Alanis Obomsawin at an event for Our Nationhood (2003)

Awards

Alanis Obomsawin

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18 wins & 10 nominations

Amiens International Film Festival

1993 Winner Special Jury Award
- Best Documentary
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Genie Awards

2003 Nominee Genie
- Best Documentary
- Is the Crown at War with Us?
2001 Nominee Genie
- Best Documentary
- Rocks at Whiskey Trench
1994 Nominee Genie
- Best Documentary
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
Shared with: Wolf Koenig

International Documentary Association

2004 Winner Pioneer Award

Mediawave, Hungary

1997 Winner Jury Award
- Best Long Documentary
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Taos Talking Picture Festival

1997 Winner Taos Mountain Award

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2016 Winner Clyde Gilmour Award

Toronto International Film Festival

Vancouver International Film Festival

1993 Winner Best Documentary Feature
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

American Indian Film Festival

2022 Nominee American Indian Movie Award
- Best Documentary Short
- Bill Reid Remembers
2007 Nominee American Indian Movie Award
- Best Documentary Short
- Gene Boy Came Home
2003 Winner American Indian Movie Award
- Best Documentary Feature
- Is the Crown at War with Us?
1993 Winner American Indian Movie Award
- Best Feature Documenatary
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Canadian Screen Awards, CA

2023 Nominee Canadian Screen Award
- Best Short Documentary
- Bill Reid Remembers
Shared with: Annette Clarke
2014 Nominee Canadian Screen Award
- Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award
- Hi-Ho Mistahey!
Shared with: Annette Clarke · Ravida Din
2014 Nominee Canadian Screen Award
- Best Direction in a Documentary Program
- The People of the Kattawapiskak River
2014 Winner Canadian Screen Award
- Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
- The People of the Kattawapiskak River
Shared with: Ravida Din

ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival

Windsor International Film Festival

2019 Nominee WIFF Prize in Canadian Film
- Jordan River Anderson: The Messenger

Montreal First Peoples Festival

2018 Winner APTN Award
- Indigenous Filmmaker
- Our People Will Be Healed

TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards

2013 Winner The Lifetime Achievement Award

Le Gala Quebec Cinema

2020 Winner Prix Iris
- Tribute Award

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