AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

NOMINATED

• Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Program

WINNER

• ‘Special Jury Award’ Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

• Best Feature Film, Mad in America’s International Film Festival 

NOMINATED

• Canadian Screen Award Best Editing

WINNER

• 2016 Yorkton Film Festival for Best Science Documentary category

• Special Jury Award, Worldfest Houston 2016

WINNER

• Gold World Meda, Documentary: Science & Technology, 2013 New York International Film & TV Festival

• Certificate of Merit, 2013 Chicago International Film Festival

• Special Jury Award in the Information, Cultural, Historical Program, 2013 WorldFest Houston Film Festival

WINNER

• Platinum Remi Award Sports category, 2013 WorldFest Houston Film Festival

WINNER

• Public Communications Award, 2013 Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA)

WINNER

• Golden Eagle Award, 2012 CINE

• Silver Screen Award, Documentary/History, 2012 U.S. International Film & Video Festival

WINNER

• Certificate for Excellence, Documentary: Social Issues, 2012 U.S. International Film & Video Festival

• Certificate of Merit, Documentary: Social/ Political, 2012 Hugo Television Awards

NOMINATED

• Best Cross-Platform Project: Non-Fiction, 2011 Gemini Awards

WINNER

• Gold Plaque, Special Performance Event, 2011 Hugo TV Awards, Chicago 

NOMINATED

• Ivars Taurins for his performance as George Frederic Handel in Tafelmusik’s Sing Along Messiah, 2011 Gemini Awards

WINNER

• Platinum Remi-Award in the Cultural Category, 2011 WorldFest Houston Film Festival

FESTIVALS

• 9th Katmandu International Mountain Film Festival, International Competition section

WINNER

• Silver Plaque, Documentary: Science/Nature, 2011 Hugo TV Awards, Chicago

NOMINATED

• Best Documentary Nature/Environment, 2011 Yorkton Golden Sheaf

NOMINATED

• Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series, Bruce Lapointe, 2010 Gemini Awards

WINNER

• Special Jury Award, 2009 WorldFest Houston Film Festival

• Honourable Mention, 57th Columbus Film and TV Festival ‘Chris Awards’

NOMINATED

• Best Documentary Science/Medicine, 2009 Yorkton Golden Sheaf

• Finalist, 2009 FREDDIE Award, The International Health & Medical Media Awards

WINNER

• Platinum Remi Award, 2020 WorldFest Houston Film Festival

• Silver Screen Award, US International Film & Video Film Festival

NOMINATED

• Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series , 2021 Canada Screen Awards

WINNER

• Gold Camera Award and Best of Festival – Documentary Nominee; US International Film & Video Film Festival 2020

NOMINATED

• Best Cinematography for Feature Length Documentary; 2021 Canada Screen Awards

2022 HotDocs Documentary Festival – World Premiere

2023 Canada Screen Awards – Winners – Best Factual Series, Best Direction – Factual, Best Writing – Factual, Best Picture Editing – Factual and Barbara Sears Awards for Best Editorial Research

2023 Yorkton Film Festival – Nominated – Documentary Series

2023 New York Festival (TV & Film) Awards – Winner:  Gold – Best Non-Fiction Documentary Series

2023 Cannes Corp. Media & TV Awards – Winner: Silver Dolphin / Ethnology & Sociology category

2023 Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival – Selected

2023 Films for Future Film Festival – Selected

2023 Planet in Focus Film Festival – Selected

2023 US International Awards – Winner: Gold Camera / Long-Short Documentary

2023 Worldfest Houston – Winner – Documentary POV

2023 Canadian Screen Music Awards – Winner: Ben Fox in Best Original Score, Documentary, Reality Series or Special category

2024 Canada Screen Awards – Nominations – Best Direction, Documentary / Best Writing, Documentary / Best Original Music, Documentary and Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research

