Selected Awards

The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World

Winner

  • Bronze Dragon from the 2019 China International Conference of Science & Education Producers (CICSEP 2019).
  • Green Festival, Best Post Production
  •  Ekotopfilm – Envirofilm 2019, Category Explore Nature
  • Green Screen 19, Best Post Production
  • Worldfest-Houston International Film and TV festival ’19, Gold Remi
  • 14th Film Festival Ökofilmtour Potsdam, Horst Stern Award Best Nature Film
  • AST/Ville de Paris Parisscience Science Film Festival 2018, Grand Prix Award
  • Jackson Hole Media Science Awards 2018, Best Science Life film
  • Innsbruck Nature Film Festival 2018
  • Best Film Cinema International , Australia
  • Hollywood Forever Film Festival: Diamond Award Best Documentary Short, Best Cinematographer, Best Editor, Best Director
Photo by Steve Axford

Special Jury Prize

  • Australian Directors Guild, Best Direction in a documentary short

Honourable Mention

  • New Jersey Film Festival 2018

Finalist and screenings other festivals:

  • International Wildlife Film Festival 2020
  • Jackson Wild, Best Science and Nature documentary 2019
  • West Europe International Film Festival 2019
  • Banff Rockie Award Best Science or Technology documentary
  • Yorkton Film Festival, Best Science & Technology
  • Canadian Screen Awards 2019 - Rob Steward Award for Best Science and Nature program or series  & Original Music Non Fiction (Mark Korven),
  • AFO, Academia Film Olomouc, Czech Republic 2019
  • Eco Film Festival, Oregon, 2019
  • Festival du Film Scientifique, Bruxelles 2019
  • Grand Bivovac Festival
  • Prindie -Princeton Independent Film Festival 2018
  • Princeton International Film Festival, New Jersey 2018
  • Goethe Institute, The Science Film Festival screenings Thailand, Malaysia, Subsaharan Africa 2018
  • Portland EcoFilms Festival 2018
  • Life Sciences Film Festival, Prague 2018
  • Friday Habor Film Festival 2018
  • Interrobang Film Festival,  Des Moines, Iowa 2018
  • Atom Awards, Sydney Australia 2018
  • New York City Films Infest (NYCIFIF) 2018
  • Sose International Film Festival, Armenia, 2018
  • GZDOC, Guangzhou China 2018
  • Eco Film Festival, Czech Republic 2018
  • Gold Panda Awards of China, Sichuan TV Festival, 2018

Gambling On Extinction

Winner

  • Festival de Television de Monte-Carlo - nominated for Golden Nymph Award  and won Prince Rainier III Special Prize for Best Environmental Film
  • Deutscher Naturfilmpreis,German Nature Film Award,
  • Best Film: Man and Nature, Darßer NaturfilmFestival Germany
  • Special Jury Award, Matsalu Nature Film Festival Estonia
  • Prize of the President of the Festival Committee Ekotopfilm/ Envirofilm Bratislava
  • NaturVision Ludwigsburg won German Environmental and Sustainability Prize
  • Musuku Film Festival Gabon -  audience prize
  • Best Environmental Conservation Film at the Finish Vaasa Wildlife Festival
  • Ekofilm, Brno, 2nd place in Environmental Section

Nominee

  • Green Report, Green Screen Eckernförde International Wildlife Film Festival Germany

Official Selection

  • Environmental Film Fest Washington USA
  • Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival
  • Filmambiente Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Planeta Doc Brasil
  • Wild & Scenic Film Festival USA
  • Protect Native Film Festival USA
  • Festival Vues d’Afrique Montreal Canada
  • The Planet Doc Festival, Brazil…one of 4 docs selected for screening from 900 films from 38 countries.
  • Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival Malaysia
  • SunChild Armenia
  • World Elephant Day in Kenya
  • Cape Town Eco Film Festival South Africa
  • Big Cat Film Festival and the International Elephant Film Festival
  • TEFF Tasmanian Eco Film Festival Australia
  • Life Science Film Festival
  • WFFR  Rotterdam Wildlife Film Festival
  • Wildlife Crime Conference Den Haag - screening from IFAW
  • Festival du Film Vert - touring festival through 30 Swiss cities
  • International Film Festival Kranjska Gora
  • Special screening: German Parliament prior to vote on ivory imports
IRIS Award Crew

