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Awards & Festivals

Academy Awards
2013 | Winner: Best Documentary, Features
Sundance Film Festival
2012 | Winner: Special Jury Prize (World Cinema Documentary Competition)
Sundance Film Festival
2012 | Winner: Audience Award (World Cinema Documentary Competition)
SXSW Film Festival
2012
Village Voice Film Poll
2012 | Nominee: Best Documentary Feature Film
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2012 | Nominee: Best Documentary
National Board of Review
2012 | Winner: Best Documentary
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
2012
BAFTA Awards
2013 | Winner: Best Documentary Film
Directors Guild of America
2013 | Winner: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Writers Guild of America
2013 | Winner: Best Documentary Screenplay (Screen)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2012 | 2nd place: Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
European Film Awards
2013 | Nominee: Audience Award
Tribeca Film Festival
2012 | 2nd place: Documentary (Audience Award)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
2012
Los Angeles Film Festival
2012 | Winner: Best International Feature (Audience Award)
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2013 | Nominee: Documentary of the Year
Moscow International Film Festival
2012 | Winner: Best Film of the Documentary Competition
Göteborg Film Festival
2013 | Winner: City of Gothenburg Award
Göteborg Film Festival
2013 | Winner: Lorens Award
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2013 | Nominee: Best Documentary
National Society of Film Critics Awards
2013 | 3rd place: Best Non-Fiction Film
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2012 | Nominee: Best Documentary
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2013 | Winner: Best Documentary
British Independent Film Awards
2012 | Nominee: Best International Independent Film
Bodil Awards
2013 | Nominee: Best Non-American Film
Mill Valley Film Festival
2022
Melbourne International Film Festival
2012 | Winner: Most Popular Documentary
International Documentary Association
2012 | Winner: Best Music (Creative Recognition Award)
International Documentary Association
2012 | Winner: Best Feature
Amanda Awards (Norway)
2013 | Winner: Best Foreign Feature Film
Deauville Film Festival
2012
Hamburg Film Festival
2012
Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy
2012
Athens International Film Festival
2012 | Winner: Documentary Feature (Golden Athena)
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
2012 | Winner: IDFA Audience Award
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
2012 | Winner: IDFA Award for Best Music Documentary
Viennale
2012
Polish Film Awards
2014 | Winner: Best European Film
Reykjavik International Film Festival
2012
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
2013 | Winner: Best Documentary