NOMINEE
News and Documentary EMMY – Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
Asia Pacific Screen Awards – Best Documentary
Cinema Eye Honors - Cinema Eye Award
Film Independent Spirit Award – Truer than Fiction Award
International Film Festival of India – UNESCO/FELLINI Prize
WINNER
Abraham Lincoln Brigade Association Human Rights Film Festival - Best Feature
ALBA Human Rights Film Fest – Best Feature
Beloit International Film Festival – Power of Film Award
Best International Feature (Special Mention) & Best International Director, Doc Edge Festival, New Zealand
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival – David Ponce Award for Best Film
CPH:DOX – F:ACT Award Jury Prize Copenhagen Documentary Festival
Docu/Right Competition (Special Mention), Docudays UA Film Festival, Kiev
Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) - Grand Prix
Grand Prix, International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), Geneva
Hollywood Film Festival – Best Feature Documentary
Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards - Award of Excellence for Outstanding Foreign Language Film
Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards - Award of Recognition for Outstanding Editing
IAFOR Documentary Film Award, 2016 - Work of Excellence
Impact Docs Awards - Award of Merits, Documentary Feature
International Independent Film Awards - Documentary Feature
LA Independent Film Festival Awards- Best Editing
LA Independent Film Festival Awards - Best Woman Filmmaker
Oaxaca International Film Fest – Best International Documentary
San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival's Amnesty International Prize
San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain - Amnesty International Award
SOMA Film Festival, Documentary Feature – Best Directors
Spotlight Documentary Film Award - Spotlight Silver Award
The Accolade Global Film Competition, Documentary Feature - Award of Merit
The Accolade Global Film Competition, Islamic - Award of Excellence
The Accolade Global Film Competition, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest - Award of Merit
The Accolade Global Film Competition, Television- Pilot Program - Award of Merit
The Accolade Global Film Competition, Women Filmmakers - Award of Merit
Tasveer Seattle South Asian Film Festival – Best Documentary and Audience Choice Prize
FESTIVALS
AFI Docs – Official Selection
Beloit International Film Festival (Beloit, Wisconsin)
BEST.DOKS/Human Rights Watch Festival, Munich – Official Selection
Bertha DocHouse's "DocHouse First" Series (London)
Cinema St. Louis – Official Selection
DMZDocs – Official Selection
Docu Days, Kiev, Ukraine
FIFDH (International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights), Geneva - Official Selection
Freedom Film Fest, Komas, Malaysia
Heartland Film Festival – Official Selection
Human Rights Watch Film Festival (London) - Official Selection
Human Rights/Human Wrongs Documentary Film Festival, Oslo - Official Selection
International Festival of Audiovisual Programs (Biarritz, France)
IDFA – Official Selection
Miami South Asian Film Festival – Official Selection
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival - Official Selection
Richmond International Film Festival (Richmond, Virginia)
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival – Official Selection
SOMA Independent Film Festival (South Orange/Maplewood, New Jersey) – Official Selection
Stockfish Film Festival in Reykjavík, Iceland
Stockholm Film Festival – Official Selection
Stranger than Fiction Series, New York - Official Selection
Sydney Film Festival – Official Selection
Tallgrass Film Festival – Official Selection
The Frontline Club UK
Tribeca International Film Festival – Premiere
United Nations Association Film Festival, California
Vancouver International Film Festival – Official Selection