Seven months ago, we started tallying critics prizes and end-of-year honors for the 2006 crop of documentary features. This year, we decided to keep a tally of major festival honors as well. Here then, is the first installment of the 2007 Nonfiction Feature Honor Roll, in which you'll notice strong showings for, among others, BILLY THE KID, THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK, KING OF KONG, THE MONASTERY, SOUVENIRS and TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE.
Now, here's the list:
The 2007 Nonfiction Feature Film Honor Roll
ANGELS IN THE DUST
Full Frame Film Festival - Audience Award
Seattle Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
THE ANTS
Full Frame Film Festival - Filmmaker Award
AUDIENCE OF ONE
SXSW Film Festival - Special Jury Citation
AFI Silverdocs - Beyond Belief Award
BANISHED
Miami Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
Full Frame Film Festival - Spectrum Award
BEYOND HATRED
Sarasota Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
BIG RIG
AFI Silverdocs - American Film Market Award
BILLY THE KID
SXSW Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
Los Angeles Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
BLINDSIGHT
Palm Springs Film Festival - Audience Award
THE BODYBUILDER AND I
HotDocs - Best Canadian Documentary
CAT DANCERS
SXSW Film Festival - Special Jury Citation
THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI
Philadelphia Film Festival - Best Documentary
THE CHANCES OF THE WORLD CHANGING
2007 Independent Spirit Awards - Truer Than Fiction Award Nominee
CRAZY LOVE
Santa Barbara Film Festival - Best Documentary
DARIUS GOES WEST
Cleveland Film Festival - Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Prize
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
2007 Academy Awards - Best Documentary Feature Nominee
THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK
Full Frame Film Festival - Seeds of War Prize (tie)
Full Frame Film Festival - Working Films Award
HotDocs - Special Mention International Feature
AFI Silverdocs - Witness Award
DRIVEN BY DREAMS
HotDocs - Special Jury Prize Canadian Documentary
ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS
Sundance Film Festival - World Documentary Jury Prize
AFI Silverdocs - Special Jury Mention
FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO
Full Frame Film Festival - Edwards Award for Human Rights
FOREVER
Full Frame Film Festival - Inspiration Award
HEAR AND NOW
Sundance Film Festival - Audience Award
HotDocs - Special Mention International Feature
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
2007 Academy Awards - Best Documentary Feature Winner
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
Sundance Film Festival - World Documentary Audience Award
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
2007 Academy Awards - Best Documentary Feature Nominee
JESUS CAMP
2007 Academy Awards - Best Documentary Feature Nominee
KAMP KATRINA
IFF Boston - Special Jury Prize
THE KEY OF G
San Francisco Film Festival - Bay Area Documentary Feature
KING OF KONG
IFF Boston - Grand Jury Prize
Newport Film Festival - Jury Prize
KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON
2007 Independent Spirit Awards - Truer Than Fiction Award Nominee
AFI Silverdocs - Cinematic Vision Award
LION IN THE HOUSE
2007 Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Feature Nominee
LOSERS AND WINNERS
Chicago Documentary Festival - Honorable Mention
HotDocs - Best International Documentary
MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET)
Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
Sundance Film Festival - Best Cinematography
MR. PILIPENKO AND HIS SUBMARINE
Cleveland Film Festival - Best Documentary
THE MONASTERY
Chicago Documentary Festival - Grand Prix
Full Frame Film Festival - Grand Jury Award
Full Frame Film Festival - Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY
2007 Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Feature Nominee
2007 Academy Awards - Best Documentary Feature Nominee
NANKING
Sundance Film Festival - Best Editing
NEW YEAR'S BABY
AFI Dallas - Grand Jury Prize
NO END IN SIGHT
Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
NOMADAK TX
AFI Silverdocs - Music Documentary Award
NOTE BY NOTE: THE MAKING OF STEINWAY L1037
Sarasota Film Festival - Best Documentary Feature
OUT OF TIME
Seattle Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
PLEASE VOTE FOR ME
AFI Silverdocs - Best Feature Documentary
RESOLVED
Los Angeles Film Festival - Audience Award
ROAD TO GUANTANAMO
2007 Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Feature Winner
RUN GRANNY RUN
SXSW Film Festival - Audience Award
SEPTEMBERS (SEPTIEMBRES)
Miami Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
SHAME
Full Frame Film Festival - Women in Leadership Award
SOUVENIRS
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - FIPRESCI Award (International)
Chicago Documentary Festival - Special Jury Prix
San Francisco Film Festival - Golden Gate Awards Documentary Feature
AFI Silverdocs - Audience Award
A STORY OF PEOPLE IN WAR AND PEACE
Tribeca Film Festival - Best New Documentary Filmmaker
THE SUICIDE TOURIST
HotDocs - Special Mention Canadian Documentary
SUPER AMIGOS
HotDocs - Special Mention Canadian Documentary
THE TAILENDERS
2007 Independent Spirit Awards - Truer Than Fiction Award Winner
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
Tribeca Film Festival - Best Documentary
Newport Film Festival - First Prize, Documentary
THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED
Chlotrudis Awards - Best Documentary
THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT
2007 Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Feature Nominee
UGANDA RISING
Full Frame Film Festival - Seeds of War Prize
A WALK INTO THE SEA: DANNY WILLIAMS AND THE WARHOL FACTORY
Tribeca Film Festival - NY Loves Film Prize
WAR/DANCE
Sundance Film Festival - Best Direction
Full Frame Film Festival - Audience Award
WE ARE TOGETHER (THINA SIMUNYE)
Tribeca Film Festival - Audience Award
Tribeca Film Festival - Special Jury Mention
WITHOUT THE KING
HotDocs - Special Jury Prize International Feature
YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME
2007 Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Feature Nominee
A Walk Into The Sea also won an award at Berlinale: http://www.awalkintothesea.com/
Posted by: Karina Longworth | July 10, 2007 at 07:52 AM
thanks for bring attention to these excellent docs. If you're interested in news about the San Francisco Bay Area's documentary film community check out sf360.org.
Posted by: Hilary Hart | July 11, 2007 at 10:54 AM
It's "New Year Baby" (not "New Year's Baby") -- I know that you get slightly annoyed when people constantly put a colon in the title of Kurt Cobain About A Son, so I thought you would want to make the correction. Also, both NEW YEAR BABY and THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI both won awards at the 2007 VC Film Fest (one of the best Asian American film fests -- held in Los Angeles).
Posted by: Christopher Wong | July 11, 2007 at 11:30 AM
I think BLINDSIGHT won audience at Berlin too
Posted by: david nugent | July 11, 2007 at 12:33 PM