Participant Media
Films

Participant Media

Section Title: Films
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Year	Film	Director	Distributor	Ref

2004	Arna's Children	Juliano Mer Khamis Danniel Danniel	Thinkfilm

2005	Murderball	Henry Alex Rubin Dana Adam Shapiro

Good Night, and Good Luck	George Clooney	Warner Independent Pictures

North Country	Niki Caro	Warner Bros.

Syriana	Stephen Gaghan

2006	American Gun	Aric Avelino	IFC Films

The World According to Sesame Street	Linda Hawkins Costigan Linda Goldstein-Knowlton	Participant Media

An Inconvenient Truth	Davis Guggenheim	Paramount Vantage

Fast Food Nation	Richard Linklater	Fox Searchlight Pictures and The Weinstein Company

2007	Angels in the Dust	Louise Hogarth	N/A

Man from Plains	Jonathan Demme	Sony Pictures Classics

Darfur Now	Ted Braun	Warner Independent Pictures and Participant Media

The Kite Runner	Marc Forster	DreamWorks and Paramount Vantage

Charlie Wilson's War	Mike Nichols	Universal Studios

2008	Chicago 10	Brett Morgen	Roadside Attractions

The Visitor	Tom McCarthy	Overture Films

Standard Operating Procedure	Errol Morris	Sony Pictures Classics

2009	The Soloist	Joe Wright	Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios

Food, Inc.	Robert Kenner	Magnolia Pictures

The Cove	Louie Psihoyos	Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions

Pressure Cooker	Mark Becker Jennifer Grausman	N/A

The Informant!	Steven Soderbergh	Warner Bros.

2010	Oceans	Jacques Perrin Jacques Cluzaud	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The Crazies	Breck Eisner	Overture Films

Furry Vengeance	Roger Kumble	Summit Entertainment

Casino Jack and the United States of Money	Alex Gibney	Magnolia Pictures

Climate of Change	Brian Hill	Tribeca Film Festival

Countdown to Zero	Lucy Walker	Magnolia Pictures

Waiting for "Superman"	Davis Guggenheim	Paramount Vantage

Fair Game	Doug Liman	Summit Entertainment

2011	Circumstance	Maryam Keshavarz	Participant Media and Roadside Attractions

Cane Toads: The Conquest	Mark Lewis	Pinnacle Films

The Beaver	Jodie Foster	Summit Entertainment

Page One: Inside the New York Times	Andrew Rossi	Magnolia Pictures

The Help	Tate Taylor	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Contagion	Steven Soderbergh	Warner Bros.

2012	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	John Madden	Fox Searchlight Pictures

Last Call at the Oasis	Jessica Yu	ATO Pictures, Mongrel Media and Participant Media

No	Pablo Larraín	Sony Pictures Classics

Middle of Nowhere	Ava DuVernay	AFFRM and Participant Media

Lincoln	Steven Spielberg	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and 20th Century Fox

Promised Land	Gus van Sant	Focus Features

2013	99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film	Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell, Nina Krstic, Lucian Read	Participant Media

Snitch	Ric Roman Waugh	Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate

A Place at the Table	Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush	Magnolia Pictures

State 194	Dan Setton	Participant Media

TEACH	Davis Guggenheim	CBS

The Fifth Estate	Bill Condon	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Made in America	Ron Howard	Phase 4 Films and The Exchange

2014	The Unknown Known	Errol Morris	Radius-TWC

The Great Invisible	Margaret Brown	Radius-TWC

César Chávez	Diego Luna	Participant Media and Pantelion Films

Ivory Tower	Andrew Rossi	Paramount Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films

The Internet's Own Boy	Brian Knappenberger	Participant Media and FilmBuff

The Hundred-Foot Journey	Lasse Hallström	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Ardor	Pablo Fendrik	Aya Pro, Bac Films, Mosaico Filmes Distribuciones, StraDa Films, Bac Films International, and Sunfilm Entertainment

Out of the Dark	Lluis Quilez	Vertical Entertainment

Merchants of Doubt	Robert Kenner	Mongrel Media and Sony Pictures Classics

Citizenfour	Laura Poitras	Radius-TWC

A Most Violent Year	J. C. Chandor	A24

2015	That Which I Love Destroys Me	Ric Roman Waugh	N/A

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	John Madden	Fox Searchlight Pictures

Misconception	Jessica Yu	N/A

Best of Enemies	Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville	Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media

The Prophet	Roger Allers	GKIDS

The Look of Silence	Joshua Oppenheimer	Why Not Productions, Koch Media, Cinema Delictatessen, and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

He Named Me Malala	Davis Guggenheim	Fox Searchlight Pictures and National Geographic Channel

3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets	Marc Silver	Yle

Bridge of Spies	Steven Spielberg	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and 20th Century Fox

Beasts of No Nation	Cary Fukunaga	Netflix and Bleecker Street

Our Brand Is Crisis	David Gordon Green	Warner Bros.

Spotlight	Tom McCarthy	Open Road Films

Kingdom of Shadows	Bernado Ruiz	Matson Films

2016	The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble	Morgan Neville	The Orchard

The Light Between Oceans	Derek Cianfrance	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Entertainment One

Denial	Mick Jackson	Bleecker Street

Deepwater Horizon	Peter Berg	Summit Entertainment

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life	Steve Carr	Lionsgate and CBS Films

A Monster Calls	J.A. Bayona	Focus Features, Summit Entertainment and Universal Studios

Neruda	Pablo Larrain	The Orchard, 20th Century Fox and Wild Bunch

Zero Days	Alex Gibney	Magnolia Pictures and Showtime

2017	An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power	Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk	Paramount Pictures

Wonder	Stephen Chbosky	Lionsgate

Breathe	Andy Serkis	Bleecker Street

Shot Caller	Ric Roman Waugh	Saban Films

The Post	Steven Spielberg	Universal Pictures DreamWorks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox

2018	7 Days in Entebbe	Jose Padhila	Focus Features

RBG	Betsy West Julie Cohen	Magnolia Pictures CNN Films Storyville Films

Green Book	Peter Farrelly	Amblin Partners

Roma	Alfonso Cuarón	Netflix

2019	Captive State	Rupert Wyatt	Focus Features and Amblin Partners

TBA	Dry Run	Todd Haynes	Focus Features

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