Iris Chang, The Rape of Nanking

 

Winner

  • International Gold Panda Awards for Documentary, Sichuan TV Festival
  • Bronze Medal, New York Festivals, Feature Length Documentary
  • Special Jury Award – Guangzhou Film Festival
  • The Chris, Best Documentary, Columbus International Film & Video  Festival

Official Selection

  • Atlanta International Film Festival
Ronnie

Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin’

 

Winner

  • Gemini Award – Best Biography, Feature Documentary
  • Bronze World Medal – New York Festivals, International Film and Video Competition, Biographies and Profiles Category
  • Honourable Mention – Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Biography / Profiles Category
Prince of Pot

The Prince of Pot: The U.S. vs Marc Emery

 

Winner

  • Silver Medal, New York Festivals, Best Politcal International doc
  • Mississauga International Film Festival, Best Ddocumentary

Official Selection

  • Vancouver International Film Festival
  • Montreal International Film Festival
  • Sudbury International Film Festival
  • London Film Festival
  • Cinema-Politica series, Concordia University
Helens Award

Helen’s War: Portrait of a Dissident

 

Winner

  • Australian Film Institute Awards 2004 for: Best Director – Documentary
  • Dendy Award for Best Documentary at Sydney International Film Festival
  • Honourable Mention – 52nd Columbus International Film & Video Festival (Chris Awards)

Nomination

  • Australian Film Institute Awards 2004 for: Best Documentary, Best Director – Documentary
  • Gemini Awards 2004: Best Biography Documentary Program
  • Independent Film Award, Australia: Best Short Documentary
  • Australian Film Critics Circle Award
  • Banff Rockie Awards Hors Concours 2004: Social and Political Documentaries category
Rish Little

Hearing Voices: Rich Little

 

Winner

  • Bronze Plaque – Columbus International Film Festival

Nomination

  • Gemini Award– Best History Documentary program
Ryans Well Award

Ryan’s Well

 

Winner

  • Best Documentary – International, Wine Country Film Festival
  • Outstanding Cinematic Achievement – Boston International Film Festival
  • Best Documentary (Audience vote) – East Lansing Film Festival
  • Award of Excellence nominee – Alliance for Children and Television (ACT)
  • Kid’s First Choice – Kid’s World Film Festival
  • Chris Statuette – Columbus International Film Festival

Special screenings:  educational institutions worldwide.

Notorious Mrs Dick Award

The Notorious Mrs. Dick

 

Winner

  • Bronze Plaque – Columbus International Film Festival

Nomination

  • Gemini Award – Best History Documentary
  • Finalist – Golden Sheaf Awards
Moe Award

Moe Norman: the King of Swing

 

Winner

  • Bronze Plaque – Columbus International Film festival

Wrinkle

 

Nomination

  • Honorable Mention – Columbus International Film Festival
  • Gemini Award – Best Direction in a Documentary (Michael McNamara)
The Bunny

The Bunny Years

 

Nomination

  • Gemini nomination – Best Editing in Documentary (George Saturnino)
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Sandy Hawley: The Gentleman Jockey

 

Winner

  • Sovereign Award – Best Broadcast Program on thoroughbred racing
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Harrowsmith Country Life

 

Winner

  • CanPro Award – Best Information/Lifestyle series

Nominations

  • Gemini nomination – Best Information/Lifestyle series
  • Gemini nomination – Best Host Information/Lifestyle series
Out of Sync

Out of Sync: Racial Bias in the Media

 

Winner

  • Gold Medal – Best Social Issue Documentary New York Festivals
Getting Out

Getting Out

 

Winner

  • Silver Apple, National Education Film & Video Festival, Oakland
Breaking the Cycle Award

Breaking the Cycle

 

Winner

  • Silver Medal, The New York Festivals.
  • Bronze certificate of excellence – US. National Council on Family Relations.
  • Certificate for Creative Excellence – US. Industrial Film & Video Festival