Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Critics' Choice Documentary Award | |
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Current: 8th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | |
Description | Best in documentary filmmaking |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Critics Choice Association |
First awarded | 2016 |
Website | criticschoice.com |
The Critics' Choice Documentary Awards are accolades that are presented by the Critics Choice Association to honour the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. They were established in 2016, and the first ceremony was held on November 3, 2016.[1]
Categories
Current categories
For the latest ceremony, the following categories were presented:
- Best Documentary Feature
- Best Director
- Best First Documentary Feature
- Best Narration
- Best Archival Documentary
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Political Documentary
- Best Sports Documentary
- Best Historical/Biographical Documentary
- Best Science/Nature Documentary
- Best Music Documentary
- Best Score
- Best Editing
- Best Cinematography
- D.A. Pennebaker Award (formerly known as the Lifetime Award)
Discontinued categories
Other categories previously presented include:
- Best Limited Documentary Series
- Best Ongoing Documentary Series
- Best Song in a Documentary
- Most Innovative Documentary
- Landmark Award
Ceremonies
The following is a listing of all Critics' Choice Documentary Awards ceremonies since 2016.
Ceremony | Date | Best Documentary Feature winner | Best Director winner | Best First Documentary Feature winner | Venue |
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1st[2] | November 3, 2016 | 30 for 30: O.J.: Made in America | Ezra Edelman – O.J.: Made in America | Weiner | BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
2nd[3] | November 2, 2017 | Jane | Evgeny Afineevsky – Cries from Syria | Kedi | |
3rd[4] | November 11, 2018 | Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville – Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Science Fair | |
4th[5] | November 10, 2019 | Apollo 11 | Peter Jackson – They Shall Not Grow Old/Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert – American Factory | Honeyland | |
5th[6] | November 16, 2020 | Dick Johnson Is Dead | Kirsten Johnson – Dick Johnson Is Dead | Mr. Soul! | Virtual |
6th[7] | November 14, 2021 | Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin – The Rescue / Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson – Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
7th[8] | November 13, 2022 | Good Night Oppy | Ryan White – Good Night Oppy | Bad Axe | Edison Ballroom, New York City, United States |
8th[9] | November 12, 2023 | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Davis Guggenheim - Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | 20 Days in Mariupol |
See also
External links
- Official website
References
- ^ Critics' Choice Group Launches Documentary Film Awards|Hollywood Reporter
- ^ Tapley, Kristopher (November 3, 2016). "'O.J.: Made in America,' '13th' Top First Annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards". Variety. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ "Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: Full Winners List". Hollywood Reporter. November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
- ^ "Mr. Rogers Film 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' Tops Critics' Choice Documentary Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. November 11, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Fourth Annual Critics' Choice Documentary Award Winners Revealed". Critics' Choice Association. November 10, 2019. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- ^ "'Dick Johnson Is Dead' Wins Best Feature at Critics Choice Documentary Awards". Variety. November 16, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- ^ Lattanzio, Ryan (October 8, 2021). "'Ascension' and 'Summer of Soul' Lead Critics Choice Documentary Nominations". IndieWire. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ Zilko, Christian (November 13, 2022). "'Good Night Oppy,' 'Get Back' Dominate Critics Choice Documentary Awards (Complete Winners List)". IndieWire. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ Zilko, Christian (November 12, 2023). "'Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie' Sweeps the Critics Choice Documentary Awards (Complete Winners List)". IndieWire. Retrieved November 13, 2023.