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Man on Wire

Awards & Festivals

Academy Awards
2009 | Winner: Best Documentary, Features
Sundance Film Festival
2008 | Winner: World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Sundance Film Festival
2008 | Winner: Audience Award (World Cinema Documentary Competition)
Independent Spirit Awards
2009 | Winner: Best Documentary
Village Voice Film Poll
2008 | Winner: Best Documentary Feature Film
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2008 | Winner: Best Documentary
CPH:DOX
2008
National Board of Review
2008 | Winner: Best Documentary
BAFTA Awards
2009 | Winner: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
BAFTA Awards
2009 | Nominee: Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer
Directors Guild of America
2009 | Nominee: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Rome Independent Film Festival
2008
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2008 | Winner: Best Non-Fiction Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2008 | Winner: Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
European Film Awards
2008 | Nominee: European Documentary
Tribeca Film Festival
2008
Edinburgh International Film Festival
2008
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
2008 | Winner: Best Documentary (Over 30 Minutes)
Los Angeles Film Festival
2008 | Winner: Best International Feature (Audience Award)
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2009 | Nominee: British Film of the Year
Göteborg Film Festival
2009
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2009 | Winner: Best Documentary
National Society of Film Critics Awards
2009 | Winner: Best Non-Fiction Film
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2008 | Winner: Best Documentary
British Independent Film Awards
2008 | Winner: Best British Documentary
British Independent Film Awards
2008 | Nominee: Best British Independent Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2008 | Winner: Best Documentary
Seattle International Film Festival
2008
Ghent Film Festival
2008
New York Film Critics
2008 | Winner: Best Documentary
Austin Film Critics Association
2008 | Winner: Best Documentary
International Documentary Association
2008 | Winner: Feature Documentary
Irish Film and Television Awards
2009 | Nominee: Best International Film
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
2008
Bergen International Film Festival
2008
Viennale
2008
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
2008
Gotham Awards
2008 | Nominee: Best Documentary
Reykjavik International Film Festival
2011