Academy Awards - Nominee

Feature Documentary

2019

Winner

Peabody Awards

2019

Nominee - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

Emmy Awards

2019

Best Documentary

New York Film Critics Association

2018

Top 5 Documentary

National Board of Review

2018

Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Editing, Outstanding Debut, Unforgettable Subjects

Cinema Eye Honors

2018

Best Feature Award, Emerging Filmmaker Award, Best Editing Award

International Documentary Association Awards

2018

Best Documentary Nominee

Independent Spirit Awards

2019

Best Cinema Documentary

Grierson Awards

2019

Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking

2018 Sundance Film Festival - US Documentary Competition

2018

Best Debut Documentary

Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival

2018

Best Documentary

Milwaukee Film Festival

2018

Emerging Filmmaker Award

DOCUTUAH

2018

Bergen International Film Festival

Bergen International Film Festival

2018

Emerging Director Award

Asian American International Film Festival

2018

Best of Fest

Gimli Film Festival

2018

Wroclaw Grand Jury Award

Docs Against Gravity

2018

Best Documentary

Indiewire Critics Poll 2018

2018

Best Documentary

Vancouver Film Critics

2018

Best First Time Director

Critics Choice Documentary Awards

2018

Best Documentary

Chicago Film Critics Association

2018

Best Editing

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

2018

Truer Than Fiction prize

Independent Spirit Awards

2019

Best Film Unipol Award

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF BIOGRAFILM FESTIVAL

2018

Best Film Unipol Award

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF BIOGRAFILM FESTIVAL

2018

Nominee: New Talent Award

Sheffield Doc/Fest

2018

Mammoth Lakes Film Festival

Special Jury Award for Bravery

2018

Bydgoszcz ART.DOC Award

Docs Against Gravity Film Festival

2018

Audience Award

Docs Against Gravity Film Festival

2018

Best Director: Non-Fiction Feature

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

2018

Audience Choice Award

Mountainfilm Festival

2018

Best Documentary Feature

Mountainfilm Festival

2018

Best Documentary Feature

RiverRun International Film Festival

2018

Audience Award Best Documentary Feature

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

2018

Doc Audience Award

Sheffield Doc/Fest

2018

New Talent Award

Sheffield Doc/Fest

2018

Official Selection

BAM CinemaFest

2018

Official Selection

Nantucket Film Festival

2018

Grand Prix Award

Docs Against Gravity Film Festival

2018

Documentary Competition Winner

CAAMFest

2018

Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming

DOXA Documentary Film Festival

2018

Audience Award

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

2018

Official Selection

Vino Vérité

2018

Official Selection

Doclands

2018

Honorable Mention: Best Documentary

Newport Beach Film Festival

2018

Official Selection

CineYouth Festival - Cinema/Chicago

2018

Best Documentary Feature: Grand Jury Prize

Nashville Film Festival

2018

Official Selection

23rd Chicago Asian American Showcase

2018

Official Selection

One Take Film Fest

2018

Top Audience Pick: World Showcase Program

Hot Docs

2018

Best Documentary Feature

Riverrun Film Festival

2018

Winner - Best Documentary Feature

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

2018

Winner - Best Documentary Feature

Sarasota Film Festival

2018

Winner - Documentary Feature Editing

Ashland Independent Film Festival

2018

Spring Showcase Audience Award

San Diego Asian Film Festival

2018

Official Selection

Freep Film Festival

2018

Official Selection

Cleveland International Film Festival

2018

Winner - Spotlight Film Award

Mosaic World Film Festival

2018

Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award - Honorable Mention

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

2018

Audience Award - Feature

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

2018

Official Selection

Wisconsin Film Festival

2018

Official Selection

SFFilm Festival

2018

Official Selection

Act. Human Rights Film Festival

2018

Official Selection

Martha's Vineyard Film Festival

2018

Official Selection

Doc 10

2018

Official Selection

Salem Film Fest

2018

One in a Million Award

Sun Valley Film Festival

2018

International Premiere - Next:Wave Competition

CPH:DOX

2018

Official Selection

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

2018

World Premiere - US Documentary Competition

Sundance Film Festival

2018