awards & screenings
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Chez Soi
Invited to IDFA Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2012
Winner FWA Award
Webby Nominee Best Documentary Webseries
Dark Tourism
Invited to the 2008 Doc festival in Guangzhou, China
Nominated for a 2010 Golden Sheaf Award, political documentaries, Yorkton
Screening at the Conference on Thanatourism, New York University, April 2010
Fatherland
HOTDOCS Festival
Donald Brittain Gemini Best Documentary
Doc Fest Munich
Jewish Film Festival Toronto, Atlanta, Seattle & Los Angeles
DGC Award nominee
Chris Award, Columbus
Invited to screen at the U of T and John Hopkins U., Baltimore
Diamond Road
Gemini Best Documentary Series
Hitler's Children: Germany in Autumn 1977
Best Documentary, Directors Guild of Canada
Nominated for Gemini Best Historical Documentary
The Siege
Directors Guild of Canada Awards nominee
Chris Award, Columbus
Gold Camera Award, US Film & Video Festival
The Life of Me
Festival screenings in Canada, Brazil and Great Britain
Neighbours
Gemini Nomination for Best Biography and Best Documentary Series
Director's Guild Award Nominee
Winner Best Direction, Hugo Awards, Chicago
World Film Fest Award, Houston
Screening at the 60th Annual Conference of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, Toronto, Sept. 2010
Death of a Warrior
Director's Guild Award Nominee
Best of Festival at World Film Fest, Houston
Talking Pictures Film Festival, Taos, New Mexico
BASC finalist, Australia
Rhode Island Festival
Fix
Toronto and Vancouver Film Festivals, theatrical release, Genie Award
Offspring
Nominated for International Emmy and British Grierson Award.
Winner Donald Brittain Award, Audience Award, Amsterdam Film Festival
Obachan's Garden
Nominated for Genie Award, Most Popular Film Award Vancouver Film Festival
Thin Ice
Gemini nomination, Best Editing
Breakaway
Winner at Hot Docs, Yorkton and Atlantic Film Festivals
Donald Brittain Award
Wrestling with Shadows
Numerous Awards, including Banff Television Festival, Hot Docs, Gemini Award Best Editing
Gerrie and Louise
International Emmy for Best Documentary, Donald Brittain Award, International Emmy and Chalmers Awards
A Place called Chiapas
International Documentary Association (IDA) and Genie and HotDocs Award, Best Editing
Whispers in the Air
Gemini nominee, Best Biography
Who Gets In?
Six awards internationally, nominated for Genie Award
The Journey
Berlin and Toronto International Film Festivals