Best Environmental Film Taos MountainFilm Festival	Best Documentary Feature Durango International Film Festival
Vision Award RiverRun International Film Festival	Audience Award Brattleboro Environmental Film Festival
Best of the Festival and  Best Field Research Explorer's Club Film Festival	Best Documentary and  Don Siegel Montage Award San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
Gold Remi Worldfest Houston	Best of Festival 10th Festival Cine Latino
Gold Documentary Award and  Silver Illumination Award Crested Butte Reel Fest	Bronze Award Columbus International Film Festival
Gaia Film Award for Environmental Awareness Wine Country Film Festival	Special Jury Prize MountainFilm in Telluride
Finalist, Messenger of the Year Environmental Grantmakers Association

The Shaman's Apprentice has appeared at the following film festivals:
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Louisville Film and Video Festival
Taos Talking Pictures
Mill Valley International Film Festival
Pensacola Bay Film and Video Festival
Ojai Film Festival
Maui International Film Festival
Denver International Film Festival
Conscientious Projector Film Festival on Bainbridge Island
United Nations Association Film Festival, Stanford
Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
Wine Country Film Festival
Moondance International Film Festival
Olympia Environmental Film Festival
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
Tahoe International Film Festival
Vermont International Film Festival
Rehoboth Beach Film Festival
Festival Madre Fértil Tierra Nuestra
Wild and Scenic Film Festival
4th SIMA Film Festival, Tehran
Mill Valley Environmental Film Festival
American Anthropological Association Conference Film & Video Festival