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The Cove

Awards & Festivals

Academy Awards
2010 | Winner: Best Documentary, Features
Sundance Film Festival
2009 | Winner: Documentary (Audience Award)
Village Voice Film Poll
2009 | Nominee: Best Documentary Feature Film
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2009 | 3rd place: Best Documentary
National Board of Review
2009 | Winner: Best Documentary
Directors Guild of America
2010 | Winner: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Writers Guild of America
2010 | Winner: Documentary Screenplay Award
Rome Independent Film Festival
2009
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2009 | Winner: Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Stockholm International Film Festival
2009 | Winner: Audience Award
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2010 | Winner: Best Documentary
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2009 | Nominee: Best Documentary
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2010 | Nominee: Best Documentary
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2009 | Winner: Best Documentary
Seattle International Film Festival
2009 | Winner: Best Documentary
Ghent Film Festival
2009
New York Film Critics
2009 | Winner: Best Documentary
Sydney Film Festival
2009 | Winner: Best Documentary (Audience Award)
Tokyo International Film Festival
2009
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2010
Cinemanila International Film Festival
2010
International Documentary Association
2009 | Nominee: Pare Lorentz Award
Thessaloniki Film Festival
2009
Hamburg Film Festival
2009
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
2009 | Winner: IDFA Audience Award
Tromsø International Film Festival
2018
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
2009 | Winner: Best Documentary (Audience Award)