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Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

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    Critics' Choice Documentary Award

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    Best Archival Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Summer of Soul (... ou, quand la révolution ne pouvait pas être télévisée)

      8.0 (15K)
    • [object Object]

      Becoming Cousteau

      7.1 (1.6K)
    • [object Object]

      The Real Charlie Chaplin

      7.3 (2K)
    • [object Object]

      Derrière l'étoffe des héros

      7.2 (679)
    • [object Object]

      Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

      8.0 (1.5K)
    • [object Object]

      Val

      7.6 (16K)
    • [object Object]

      The Velvet Underground

      7.3 (5.9K)

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La grotte

      8.3 (22K)
      David Katznelson
      Ian Seabrook
      Picha Srisansanee
    • [object Object]

      Faya Dayi

      6.8 (745)
      Jessica Beshir
    • [object Object]

      The Alpinist

      7.9 (16K)
      Jonathan Griffith
      Brett Lowell
      Austin Siadak
    • [object Object]

      Ascension

      7.0 (4.4K)
      Jessica Kingdon
      Nathan Truesdell
    • [object Object]

      The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52

      6.5 (557)
      Nelson Hume
      Alan Jacobsen
    • [object Object]

      Notre Histoire Policière

      7.0 (2.3K)
      Emiliano Villanueva
    • [object Object]

      Comme un poisson dans son récif

      7.2 (1.3K)
      Pete West

    Best Director

    • Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi in Meru (2015)
      Jimmy Chin in Meru (2015)
      Winners
      • Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
      • Jimmy Chin
      • La grotte
      Tied with Questlove for Summer of Soul (... ou, quand la révolution ne pouvait pas être télévisée) (2021).
    • Questlove
      Winner
      • Questlove
      • Summer of Soul (... ou, quand la révolution ne pouvait pas être télévisée)
      Tied with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin for La grotte (2021).
    • Liz Garbus in What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
      • Liz Garbus
      • Becoming Cousteau
    • Jessica Kingdon (/name/nm4398489) at The IMDb Portrait Studio at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards
      • Jessica Kingdon
      • Ascension
    • Stanley Nelson at an event for A Place of Our Own (2004)
      Traci Curry at an event for Attica (2021)
      • Stanley Nelson
      • Traci Curry
      • Attica
    • Jonas Poher Rasmussen
      • Jonas Poher Rasmussen
      • Flee
    • Edgar Wright at an event for Scott Pilgrim (2010)
      • Edgar Wright
      • The Sparks Brothers

    Best Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Summer of Soul (... ou, quand la révolution ne pouvait pas être télévisée)

      8.0 (15K)
    • [object Object]

      Ascension

      7.0 (4.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Attica

      7.5 (3.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Becoming Cousteau

      7.1 (1.6K)
    • [object Object]

      The Crime of the Century

      8.1 (4.7K)
    • [object Object]

      A Crime on the Bayou

      6.8 (162)
    • [object Object]

      Flee

      7.9 (21K)
    • [object Object]

      Introducing, Selma Blair

      7.8 (1.1K)
    • [object Object]

      The Lost Leonardo

      7.5 (3.1K)
    • [object Object]

      My Name Is Pauli Murray

      7.1 (529)
    • [object Object]

      Procession: L'Espoir au Bout du Chemin

      7.1 (1.4K)
    • [object Object]

      La grotte

      8.3 (22K)

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Summer of Soul (... ou, quand la révolution ne pouvait pas être télévisée)

      8.0 (15K)
      Joshua L Pearson
    • [object Object]

      The First Wave

      7.1 (1.2K)
      Francisco Bello
      Matthew Heineman
      Gabriel Rhodes
      David Zieff
    • [object Object]

      LFG

      5.5 (1K)
      Jeff Consiglio
    • [object Object]

      La grotte

      8.3 (22K)
      Bob Eisenhardt
    • [object Object]

      The Velvet Underground

      7.3 (5.9K)
      Affonso Gonçalves
      Adam Kurnitz
    • [object Object]

      Ascension

      7.0 (4.4K)
      Jessica Kingdon
    • [object Object]

      The Real Charlie Chaplin

      7.3 (2K)
      Julian Quantrill

    Best First Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Summer of Soul (... ou, quand la révolution ne pouvait pas être télévisée)

      8.0 (15K)
      Questlove
    • [object Object]

      Faya Dayi

      6.8 (745)
      Jessica Beshir
    • [object Object]

      Introducing, Selma Blair

      7.8 (1.1K)
      Rachel Fleit
    • [object Object]

      The Velvet Underground

      7.3 (5.9K)
      Todd Haynes
    • [object Object]

      Ascension

      7.0 (4.4K)
      Jessica Kingdon
    • [object Object]

      Prier Loin

      6.5 (3.7K)
      Kristine Stolakis
    • [object Object]

      The Sparks Brothers

      7.8 (6.3K)
      Edgar Wright

    Best Historical or Biographical Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Val

      7.6 (16K)
    • [object Object]

      Attica

      7.5 (3.2K)
    • [object Object]

      A Crime on the Bayou

      6.8 (162)
    • [object Object]

