Awards
Sharkwater has received 33 international awards.
- 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
- Youth Documentary Award : Bergen International Film Festival
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