eyesteelfilm Inc., Montreal)
Love at the Starlite Motel (Dir.: Alison Rose; Inigo Motel Inc., Toronto)
Rosebud (Dirs.: Cameron Esler, Tadzio Richards; Bunbury Films Inc., Montreal)
Waterlife (Dir.: Kevin Mcmahon; Primitive Entertainment, Toronto)

Development Fund (a total of $80 000 awarded):
Dark Chocolate (In Sync Video, Toronto)
Offender Families--Forgiving Murder In The Family (Dir.: John Kastner; Js Kastner Productions Ltd., Toronto)
Reena Virk (Dir.: Thomas Wallner; Xenophile Media Inc., Toronto)
Residential Schools (Dir.: Tracey Deer; Prospector Films Inc., Montreal)
The Stories We Tell (Dir.: Sarah Polley; Tangled Productions Inc., Toronto)
Twinsterhood (Dir.: Allison Grace (Fall From Grace Productions Inc., Toronto)

EDN Talent Grant:
Goran Devic

2) Festivals

Angelus Student Film Fest
Best Documentary: As We Forgive (Dir.: Laura Waters Hinson)\

Atlanta Docufest
Best Documentary: More Shoes (Dir.: Lee Kazimir)
Best Foreign Documentary: Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad (A Little Bit of So Much Truth) (Dir.: Jill Freidburg)
Best Comedy Documentary: Wiener Takes All (Dir.: Shane MacDougall)
Best Drama Documentary: \Calavera Highway (Dirs.: Renee Tajima-Pena and Evangeline Griego)
Best Musical Documentary: Song Sung Blue (Dir.. Greg Kohs)
Best Director: Georg Kosulinski (Immokalee, USA)
Most Inspirational Documentary: Love Limits (Dir.: Thymaya Payne
Audience Choice Award: What Are We Doing Here? (Dirs.: Brandon, Nicholas, Daniel and Tim Klein)
Best Documentary Short: Heroes, No Hacen Falta Alas Para Volar
(Hero, Wings Are Not Necessary to Fly) (Dir.: Angel Loza)
Best Experimental Documentary Short: Teslamania (Dir.: Joel Schlemowitz)

Toronto International Film Festival
indieWIRE Poll of Film Critics and Bloggers
Best Documentary:
Les Plages d'Agnès (Dir.: Agnès Varda) (14 votes)
Soul Power (Dir.: Jeffrey Levi-Hinte) (13 votes)
Of Time and the City (Dir.: Terence Davies) (11 votes)
Every Little Step (Dirs.: Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern) (10 votes)
Waltz with Bashir (Dir.: Ari Folman) (9 votes)
A Time to Stir (Dir.: Paul Cronin ) (9 votes)

Urbanworld Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature Film: La Americana (Dir./Prod.: Nicholas Bruckman)
Best Documentary Short Film: El Play (Dir./Prod.: Pablo Medina
Honorable Mention: Fresh Off The Boat (Dirs.: Mark Andersson and Katrina Lucas; Prod.: Kristian Moliere)