      Fauci

      6.5 (13K)
    • [object Object]

      Le Dernier Témoignage

      7.3 (1.9K)
    • [object Object]

      Julia

      7.6 (1.3K)
    • [object Object]

      My Name Is Pauli Murray

      7.1 (529)
    • [object Object]

      No Ordinary Man

      6.9 (419)

    Best Music Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Summer of Soul (... ou, quand la révolution ne pouvait pas être télévisée)

      8.0 (15K)
    • [object Object]

      Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

      7.7 (9.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

      7.3 (757)
    • [object Object]

      Listening to Kenny G

      7.4 (1.3K)
    • [object Object]

      The Sparks Brothers

      7.8 (6.3K)
    • [object Object]

      Tina

      7.9 (6.6K)
    • [object Object]

      The Velvet Underground

      7.3 (5.9K)

    Best Narration

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Val

      7.6 (16K)
      Jack Kilmer(narrator)
      Val Kilmer(writer)
    • [object Object]

      11 septembre: dans la cellule de crise du Président

      7.5 (4.2K)
      Jeff Daniels(narrator)
    • [object Object]

      Becoming Cousteau

      7.1 (1.6K)
      Vincent Cassel(narrator)
      Mark Monroe(writer)
      Pax Wassermann(writer)
    • [object Object]

      The Crime of the Century

      8.1 (4.7K)
      Alex Gibney(writer/narrator)
    • [object Object]

      The Neutral Ground

      8.1 (128)
      CJ Hunt(narrator/writer)
    • [object Object]

      The Real Charlie Chaplin

      7.3 (2K)
      Pearl Mackie(narrator)
      Oliver Kindeberg(writer)
      Peter Middleton(writer)
      James Spinney(writer)
    • [object Object]

      L'année où la Terre a changé

      8.2 (5.5K)
      David Attenborough(narrator/writer)

    Best Political Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Crime of the Century

      8.1 (4.7K)
    • [object Object]

      Enemies of the State

      6.0 (836)
    • [object Object]

      Four Hours at the Capitol

      7.5 (4.1K)
    • [object Object]

      Influence: Les armes de la com

      7.0 (128)
    • [object Object]

      Mayor Pete

      5.3 (1.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Missing in Brooks County

      7.3 (94)
    • [object Object]

      Nasrin

      8.2 (131)
    • [object Object]

      Not Going Quietly

      7.9 (159)

    Best Science/Nature Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Becoming Cousteau

      7.1 (1.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Fauci

      6.5 (13K)
    • [object Object]

      The First Wave

      7.1 (1.2K)
    • [object Object]

      The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52

      6.5 (557)
    • [object Object]

      Face aux requins

      7.5 (685)
    • [object Object]

      Comme un poisson dans son récif

      7.2 (1.3K)
    • [object Object]

      L'année où la Terre a changé

      8.2 (5.5K)

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La grotte

      8.3 (22K)
      Daniel Pemberton
    • [object Object]

      My Name Is Pauli Murray

      7.1 (529)
      Jongnic Bontemps
    • [object Object]

      Ascension

      7.0 (4.4K)
      Dan Deacon
    • [object Object]

      The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52

      6.5 (557)
      Alex Lasarenko
      David Little
    • [object Object]

      LFG

      5.5 (1K)
      Cyrus Melchor
    • [object Object]

      Julia

      7.6 (1.3K)
      Rachel Portman
    • [object Object]

      Le Dernier Témoignage

      7.3 (1.9K)
      Dirac Sea

    Best Short Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Queen of Basketball

      7.2 (1.5K)
    • [object Object]

      Audible: Vaincre sur tous les terrains

      6.7 (2.7K)
    • [object Object]

      Borat's American Lockdown

      6.2 (1.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis

      6.6 (1.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Day of Rage

      7.7 (179)
    • [object Object]

      Arousak

      6.0 (151)
    • [object Object]

      The Last Cruise

      6.4 (1.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Snowy

      7.4 (63)

    Best Sports Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Alpinist

      7.9 (16K)
    • [object Object]

      Changing the Game

      6.4 (308)
    • [object Object]

      The Day Sports Stood Still

      5.9 (558)
    • [object Object]

      Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible

      7.3 (266)
    • [object Object]

      LFG

      5.5 (1K)
    • [object Object]

      Tiger

      7.8 (5.2K)

    Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Not Going Quietly

      7.9 (159)
      Ady Barkan
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Introducing, Selma Blair

      7.8 (1.1K)
      Selma Blair
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mayor Pete

      5.3 (1.6K)
      Pete Buttigieg
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fauci

      6.5 (13K)
      Anthony Fauci
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres

      7.3 (493)
      Ben Fong Torres
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Val

      7.6 (16K)
      Val Kilmer
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Sparks Brothers

      7.8 (6.3K)
      Ron Mael
      Russell Mael
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

      7.6 (1.1K)
      Rita Moreno
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Face aux requins

      7.5 (685)
      Valerie Taylor

    Pennebaker Award

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    • R.J. Cutler at an event for The September Issue (2009)
      Winner
      • R.J. Cutler

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