White Helmets won Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the Academy Awards in 2017, but the film's cinematographer, Khaled Khateeb, was unable to attend the awards ceremony due to being denied entry into the United States.[1][12]
In December 2016 it was announced that George Clooney was in the early stages of developing a feature-length film based on the documentary.[13][14] In 2017, the film received the Cinema for Peace Most Valuable Documentary of the Year Award.
The White Helmets has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews, and an average rating of 8.50/10.[15]
