Candescent Award

6 films • 6 selections

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Official Selections

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

2014•Official selection

A 74-minute documentary recounts the circumstances leading to Nas' 1994 debut album Illmatic, featuring interviews with key figures from the hip hop scene.

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

2014 • Official selection

How to Change the World

2015•Official selection

A group of activists sailed from Vancouver in 1971 to protest nuclear tests in Amchitka, Alaska, leading to the creation of Greenpeace.

How to Change the World

2015 • Official selection

After Tiller

2013•Official selection

Four doctors in the United States openly perform third-trimester abortions, continuing the work of their murdered colleague, Dr. George Tiller.

After Tiller

2013 • Official selection

Gideon's Army

2014•Official selection

Three public defenders in the Southern United States confront overwhelming caseloads and systemic challenges in a strained criminal justice system.

Gideon's Army

2014 • Official selection

Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

2012•Official selection

In Washington, D.C., lobbying groups influence the American healthcare system, prompting a movement for reforms that prioritize prevention and holistic healing.

Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

2012 • Official selection

Private Violence

2014•Official selection

One in four women in the U.S. experience domestic violence, as shown through the stories of two survivors and their fight for justice.

Private Violence

2014 • Official selection

The record, year by year

Every Candescent Award title we index, 2012 to 2015: 0 awards, 6 nominations and 0 official selections across 4 years.

2015

Nomination

How to Change the World

2014

Nominations

2013

Nomination

After Tiller

2012

Nomination

Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

How this was compiled. Our editors assembled this record together with Wikidata's structured claims (award received P166, nominated for P1411, official selection P5072), festival names and years drawn from published Wikipedia articles, and our own web research. Some entries were extracted automatically and have not yet been independently corroborated.

It describes the films we index, not the festival: a year showing one award means one award-winning title in our index, not that the festival gave one award.