At the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 , director Barry Stevens won the award for Best Direction in a Documentary Series for the first-season episode " Ortona : The War Inside " . At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017 , '' War Story : Afghanistan '' won the award for History Documentary Program or Series , and Stevens won the award for Best Direction in a Documentary Series for the episode " The Long Way Home " . Andrew Theobald was also nominated for the Barbara Sears Award for Editorial Research for the episode " The Long Way Home "
5th Canadian Screen Awards
5th Canadian Screen Awards
War Story (TV series)