2013 & 2014 Awards

EcoFocus discontinued awards after the 2012 festival.

2012 Awards

2012 Audience Favorite Award - EcoKids Short Film
Shark Riddle directed by Laura Sams and Robert Sams with the Save Our Seas Foundation. (View)

2012 Audience Favorite Award - Feature Length Film
Buck directed by Cindy Meehl (View)

2012 Audience Favorite Award - Short Film
Song of the Spindle directed by Drew Christie (View)

2012 Audience Favorite Award - Short Film
Chasing Water directed by Pete McBride (View)

2012 Audience Favorite Honorable Mention - Feature Length Film
You've Been Trumped directed by Anthony Baxter (View)

2012 Audience Favorite Honorable Mention - Feature Length Film
Drying for Freedom directed by Steven Lake (View)

2012 Audience Favorite Honorable Mention - Feature Length Film
The Clean Bin Project directed by Grant Baldwin (View)

2012 Audience Favorite Honorable Mention - Feature Length Film
Semper Fi: Always Faithful directed by Rachel Libert and Tony Hardmon (View)

2012 Audience Favorite Honorable Mention - Short Film
Second Hand directed by Isaac King (View)

2012 Audience Favorite Honorable Mention - Short Film
10,000 Trees directed by Sarah Ginsburg & Sarah Berkovich (View)

2010 Awards

Audience Favorite Award: Best Feature Film
Waste Land directed by Lucy Walker; co-directed by João Jardin and Karen Harley (View)

Audience Favorite Award: Best Short Film
A Mongolian Couch directed by George Clipp and Eva Arnold (View)

Best Cinematography
Soundtracker directed by Nicholas Sherman (View)

Environmental Shorts Competition Jury Prize
A Mongolian Couch directed by George Clipp and Eva Arnold (View)

Environmental Shorts Competition: Best Animated Short Film
The Hybrid Union directed by Serguei Kouchnerov (View)

Green Lifestyle Award
Bag It directed by Suzan Beraza (View)

Human Spirit Award
Waste Land directed by Lucy Walker; co-directed by João Jardin and Karen Harley (View)

Most Inspirational Film
"...And This Is My Garden" directed by Katharina Stieffenhofer (View)

Point of View Award
Houston We Have a Problem directed by Nicole Torre (View)

Spirit of Activism Award
Vienen por el oro, vienen por todo (They come for the gold, they come for it all) directed by Pablo D'Alo Abba and Cristián Harbaruk (View)

Spirit of Innovation Award
Dirty Business: "Clean Coal" and the Battle for Our Energy Future directed by Peter Bull (View)

2009 Awards

Audience Favorite Award
Return to the Wild: A Modern Tale of Wolf and Man directed by Martin O'Brien and Robbie Proctor (View)

Jury Prize for Best Animated Short
Kate and Bradbury directed by Colleen MacIsaac (View)

Jury Prize for Best Cinematography
The Invisible Bird Photographer directed by Dávid Attila Molnár (View)

Jury Prize for Creative Use of Cinema to Highlight Environmental Innovators
ARCHITECT/BUILDER/DEVELOPER directed by Jeffrey Durkin (View)

Jury Prize for Creative Use of Cinema to Highlight Environmental Innovators
Green Eco-Machine directed by Kristen Alexander (View)

Jury Prize for Creative Use of Cinema to Highlight Environmental Innovators
Hairytale directed by Lisa Forrest (View)

Jury Prize for Creative Use of Cinema to Highlight Environmental Innovators
Nora! directed by Joan Murray (View)

Jury Prize for Expanding the Idea of "Environmental" Film
The Solitary Life of Cranes directed by Eva Weber (View)

2008 Awards

C. David Aguar Award for Excellence in Environmental Cinematography
The Last Wild Horse: The Return of Takhi to Mongolia directed by Vivian Trakinski (View)

Runner-Up, Audience Award for Best Short Film
Ladies of the Land directed by Megan Thompson (View)

Runner-Up, Audience Award for Children's Favorite Short Film
Papiroflexia directed by Joaquin Baldwin (View)

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Short Film
Justicia Now! directed by Robbie Proctor and Martin O'Brien (View)

Winner of the Audience Award for Children's Favorite Short Film
Ride of the Mergansers directed by Steve Furman (View)

Winner of the Ecothena Jury Prize for Best Short Film
Justicia Now! directed by Robbie Proctor and Martin O'Brien (View)

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