Even though it was shot throughout the western U.S., GHOSTS OF THE WEST: THE END OF THE BONANZA TRAIL was named BEST DOCUMENTARY by a judging panel of film and television industry executives, film critics, and academics at the annual Filmed in Utah Award Ceremony on February 16, 2013.
Other nominees in this category have played at such prestigious venues as the Florida Film Festival, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Traverse City Film Festival, and even theatrically in some cases.
Writer-director E. S. Knightchilde and executive producer Todd P. Prescott were on hand at the televised event to accept the award.