Awards
Cinema Eye Honors
– Outstanding achievement in Cinematography
– Outstanding achievement in International Feature
– Outstanding achievement in Debut Feature
– Audience choice prize
Genie Awards
Genie Award 2009 Best Documentary
Toronto, Canada
February 2009
Golden Horse International Film Festival
Winner of Best Documentary 2008
Taipei, Taiwan
November 2008
Planete Docs Review Film Festival
Winner of the Millenium Award
Warsaw, Poland
May 2008
Asian Pacific Film Festival
Winner of special Jury Prize 2008
Los Angeles, USA
May 2008
RiverRun International Film Festival
Winner of Jury Prize 2008
Winston-Salem, USA
April 2008
Hot Docs
Winner of Don Haig Award 2008
Toronto, Canada
April 2008
Full Frame Documentary Film
Winner of Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award 2008
Durham, USA
April 2008
Golden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival
Winner of Best Documentary 2008
San Fransisco, USA
April 2008
Vancouver International Film Festival
Winner of Best Documentary 2007
Vancouver, Canada
September 2007
Film festivals
Documentarist
Istanbul, Turkey
June 2009
Titanic Film Festival
Budapest, Hungary
March-April 2009
Ankara International Film Festival
Ankara, Turkey
March 2009
Elliniki Etairia Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage
Athens, Greece
February 2009
TRI Continental Film Festival
India
Januari 2009
DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film festival
Helsinki, Finland
January 2009
La Habana International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema
Havana, Cuba
December 2008
Free Zone Film Festival
Belgrade, Serbia
November 2008
Oslo International Film Festival
Oslo, Norway
November 2008
Aarhus Film Festival
Aarhus, Denmark
November 2008
Batumi International Art-House Film Festival
Batumi, Georgia
October 2008
Aranyam Film Festival
Bangalore, India
October 2008
Voices From the Water
Bangalore, India
September 2008
EIDF festival
Seoul, Korea
September 2008
Bangkok International Film Festival
Bangkok, Thailand
September 2008
Bogota International Documentary Film Encounter
Bogota, Colombia
September 2008
The Brasilia International Film Festival
Asa Sul, Brazil
September 2008
TRI Continental Film Festival
South Africa
August 2008
Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine
Santiago, Chile
August 2008
New Zealand Film festivals
Wellington, New Zealand
July 2008
Durban International Film Festival
Durban, South-Africa
July 2008
BRITDOC Festival
Oxford, United Kingdom
July 2008
Galway Film Fleadh
Galway, Ireland
July 2008
Isabella International Film Week
Maratea, Italy
July 2008
Message to Man
St. Petersburg, Russia
June 2008
Sydney Film Festival
Sydney, Australia
June 2008
Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle, USA
May 2008
Wisconsin Film Festival
Wilmington, USA
April 2008
Munich International Film Festival
Munich, Germany
April 2008
International Festival of Mountain and Exploration Films Citta di Trento
Trento, Italy
April 2008
Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival
Buenos Aires, Argentina
April 2008
Belfast Film Festival
Belfast, Ireland
April 2008
DocAviv – Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
Tel Aviv, Israël
April 2008
Hawaii Film Festival
Honolulu USA
April 2008
Sarasota Film Festivals
Sarasota, USA
April 2008
Cleveland International Film Festival
Cleveland, USA
March 2008
Bermuda International Film Festival
Hamilton, Bermuda
March 2008
It’s All True / Documentary International Film Festival
Sao Paulo, Brazil
March 2008
Soirée des Jutra
Montréal, Canada
March 2008
Festival de cinéma des trois amériques
Canada, Québec
March 2008
One World International Human Rights Film Festival
Prague, Czech Republic
March 2008
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hong Kong, China
March 2008
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
London, United Kingdom
March 2008
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Thessaloniki, Greece
March 2008
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Missoula, USA
February 2008
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
Montréal, Canada
February 2008
Independent Film and Video Festival
Victoria, Canada
February 2008
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Santa Barbara, USA
January 2008
Sundance Film Festival
Missoula, USA
January 2008
IDFA
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
November 2007
Global Visions Documentary Festival
Edmonton, Canada
November 2007
The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal
Montréal, Canada
October 2007