Is the Crown at war with us?

Best Documentary Feature
28^th Annual American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco 2003

Award of Distinction
Indian Summer Festival, West Allis, Wisconsin 2003


Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Toronto-City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film
Festival of Festivals, Toronto 1993

Feature Documentary Award
Vancouver International Film Festival 1993

Best Documentary Feature Film
18^th Annual American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco 1993

Best Full-Length Documentary
Mediawave Film Festival, Hungary 1997

Distinguished Documentary Achievement
IDA 19^th Annual Awards Competition, Los Angeles 1993

Special Jury Award, Documentary Category
13^th International Amiens Film Festival, Amiens, France 1993

Wind and Glacier Award
Native American Film and Media Celebration, New York 1994

Special Jury Award: Film and Video Category
Special Jury Award: Current Events Category
37^th San Francisco International Film Festival, Golden Gate Award 1994

Special Jury Prize Award
Mountain Film Festival, Telluride, Colorado 1994

Award of Excellence for Best Editing
Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax 1993

Sesterce d'argent Special Jury Prize
25^th International Documentary Film Festival, Nyon, Switzerland 1993

"We Are Sovereign" Award
Two Rivers Film Festival, Minneapolis 1993

Second Place Award, Indian Produced Feature Length Documentary
7^th American Indian Film and Video Competition, Oklahoma 1994

Special Award
Aotearoa Film Festival, Whakatane, New Zealand 1993


Mother of Many Children

Special Jury Prize Award
Mountain Film Festival, Telluride, Colorado 1994

Grand Prize
First International Festival of Films on the Arctic, Dieppe, France 1983

Best Semi-Documentary Award
American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival 1978


My Name is Kahentiiosta

Second Place Award, Indian Produced Documentary
9^th American Indian Film and Video Competition, Oklahoma 1996


No Address

Wind and Glacier Award
The Native American Film and Media Celebration, New York 1992

From Dream to Reality
Two Rivers Native Film Festival 1991

Best Documentary Award
14^th Annual American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco 1989

Honorable Mention, Social Studies Category
37^th Annual International Film Festival, Birmingham, Alabama 1989

Nomination, Golden Sheaf Awards
International Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan 1989


Playing Fair Series

Silver Cindy Award
Cindy Competition, New Orleans 1993

Best Film, Guidance and Counselling Category
International Educational Film and Video Festival, Birmingham, Alabama 1992

Award of Merit, Videotape - Government Media Agency Category
AMTEC Media Festival, Victoria, British Columbia 1992


Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

Bronze Apple Award, Health/Drug and Alcohol Addiction Category
19^thNational Educational Film and Video Festival, Oakland, California 1989

Certificate of Honorable Mention, Health and Medicine: Addiction, Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco Category
36^thAnnual International Film Festival, Columbus, Ohio 1988


Richard Cardinal: Cry From a Diary of a Métis Child

Prize for Best Documentary
11^thAnnual American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco 1986

Special Award for Educational Visual Anthropology to Children and Youth
International Visual Anthropology, Parnu, Estonia 1991

Crystal Apple Award, Human Relations: Teen Suicide Category
19^thNational Education Film and Video Festival, Oakland, California 1989

Red Ribbon Award, Current Concerns Category
30^thAmerican Film and Video Festival, New York 1988


Rocks at Whiskey Trench

Best Native American Director
Festival of Festivals, Palm Springs, California 2002


Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man

Dreamspeakers Festival 1998
Best Documentary over 30 minutes

Dreamspeakers Festival 1998
Best Director, Documentary

Waban-Aki: People From Where the Sun Rises

Best Documentary Award
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Toronto, October 2006


Walker (Playing Fair Series)

Gold Apple Award, Sexuality and Self-Esteem: Grades 4-6 Category
22^nd National Educational Film and Video Festival, Oakland, California 1992

Wind and Glacier Award
Native American Film and Media Celebration, New York 1992


PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
PRESENTED TO ALANIS OBOMSAWIN

Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Western Ontario, October 2007

Special Homage, Abenaki Annual Celebration, Odanak, Quebec, July 2006

Walk of Honour, Dreamspeaker Festival, Edmonton, June 2006

IDA Pioneer Award, International Documentary Association, Los Angeles, December 2004

The Milestone Award, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Toronto, October 2004

Life Achievement Award, Parallel Culture Awards, Hungary, May 2003

Highest Distinction, Advancement of Women Awards, Women's Y Foundation of Montreal, April 2003

Honoured by Femmes du cinéma, de la télévision et de la vidéo à Montréal for outstanding contributions to the development of the film and television industry, April 2003

Officer of the Order of Canada, February 2002
Prix Dr. Bernard Chagnan Assiniwi, Life Time Achievement Award
Festival Land Insights, June 2001

Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, March 2001

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Trent University, June 2000

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Queen's University, June 2000

Lifetime Achievement Award
Aboriginal Film Festival, June 1999

Defender of Human Rights through Film
50^thAnniversary of Human Rights Celebration, May 1999

Lifetime Achievement Award, Taos Talking Picture Festival, New Mexico, 1997

Honorary Doctor of Literature, Carleton University, November 1994

Honorary Doctor of Letters, York University, June 1994

Outstanding Contribution Award, Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, June 1994

Fellow of the Ontario College of Arts, May 1994

Special Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the advancement of Aboriginal Filmmaking, Dreamspeakers Festival, Edmonton, Alberta, 1994

Award for Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Toronto Women in Film and Television, Director of the Year, 1994

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Concordia University, Montreal, 1993

National Aboriginal Achievement Award, 1993

Order of Canada, Confederation, 1992

Pour son apport à la reconnaisance des droits de la femme amerindienne, Le Salon de la Femme, Montreal 1989

Order of Canada, June 1983

The 12 Arts and Humanities Education Award, NYU, March 1982

Outstanding Canadian of the Year, Macleans Magazine, 1965


AWARDS PRESENTED IN HONOUR OF ALANIS OBOMSAWIN

The annual Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award inaugurated by the imagineNATIVE International Media Arts Festival, Toronto, October 2002

Alanis Obomsawin Award given each year by the Reel Aboriginal Film Festival for Best Documentary, June 2000

Alanis Obomsawin Award given each year by the Dreamspeakers Film Festival for Best Documentary, 1994