Pietra Brettkelly

2020 Women in Film and Television (WIFT) NZ Awards
Award for Achievement in Film

2019 Arts Foundation Laureate (New Zealand)
Award for Documentary Filmmakers

2017 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards (The Moas)
Nominated for Best Documentary: A Flickering Truth
Nominated for Best Documentary Director: for A Flickering Truth

2012 Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards
Best Documentary: Māori Boy Genius

2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Popular Documentary or Documentary Series: October 15

2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards (New Zealand)
Best Arts/Festival/Feature Documentary: The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins
Best Director, Documentary: for The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins

2008 EBS International Documentary Festival - EIDF (Korea)
Best Director, Documentary: for The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins

2008 Whistler International Film Festival (Canada)
Best Documentary: The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins

2008 Zurich Film Festival (Switzerland)
Special Jury Prize: The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins

2008 Sundance Film Festival (United States)
Nominated for Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema Documentary: for The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins