Nisha Pahuja Biography

Awards

• 2012Black Pearl Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2012Grand Jury Award-Best Canadian Feature Documentary: winner
• 2012Best Canadian Documentary-Best Documentary: winner
• 2012Special Jury Mention-: winner
• 2012Founders Prize-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2012Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2012Best Documentary-: nominated
• 2012Best Documentary - Special Mention-: winner
• 2012Golden Eye Award-Best International Documentary Film: nominated
• 2013Canadian Screen Award-Best Feature Length Documentary: nominated
• 2013VFCC Award-Best Screenplay - Canadian Film: winner
• 2014Emmy-Outstanding Coverage of a Current News Story - Long Form: nominated
• 2022Inspiring Voices and Perspectives Feature Film-: winner
• 2022Amplify Voices Award-Best Film: winner
• 2022WIFF Prize in Canadian Film-: nominated
• 2023Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2023Canadian Screen Award-Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary: winner
• 2023Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for Justice: nominated
• 2023Grand Jury Prize-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2023Excellence in Documentary-Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary: winner
• 2023Beyond the Screen Competition-: winner
• 2023Best Documentary-: winner
• 2023Best South Asian Documentary-Best South Asian Documentary: winner
• 2023Best Documentary-Best Documentary: winner
• 2023German Star of India-Best Documentary: winner
• 2023IDA Award-Best Writing: nominated
• 2023Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2023Honey Levine Award-People's Choice for Best Feature: winner
• 2023Grand Jury Prize-Best International Documentary Feature: winner
• 2023Best Documentary-: nominated
• 2023Festival Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2023Best Documentary-: winner
• 2023Best Documentary-: winner
• 2023Special Jury Award-Documentary: winner
• 2023The Michael Sullivan FRONTLINE Award for Journalism in a Documentary Film-: winner
• 2023Grand Jury Prize-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2024Oscar-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2024Septimius Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2024Social Impact Media Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024VFCC Award-Best Director in a Canadian Film: nominated