FOCAL Awards--Nominees
Best Use of Footage in Factual Productions
102 Minutes that Changed America (Siskel Jacobs Productions; History/USA)
British Style Genius (BBC/UK)
Menzies and Churchill at War (Dir.: Steve Jodrell; Prod.: John Moore; Screen Australia/ Australia)
Nation on Film: British Transport Films (BBC Television English Regions/UK)
The Day The Troubles Began (Prod.: Michael Fanning; Below The Radar/UK)
The Lost World of Tibet (Dir.: Emma Hindley; BBC/UK)
The Night James Brown Saved Boston (Dir./Prod.: David Leaf; David Leaf Productions/ USA)
The Unseen Alistair Cooke (Exec. Prod.: Rebecca Eaton; BBC Bristol Factual/UK)
Best Use of Footage in an Arts, Music or Drama Production -
Arena: The Agony and the Ecstacy of Phil Spector (Dir./Prod.: Vikram Jayanti; Vixpix / BBC Arena/UK)
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (Dir.: Bestor Cram; Northern Light Productions/USA)
O, Thou Transcendent (Dir.: Tony Palmer; Isolde Films/UK)
The Thirties in Colour (BBC Vision - Factual - Arts/UK)
Best Use of Wildlife and Natural History Stock Footage
Arena: The Whale in the Museum (Lone Star Productions/UK)
Clever Monkeys (Wtr./Editor: Mark Fletcher; BBC NHU (UK)
Sam & Mark's Guide to Dodging Disaster (CBBC; BBC Natural History Unit/UK)
Best Use of Sports Footage
Black Power Salute (Tigerlily Films Ltd./UK)
Graham Hill - Driven (Dir.: Mark Craig; Mark Stewart Productions/UK)
Thriller in Manila (Dir./Prod.: John Dower; Darlow Smithson Productions/UK)
Best Use of Footage in a Feature -Length Production
Man on Wire (Dir.: James Marsh; Icon Film Distribution/UK)
Of Time and the City (Dir.: Terence Davies; Hurricane Films Ltd/UK)
The Memories of Angels (Dir.: Luc Bourdon; National Film Board of Canada/Canada)
Best Use of Footage on Non-television Platforms
CBC/Radio-Canada Digital Archives (website-- http://archives.cbc.ca;
CBC/La société Radio-Canada/Canada)
The Battle of the Somme (DVD release; Imperial War Museum/Strike Force Entertainment/UK)
The Four Tops: Reach Out (DVD release; Dir./Prod.: Joe Lauro; Historic Music Archive, Inc./USA)
WildFilmHistory (website-- http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/; Wildscreen/UK)
German Film Awards--Nominees
Best Documentary:
Lenin kam nur bis Ludenscheid (Dir.: Andre Schafer)
NoBody's Perfect (Dir.: Niko von Glasow)
2) Festivals
Miami International Film Festival
Dox Competiton
Miami Dade College Grand Jury Prize: Shakespeare and Victor Hugo's Intimacies (Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo) (Dir.: Yulene Olaizola; Mexico)
Special Jury Mention--for its poetic qualities: The Inheritors (Los Herederos) (Dir.: Eugenio Polgovsky; Mexico)
Special Jury Mention--for the courage of the subject matter: Mental (Seishin) (Dir.: Kazuhiro Soda; Japan/USA)
Special Jury Mention--for cinematography: 16memories (16memorias) (Dir.: Camilo Botero Jaramillo; Colombia)
Audience Award: 16memories (16memorias) (Dir.: Camilo Botero Jaramillo; Colombia)
Sofia Film Festival
Best Documentary: Rene (Dir.: Helene Trestikova)
2009 SXSW Film Festival
Feature Jury Award, Documentary Feature: 45365 (Dirs.: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross)
Honorable Mention: The Way We Get By (Dir.: Aron Gaudet)
Audience Award, Documentary Feature: MINE (Dir.: Geralyn Pezanoski)
Emerging Visions--Audience Award: Motherland (Dir.: Jennifer Steinman)
Wholphin Short Film Award: Sister Wife (Dir.: Jill Orschel)