Awards

Sundance Film Festival - Audience Award for Best World Cinema Documentary January 2010
Berlin Film Festival - Panorama Audience Award for Best Film
- Amnesty International Human Rights Film Award		 February 2010
IDFA - Audience Award for Best Documentary November 2010
Internatiomal Environmental Film Fest (FIFE) - Grand Prix due FIFE November 2010
Full Frame Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Film April 2010
Dallas International Film Festival - Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary March 2010
Seattle International Film Festival - Best Documentary, Golden Space Needle Audience Award (tie) June 2010
Provincetown International Film Festival - HBO Audience Award, Best Documentary Feature June 2010
Maui International Film Festival - Audience Award for Best World Cinema Documentary June 2010
Paulinia Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Film
- Jury Award for Best Film		 July 2010
Durban International Film Festival - Best Documentary
- Audience Choice Best Film
- Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award		 August 2010
EcoFocus Film Festival - Human Spirit Award
- Audience Award for Best Feature Film		 October 2010
Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival - People's Choice Award for Best Documentary Film October 2010
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival - Jury Award October 2010
Heartland Film Festival - Crystal Heart Award October 2010
Vancouver International Film Festival - Rogers People's Choice Award October 2010
Såo Paulo Internacional Film Festival
 - Prêmio Itamaraty Award for best documentary  November 2010
Amazonas Film Festival
 - Special Jury Prize for Best Feature November 2010
Stockholm International Film Festival - Silver Audience Award November 2010
IDA Awards

- Best Documentary
- Pare Lorentz Award

 December 2010
Rotten Tomatoes  - Golden Tomato Award, Best reviewed Documentary  January 2011
Wild & Scenic Festival  - Best of Festival  January 2011
Frozen River Film Festival  - Jury Award  January 2011
Princeton Environmental Film Festival  - Best of Festival   February 2011
Academy Awards® - Nominated Best Documentary Feature  February 2011      
Sedona International Film Festival - Best Documentary Audience Choice Award February 2011 
AARP Awards - Best Documentary February 2011 
Boulder International Film Festival - KEEN Hybrid Filmmaker Award March  2011
Environmental Film Festival Yale (EFFY) - Audience Award (TIE) April  2011
Levante Int. Film Festival
 

- Best Film
- Best Editing 

 September 2011
 
American Conservation Film Festival   - Green Fire Award November 2011
Movies For Grownups Awards (ARRP)  - Best Documentary February 2012
Addis Ababa International Film Festival - Audience Award May 2012
Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro - Best Feature Documentary 
- Best Documentary Editing		 October 2012