- Winner of the International Hero Film Festival & Awards (HFFA)
- Canada’s Top Ten Toronto International Film Festival
- People’s Choice Atlantic International Film Festival
- People’s Choice Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
- Best Documentary Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
- Spirit of Independents Award Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
- Special Jury Award Hawaii International Film Festival
- Best Musical Composition France World Festival of Underwater Pictures
- Prix Planete Thalassa France World Festival of Underwater Pictures
- Best of the Festival Palm Springs International Film Festival
- Best International Doc Beverly Hills Hi-Def Festival
- Best HD Feature AFI Dallas International Film Festival
- Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Gen Art Film Festival
- Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Gen Art Film Festival
- Peter Benchley Shark Conservation Award Shark Research Institute
- Special Jury Award 15 Short Film Festival – Charlotte, NC
- Must-See Award (Category: Wake-Up Films) Telluride Mountain Film Festival
- Hero of Conservation – Water Category Conservation for the Oceans Foundation
- Top Ten Films Cambridge Film Festival
- Jameson Audience Award for Best International Documentary Encounters South African Int’l Doc. Festival
- Best Documentary Film – Nominee Critics Choice Awards
- Animal Action Award International Fund for Animal Welfare
- Best Documentary Directors Guild of Canada
- Best Of The Festival Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival
- Best Sound – Nominee Golden Reel Awards
- Best Documentary – Nominee Genie Awards
- Best Environmental Film of 2008 National Ocean Film Festival Alliance
- Best Feature Documentary Genesis Awards
- Audience Award Durban Int’l Film Festival, S.A.
- Activism through Adventure Adventure Film Festival 2008 Boulder, CO
- Theatrical Award – Nominated Wildscreen 2008 Panda Award
- Documentary Award Bergen Int’l Film Fest
- Shark Guardian Award 2009 Haischutz organisation International SHARK PROJECT
- Environment Vision Award Retinitis Pigmentosa International
- Viewers Choice Green Jerusalem International Film Competition, Israel
- Diver Magazine’s Publication of the Year. www.divernet.com
- Best Film on Mountain Culture and Environment New Zealand Mountain Film Festival
- Notable Videos for Adults ALA Video Round Table Notable Video for Adults
- Environmental Enlightenment (Documentary) Visalia Independent Film Festival