| Winner | World Jury Special Prize Sundance | 2010 |
| Winner | True Life Award True/False | 2010 |
| Winner | Best Documentary Santa Barbara | 2010 |
| Winner | Social Justice Award, Santa Barbara | 2010 |
| Winner | Best Documentary, Vera, Finland | 2010 |
| Winner | Grand Jury Prize, One World | 2010 |
| Winner | Anne Dellinger Grand Jury Award Full Frame | 2010 |
| Winner | Charles E Guggenheim Emerging Artist Full Frame | 2010 |
| Winner | Outstanding Documentary Award Hong Kong | 2010 |
| Winner | Best Documentary Award Beldocs | 2010 |
| Winner | Best Documentary Award OxDocs | 2010 |
| Winner | Best Documentary Award Norwegian Doc Festival | 2010 |
| Winner | Nestor Almendros Award Human Rights Watch | 2010 |
| Winner | Silver Horn Award Krakow | 2010 |
| Winner | “In the Spirit of Freedom” Ostrovsky Award Jerusalem | 2010 |
| Winner | Human Rights Award Dokufest, Kosovo | 2010 |
| Winner | Grand Prix Batumi, Georgia | 2010 |
| Winner | Best Documentary Ojai | 2010 |
| Winner | Best British Documentary BIFA | 2010 |
| Winner | Top Ten Audience Award IDFA Amsterdam | 2009 |
| Winner | TV3 Human Rights Award DocsBarcelona | 2011 |
| Winner | Best International Feature DocEdge NZ | 2011 |
| Winner | Best Directing DocEdge NZ | 2011 |
| Winner | Human Rights Award Makedox | 2011 |
| Winner | Best Moral Approach Makedox | 2011 |
| Winner | EMMY for Best Investigative Documentary | 2012 |
| Nominated | Best Feature Documentary IFDA | 2010 |
| Honourable Mention | Doxa, Vanc | 2010 |
| Nominated | Best Cinema Documentary Grierson Awards | 2010 |
| Nominated | Best Screenplay Writers Guild of America | 2010 |
| Short-listed | Best Documentary Feature Academy Awards | 2011 |
| Nominated | EMMY for Best Research | 2012 |
| Nominated | EMMY for Best Documentary | 2012 |
