The Cove (Louie Psihoyos) a castigat premiul Oscar la categoria Cel mai bun documentar, la editia cu numarul 82 gazduita de Kodak Theatre din Los Angeles.

Nominalizari Cel mai bun documentar:

Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008): Anders Østergaard
The Cove (2009): Louie Psihoyos
Food, Inc. (2008): Robert Kenner
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009): Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home (2009): Rebecca Cammisa