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Cartel Land (2015)

Awards

Cartel Land

19 wins & 38 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Feature
    • Matthew Heineman
    • Tom Yellin

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee Audience Award
    • IDFA Audience Award
    • Matthew Heineman
    19th Place

BAFTA Awards

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Matthew Heineman
    • Tom Yellin

Critics Choice Awards

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2016 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Documentary Feature

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2015 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • Matthew Heineman

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
    • Matthew Heineman (cinematography by)
    • Matt Porwoll (cinematography by)
  • Matthew Hamachek
    2016 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
    • Matthew Hamachek (editor)
    • Matthew Heineman (editor)
    • Bradley J. Ross (editor)
    • Pax Wassermann (editor)
  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
    • Matthew Heineman (director)
  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
    • Matthew Heineman (produced by)
    • Tom Yellin (produced by)
    • Kathryn Bigelow (executive producer)
    • Robert DeBitetto (executive producer)
    • Molly Thompson (executive producer)
    • David McKillop (executive producer)
    Tied with Jim: The James Foley Story (2016).
  • Tom Paul at an event for Selena y Los Dinos (2025)
    2016 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)
    • Tom Paul (supervising sound editor)
    • Sean Garnhart (sound designer)
    • Ryan Collison (sound editor)
    • Joanna Fang (sound editor)
    • Leslie Bloome (sound editor)
    • Mark Filip (sound effects editor)
    • Bill Orrico (dialogue editor)

Hamburg Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee Political Film Award
    • Matthew Heineman

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2015 Nominee FFCC Award
    • Best Documentary

Satellite Awards

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2016 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Documentary

Gotham Awards

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Matthew Heineman
    • Tom Yellin
  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee Audience Award
    • Matthew Heineman
    • Tom Yellin

International Documentary Association

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Winner Courage Under Fire Award
    • Matthew Heineman

Moscow International Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Winner Silver St. George
    • Best Film of the Documentary Competition
    • Matthew Heineman

MTV Movie + TV Awards

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2016 Nominee MTV Movie Award
    • Documentary

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2015 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Documentary

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2015 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Documentary

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee Best Documentary
    • Matthew Heineman

Sundance Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Matthew Heineman
  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Winner Cinematography Award
    • Documentary
    • Matthew Heineman
    • Matt Porwoll
    "The risks a documentarian with a camera faces are physical, emotional and ethical. This cinematographers navigated all, allowing us to care deeply about people while creating images that propel us through a landscape of nightmares."
  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Winner Directing Award
    • Documentary
    • Matthew Heineman
    "To a filmmaker who had courage to pursue a story that developed with unexpected complexity. His confident hand takes us into a world where we see both brutality and grace."

Ashland Independent Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Documentary
    • Matthew Heineman

Seattle Film Critics Awards

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Matthew Heineman

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2015 Nominee VFCC Award
    • Best Documentary

Sheffield International Documentary Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Winner Tim Hetherington Award
    • Matthew Heineman
  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee Grand Jury Award
    • Matthew Heineman

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2015 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2015 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Dallas International Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee Best Feature Documentary Award
    • Matthew Heineman

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2016 Winner Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year

Reykjavik International Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Winner Audience Award
    • Matthew Heineman

Little Rock Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee Golden Rock Documentary Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Matthew Heineman

New Hampshire Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Winner Best Documentary Film
    • Matthew Heineman

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles in Cartel Land (2015)
    2016 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • The Unforgettables
    • José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles
  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
    • Matthew Heineman
    • Tom Yellin
  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Direction
    • Matthew Heineman
  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Production
    • Matthew Heineman
    • Tom Yellin
  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
    • Matthew Heineman
    • Matt Porwoll
    Tied with Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk for Meru (2015).

Los Angeles Italia Film Festival, US

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Winner Documentary of the Year
    • Documentary of the Year
    • Matthew Heineman

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2015 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Documentary Film

Denver Film Critics Society

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2016 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Film

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2016 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature

Champs-Élysées Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best American Feature Film
    • Matthew Heineman

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
    • Matthew Heineman

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2015 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Documentary
    9th place.

Milwaukee Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Film
    • Matthew Heineman

Phoenix Critics Circle

  • Cartel Land (2015)
    2015 Nominee PCC Award
    • Best Documentary Film

Gold Derby Awards

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Matthew Heineman

Mammoth Lakes Film Festival

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Winner Jury Bravery Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Matthew Heineman

George Polk Awards

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2015 Winner George Polk Award
    • Documentary Film Award
    • Matthew Heineman

ZagrebDox

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Nominee Big Stamp
    • International Competition
    • Matthew Heineman

Americana Film Fest

  • Matthew Heineman by Michael Ori for Canon Creative Studio, Sundance Film Festival 2020
    2016 Nominee Docs
    • Matthew Heineman

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