Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary

2012 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary WinnerThe Invisible WarKirby DickAn investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military.Amazon

2013 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary Winner20 Feet from StardomMorgan NevilleBackup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.Amazon2013 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary NomineesAlice Walker: Beauty in TruthPratibha ParmarAmazonAlive & WellJosh TaftAmazonBlackfishGabriela CowperthwaiteAmazonEvergreen: The Road to LegalizationRiley MortonAmazonFinding HillywoodLeah WarshawskiAmazonHaranaBenito BautistaAmazonInequality for AllJacob KornbluthAmazonSommJason WiseAmazonThe OthersideDaniel TorokAmazonThe Punk SingerSini AndersonAmazon

2014 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary WinnerKeep on Keepin' OnAlan HicksA documentary that follows jazz legend Clark Terry over four years to document the mentorship between Terry and 23-year-old blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin as the young man prepares to compete in an elite, international competition.Amazon2014 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary NomineesAlive InsideMichael Rossato-BennettAmazonI Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney StoryDave LaMattinaAmazonStrictly Sacred: The Story of Girl TroubleIsaac OlsenAmazonThe Case Against 8Ben CotnerAmazon

2015 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary WinnerRomeo Is BleedingJason ZeldesDonte Clark's poetic voice was honed on the violent street corners of a struggling city. Yet rather than succumb to the pressures of Richmond, CA, Clark uses his artistic perspective to help save his city from itself.Amazon2015 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary NomineesFrame by FrameMo ScarpelliAmazonPaper TigersJames RedfordAmazonThe Glamour & the SqualorMarq EvansAmazonThe Great AloneGreg KohsAmazon

2016 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary WinnerGleasonClay TweelAfter he is diagnosed with ALS, former professional football player Steve Gleason begins making a video diary for his unborn son, as he, his wife, and their friends and family work to raise money for ALS patients as his disease progresses.Amazon2016 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary NomineesLife, AnimatedRoger Ross WilliamsAmazonMaya Angelou and Still I RiseBob HerculesAmazonThe IF ProjectKathlyn HoranAmazonThe Queen of IrelandConor HorganAmazon

2017 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary WinnerDoloresPeter BrattIn the 1950's, a working-class wife and mother of eleven children helps to establish a farmer's union, which later develops into a platform for feminism and gender equality.Amazon2017 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary NomineesChasing CoralJeff OrlowskiAmazonCity of GhostsMatthew HeinemanAmazonDirtbag: The Legend of Fred BeckeyDave O'LeskeAmazonStepAmanda LipitzAmazon

2018 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary WinnerWon't You Be My Neighbor?Morgan NevilleAn exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host, Fred Rogers.Amazon2018 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary NomineesPick of the LitterDon HardyAmazonThe Most Dangerous YearVlada KnowltonAmazonThe Russian FiveJoshua RiehlAmazon