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Yorkton Film Festival (Golden Sheaf Awards)
WINNER Best Documentary Series 2007
Gemini Awards
Nominee Best Documentary Series 2007
Atlantic Film Festival
WINNER Rex Tasker Award for Best Documentary 2008
Norm
WINNER Best Original Score, David Christensen 2008
Good Morning Kandahar
AMPIA Awards (Alberta)
WINNER Best Cultural Diversity Production 2008
24 Days in Brooks
Banff Mountain Film Festival
WINNER Special Jury Award 2008
Saving Luna
Banff World Television Film Festival
WINNER Playback Best Canadian Award 2006
God Only Knows, Same Sex Marriage
Bermuda International Film Festival
WINNER Best Documentary 2008
Saving Luna
Beyond Border Canadian Media Awards
WINNER Electronic Media 2008
Selling Sex In Heaven
CFTPA Indie Award
Nominee Best Documentary Programme or Series 2008
Flight from Darkness
WINNER Best Documentary Programme or Series 2008
Saving Luna
CINE Golden Eagle Award
WINNER 2007
The Boy Inside
Freddie Award
WINNER Special People Category 2007
The Boy Inside
Gemini Awards
WINNER Best Documentary, Biography 2007
Braindamadj'd
WINNER Best Direction, Documentary 2007
Braindamadj'd
WINNER Best Peforming Arts and Arts Documentary 2007
Prisoners of Age
Gracie Awards (USA)
WINNER Outstanding Documentary 2008
School of Secrets
Independent Television Festival (USA)
WINNER Best Documentary 2008
Wal-Mart Nation
International Documentary Association
Finalist Pare Lorenz Award 2008
Saving Luna
International Film Festival (USA)
WINNER Special Award (Educational Merit) 2008
Saving Luna
WINNER Best Story 2008
Saving Luna
Jackson Hole Film Festival
WINNER Best People & Animals Program 2007
Saving Luna
LEO Awards (USA)
WINNER Best Nature/Enviroment/Adventure/Science/Tech Documentary 2008
Saving Luna
Los Angeles Film Festival
WINNER Best Short Film 2008
Tailor Made
Middle East International Film Festival
WINNER, Black Pearl Audience Choice Award 2008
Saving Luna
Moscow Disability Film Festival
WINNER 2007
Braindamadj'd
New York Festivals
WINNER Silver Medal 2008
The Prince of Pot
NHK Japan Prize
WINNER Youth 2007
The Boy Inside
WINNER Japan Prize for Adult Education 2007
Braindamadj'd
WINNER Grand Prix Japan Prize 2007
Braindamadj'd
Palm Beach International Film Festival
WINNER Special Jury Prize 2008
Saving Luna
Peabody Award
WINNER 2007
Braindamadj'd
Planet in Focus Film Festival
WINNER Best Canadian Film (long form) 2008
Raw Milk Crusader
Projecting Change Film Festival
WINNER Best Canadian Film 2008
Saving Luna
San Franciso Ocean Film Festival
WINNER Audience Favorite Award 2008
Saving Luna
Santa Barbara Film Festival
WINNER Audience Favorite Award 2008
Saving Luna
Saskatchewan Showcase Awards
WINNER Best Social-Political Documentary 2008
Flight from Darkness
Silver Wave Film Festival
WINNER Best Documentary 2008
Norm
Tokoyo International Film Festival
Nominee, TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix
Saving Luna
Victoria Film Festival
WINNER Best Documentary 2008
Saving Luna
Wildscreen
WINNER Panda Award (Best Script) 2008
Saving Luna
WINNER Panda Award (Best People and Animals) 2008
Saving Luna
WorldFest, Houston
WINNER Best Documentary 2008
School of Secrets
WINNER Best Nature and Wildlife Film 2008
Saving Luna
Yorkton Film Festival (Golden Sheaf Awards)
WINNER Best of Festival
Norm
WINNER Best of Saskatchewan Ruth Shaw Award
Mad Cow Sacred Cow
WINNER Special Jury Award 2008
Capturing a Short Life
Nominee Best Social/Political Doc 2008
Capturing A Short Life
Nominee Best Director 2008
Capturing a Short Life
Nominee Best Social/Political Doc 2008
24 Days in Brooks
Nominee Best Social/Political Doc 2008
School of Secrets
WINNER Best Documentary Point of View 2006
Braindamadj'd
WINNER Best Social Political 2006
Wards of the Crown
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