WINNER

• Platinum Award, 2009 WorldFest Houston Film Festival

• Gold World Medal, Human Relations, 2009 New York TV Programming & Promotions Festival

NOMINATED 

• Best Documentary Series, 2009 Gemini Award

• History & Society finalist, 2009 New York TV Programming & Promotions Festival

WINNER

• Bronze Plaque, 57th Columbus Film and TV Festival ‘Chris Awards’
  

• Silver Screen Award: “Social Issues,” 2009 U.S. International Film & Video Festival
  

• Special Jury Award, 2009 WorldFest Houston Film Festival
  

• Grand Prize, 2008 Banff Mountain Film Festival
  

• Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Film, Planet In Focus 2008
  

• Special Jury Mention, ECO OKO Environmental Film Festival, Sarajevo
  

NOMINATED

• Best Documentary Series, 2009 Gemini Award
  

• Best Film on Mountain Culture, 2008 Banff Mountain Film Festival
  

• Best Documentary Social/Political, 2009 Yorkton Golden Sheaf

FESTIVALS

• Telluride Film Festival 2008; Planet In Focus international film festival; Banff Mountain Film Festival; Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2008; Sheffield Adventure Film Festival 2009 (UK); 2009 Frozen River Film Festival (USA), ECO OKO Environmental Film Festival (Sarajevo), 2009 WorldFest Houston; 2009 Yorkton Golden Sheaf; 2009 Columbus Film and TV Festival

WINNER

• Chris Statuette, 57th Columbus Film and TV Festival ‘Chris Awards’
  

• Certificate of Creative Excellence, 2009 U.S. International Film & Video Festival
  

• Platinum Award, 2009 WorldFest Houston Film Festival
  

• Silver World Medal, Cultural Issues, 2009 New York TV Programming & Promotions Festival
  

FESTIVALS

• Festival du Nouveau Cinema, 2008 (Montreal); Possible Worlds 2008 (Sydney, Australia); New York TV Programming & Promotions, 2009 WorldFest Houston; 2009 Columbus Film and TV Festival

WINNER

• Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series, Mike Sheerin, 2008 Gemini Awards

WINNER

• Best People and Culture Film, Sixth Annual Explorers Club Film Festival 2008
  

• Platinum Remi Award, 2008 WorldFest Houston
  

• Silver World Medal, 2008 New York Film Festival
  

• Golden Sheaf Award, Best Documentary Nature/Environment, Yorkton 2007
  

• National Film Board Kathleen Shannon Award, Yorkton 2007
  

• Spirit of Place Award, Mountainfilm in Telluride, 2007
  

• The Gold Camera Award, U.S. International Film and Video Festival, 2007
  

• Bronze Plaque, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2007

NOMINATED

• Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program, 2007 Gemini Awards

FESTIVALS

• Hawaii Ocean Film Festival 2008; Pacific International Documentary Film Festival (FIFO 2008); The Frozen River Film Festival (Winona, Minnesota); Washington DC Environmental Film Festival 2009

WINNER

• Silver Screen Award, U.S. International Film & Video Festival 2008

WINNER

• Gold World Medal, 2008 New York Film Festival

NOMINATED 

• Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography, Michael Grippo, 29th Annual News & Documentary EMMY Awards 2008

• Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program 2007 Gemini Awards

WINNER

• Gold Remi Award, 2008 WorldFest Houston

• Honourable Mention, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2007

HONOURABLE MENTION

• Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2007

NOMINATED

• Best Documentary: Biography, Yorkton Film Festival, 2007

• Honourable Mention, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2007

WINNER

• Special Jury Remi, 2006 Worldfest Houston

• The Chris Award, 2006 Columbus International Film and Video Festival

NOMINATED

• Best History Documentary, 2006 Gemini Awards

• Best Direction in a Documentary, Mike Sheerin, 2006 Gemini Awards

WINNER

• Bronze Remi, 2006 Worldfest Houston

• The Chris Award, 2006 Columbus International Film and Video Festival

NOMINATED

• Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Series, Valerie Pringle, 2006 Gemini Awards

• Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Series, Karen Pinker, 2006 Gemini Awards

WINNER

• Silver World Medal, 2007 New York Film Festival
  

• 2006 Finalist, The Freddies
  

• Broadcast Winner, Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
  

• Certificate of Creative Excellence, U.S. International Film Festival
  

• Gold Remi, 2006 Worldfest Houston
  

• The Silver Chris Award, 2006 Columbus International Film and Video Festival

NOMINATED 

• Best Biography Documentary, 2005 Gemini Awards

NOMINATED 

• Best Sports Program, 2005 Gemini Awards

WINNER 

• Platinum Award, 2005 Worldfest Houston

WINNER

• Jules Verne Special Jury Award
  

• Gold Medal at the New York International Film & TV Festival
  

• Best Point of View Documentary, International Wildlife Film Festival

NOMINATED

• Best Science and Nature Documentary, Yorkton Festival
  

• Honourable Mention for the Deborah Fletcher Award for Excellence in Filmmaking on International Development

FESTIVALS

• Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival, Toronto; Calgary International Film Festival; Journees du Cinema Africain et Creole Film Festival, Montreal; International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula, Montana (Best Point of View, Merit Awards for Conservation Message, for Cultural Sensitivity and for the Interface of Science and Society); Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival; Ecocinema, Rhodes, Greece; Far North Conservation Film Festival, Fairbanks, Alaska; Explorers Club Documentary Film Festival, New York (Special Jury Award); The Jules Verne Film Festival, Paris (Special Jury Award); International Festival of Cinema and Technology, Orlando, Florida

WINNER

• Bronze Plaque at the Chris Awards

NOMINATED

• Best Film on Mountain Environment Telluride MountainFest

NOMINATED

• Gemini Award, Best Science Documentary

FESTIVALS

• Telluride Mountainfest

WINNER

• Best Biography, Telluride Mountain Film Festival
  

• Bronze Plaque, Chris Awards

WINNER

• Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Festival
  Gold Award, Worldfest Houston

NOMINATED

• Gemini Award, Best Arts Program or Series

WINNER

• Gemini Award, Best Performing Arts, Documentary Arts Program or Series

• Honourable Mention, Chris Awards
  

• Finalist for Best Arts/Entertainment, Yorkton Festival
  

• Certificate for Creative Excellence, Worldfest Houston
  

• Certificate for Creative Excellence, U.S. International Film & Video Festival

WINNER

• Honourable Mention, Chris Awards
  

• Finalist for Best Biography, Hot Docs, Toronto
  

• Bronze Award, Worldfest Houston

NOMINATED

• Gemini Award, Best History/Biography Documentary Program or Series

WINNER

• Silver Award, Worldfest Houston

WINNER

• Bronze Award, Worldfest Houston

• Bronze Plaque, Chris Awards

WINNER

• Finalist, New York International Film & TV Festival

• Silver Award, Worldfest Houston

NOMINATED

• Gemini Award, Best Science Documentary

WINNER

• Gold Award, Worldfest in Houston
  

• Finalist for Best Production by a Non-Aboriginal Team, Dreamspeaker Festival
  

• Certificate of Creative Excellence, U.S. International Film and Video Festival

WINNER

• Finalist, Chrysler’s “Canada’s Choice Award” Gemini Awards

NOMINATED

• Gemini Award, Best Sports Program

WINNER

• Gold Camera Award, U.S. International Film and Video Festival
  

• Silver Award, Worldfest Houston

WINNER

• Silver award, Worldfest Houston

• Gemini Award, Best Editing

WINNER

• Gold Camera Award, U.S. International Film and Video Festival
  

• Finalist, Banff Television Festival

NOMINATED

• Gemini Award as representative of CBC’s Witness