[4] Sons of the Clouds, a 2012 documentary exploring human rights issues in Western Sahara, was Candescent's second release.

[8][9] After being approached by Candescent to write and direct a short film with a social message that was personal to him, Prieto chose the subject of body image, since his daughter had previously struggled with an eating disorder.

[8][10] After premiering at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, Likeness was released online via T: The New York Times Style Magazine.

[14] Cartel Land, 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets and Racing Extinction all premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.

[23] Candescent Received an "In Association With" credit for Generation Wealth, directed by Lauren Greenfield,[24] which had its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival,[25] its European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival,[26] and was nominated for a 2018 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay.

[3][5] The winner of the inaugural Candescent Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival was Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare.

In January 2014, Candescent Films announced the three winners of its 2014 Candescent Award in partnership with the Sundance Institute: Marmato, about a Colombian mining town; Private Violence, about a domestic violence victim's fight to put her husband in prison; and E-Team, about a team of human rights investigators.

[37] The 2015 Candescent Award at the Tribeca Film Festival went to The Wolfpack, about six teenage brothers who have spent their lives locked in a Manhattan housing project.

The 2014 winner was Keep on Keepin' On, about the mentorship between jazz musician Clark Terry and blind piano prodigy Justin Kaulflin.

[42] Bathtubs Over Broadway, following comedy writer Steve Young on his quest to learn more about the world of industrial musicals, won the 2018 SummerDocs Audience Award.