In 2016 "Witness" was part of the team nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Short for the film, Chau, Beyond The Lines. In 2015, "Witness" won an International Emmy for the film, "Miners Shot Down". This story is about miners in South Africa who rise up to seek a better living and working conditions. In 2013 "Witness" was awarded the Peabody Award for the film, "Sheikh Jarrah, My Neighbourhood". This documentary tells the story of Palestinians in East Jerusalem who face eviction and find unexpected allies to the cause. "Witness" coverage of the Red Mosque in Islamabad shortly before a government siege garnered an International Emmy Award nomination in 2008. A special on two schools in the West Bank under Israeli occupation, "Return to Nablus", received an International Emmy nomination in 2009.