• 2008/9
    • El Olvido (2008)
      • Mayor's Prize Yamagata Documentary Film Festival, Japan 2009
      • Special Jury Award Lima Film Festival 2009
      • Prix Buyens-Chagoll, Visions du Réel, Nyon 2009
      • Best Director Award, DOCNZ, International Festival New Zealand, 2009
      • The Eurodok Distribution Award, Eurodok Festival, Oslo, 2009
      • Premio Radio Exterior de España, Muestra de Cine Latinoamericano de Cataluña, Lleida 2009
      • Premio Del Jurado Joven, Encuentros de Cine Sudamericano, Marseille, 2009
      • Kristallen Film (Crystal Film) Award, the Netherlands (more than 10000 visitors)
      • FIPRESCI: the Prize of the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique, Dokfestival Leipzig
      • Silver Dove, Dokfestival Leipzig
      • The Prize of the Ecomenical Jury, Dokfestival Leipzig
      • Stimulans, Price for Artistic Success NDL Film Fund 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006/7
    • Forever (2006)
      • Best Feature-Length Documentary, Port Townsend film festival, USA
      • Second Prize Ecofilms, Rhodos International Film Festival
      • Johnie Walker Audience Award Best Long Documentary, Indie Lisboa Film Festival
      • Full Frame Inspiration Award, USA
      • First Prize Punto de Vista Film Festival, Navarra, Spain
      • Lorenzo de’ Medici Award Festival dei Popoli, Florence
      • Kristallen Film Award, the Netherlands (more than 10000 visitors)
      • Ecumenical Jury Award, Leipzig
      • Best Film 2006, Critic’s poll, De Filmkrant
      • Critic’s Film Award, Film Festival Utrecht
      • Golden Kalf, Best Feature Documentary, Film Festival Utrecht
      • Nominations:
  • 2005
  • 2004
    • Dame la mano (2004)
      • Impact of Music Award, Nashville Film Festival, 2004, USA
      • Mention of Honour, 2004 (Dance on Camera, Film Fest)
      • Best Documentary, Channel Islands Indie Film Festival 2004, USA
      • Best Musical Film, Tiburón Film Fesival, 2004, California, USA
  • 2003
    • for entire work
      • Jan Kassies Award (STIFO - Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Fund)
  • 2001
  • 1999
    • Crazy (1999)
      • Audience Award, IDFA, 1999,The Netherlands
      • Golden Kalf, Best Feature Documentary, Utrecht Film Festival
      • Best Historic Documentary, 2000,Film Festival Valladolid, Spain
  • 1999/8
    • The underground orchestra (1998)
      • Jury Award Yamagata Documentary Film Festival, Japan 1999
      • Winner SCAM Award 1998, Festival du Cinéma du Reel, Paris
      • Winner Dutch Critics Award 1998, Utrecht Film Festival, The Netherlands
      • Winner Chief Dan George Humanitarian Award 1998, Vancouver, Canada
      • Winner Astra Film Festival, 1998, Rumania
  • 1997
  • 1997/6
    • O Amor Natural (1996)
      • Winner ‘Prix Spécial’ Prix Italia 1997
      • Winner Jury Award, Montreal 1997
      • Winner ‘Certificate of Merit’ Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco 1997
  • 1995
    • Au revoir (1995)
      • Winner Dutch Critics Award, Film Festival Utrecht 1995
      • Winner ‘Bronze Leopard’ – best actress Johanna ter Steege- Locarno Film Festival 1995
      • Winner F.I.C.C. (Federation Internationale de Cine Clubs), Locarno Film Festival 1995
    1995/4
    • Metal and Melancholy (1992)
      • Winner ‘Grand Prix’, Festival du Cinéma du Reel, Paris, 1994
      • Winner ‘Johnny Jordaan Award’ of the Amsterdam Art Fund, 1994
      • Winner ‘Golden Pigeon’, Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival, 1994
      • Mercedes Benz Award, Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival, 1994
      • Award of the Youth, Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival, 1994
      • ‘Best Ethnographic Documentary’, Festival dei Popoli, Florence, 1994
      • Certificate of Merit in Valladolid & Leipzig 1994
      • Special Jury Award, Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco, 1995
      • Special Mayor’s Award, Yamagata Documentary Film Festival, 1995
    1988
    • Your opinion please (1988)
      • Special Jury Award for Anneke Blok, best actress, Utrecht Film Festival, The Netherlands