BUCK premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2011 where it won the Audience Award and continued to go on to win many awards including the 2011 Academy Award shortlist and recognition by the National Board of Review as one of the year’s top 5 picks. Other honors and awards include:
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2011 FESTIVALS | |||
| Sundance Film Festival | Park City, UT | Audience Award | |
| True/False Film Festival | Columbia, MO | Official Selection | |
| SXSW | Austin, TX | Official Selection | |
| Sarasota Film Festival | Sarasota, FL | Official Selection | |
| Full Frame Doc Film Festival | Durham NC | Audience Award | |
| Nashville Film Festival | Nashville, TN | Official Selection | |
| Independent Film Festival | Boston, MA | Official Selection | |
| HOT DOCS | Toronto, Ontario | Official Selection & Top Audience Favorite | |
| Berkshires Film Festival | Pittsfield, MA | Official Selection | |
| Seattle Int’l Film Festival | Seattle, WA | Official Selection 2nd runner up Best Doc Golden Space Needle Award | |
| Provincetown Int’l Film Festival | Provincetown, MA | HBO Audience Award Best Doc Feature | |
| SilverDocs | Washington, DC | Official Selection | |
| Nantucket Film Festival | Nantucket, MA | Official Selection Best of Fest | |
| Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival | Chilmark, MA | Official Selection | |
| Melbourne Int’l Film Festival | Melbourne, Australia | Official Selection | |
| New Zealand Int’l Film Festival | Official Selection | ||
| DocuWest Film Festival | Golden, CO | Best Feature Length Doc | |
| Zurich Int’l Film Festival | Switzerland | Best International Doc | |
| Reykjavik Int’l Film Festival | Iceland | Official Selection | |
| Rio Film Festival | Brazil | Official Selection | |
| Warsaw Film Festival | Poland | Doc Feature Competition Special Mention | |
| Abu Dhabi Film Festival | United Arab Emirates | Official Selection | |
| Bergen Int’l Film Festival | Norway | Best Doc | |
| Bermuda Docs | Bermuda | Official Selection | |
| Canberra Film Festival | Australia | Audience Award Best Doc | |
| Halls Gap Film Festival | Halls Gap, Australia | Official Selection | |
| Rosebud Film Festival | Official Selection | ||
| Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival | Colorado Springs, CO | Official Selection | |
| Stockholm | Sweden | Official Selection | |
| Rockport Film Festival | Rockport, TX | Best Doc Feature | |
| Int’l Doc Film Festival Amsterdam | The Netherlands | Official Selection | |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards | NY, NY | Audience Award Nominee | |
| National Board of Review | NY, NY | 2011 Top 5 Documentaries | |
| True West Magazine | Readers Choice Award Editors Choice Award | ||
2012 FESTIVALS | |||
| Perth Arts Festival | Perth, Australia | Official Selection | |
| Cinema Eye Honors 2012 | NY, NY | Audience Choice Award | |
| Princeton Environmental Film Festival | Princeton, NJ | Audience Favorite | |
| Spur Award | Encampment, WY | Doc Script Category | |
| EcoFocus Film Festival | Athens, GA | Official Selection | |
| DocAviv | Tel Aviv, Israel | Official Selection | |
| Christopher Awards | NY, NY | Feature Film Winner | |
| SAMHSA Voice Awards | Hollywood, CA | Nominated Voice Award | |
| Humanitas Prize | Beverly Hills, CA | Humanitas Prize Finalist |