The Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film is an annual award given by the International Press Academy.
Winners and nominees 1990s YearFilmDirector(s) 1997 4 Little Girls Spike Lee Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Errol Morris Hype! Doug Pray Shooting Porn Ronnie Larsen Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist Kirby Dick 1998 Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life Michael Paxton The Cruise Bennett Miller The Farm: Angola, USA Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack Kurt & Courtney Nick Broomfield Public Housing Frederick Wiseman 1999 Buena Vista Social Club Wim Wenders 42: Forty Two Up Michael Apted American Movie Chris Smith Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Errol Morris Return with Honor Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders The Source Chuck Workman
2000s YearFilmDirector(s) 2000 Reckless Indifference William Gazecki Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies Hugh Munro Neely Dark Days Marc Singer The Eyes of Tammy Faye Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport Mark Jonathan Harris One Day in September Kevin Macdonald 2001 In Cane for Life (A Vida em Cana) Jorge W. Atalla Calle 54 Fernando Trueba My Voyage to Italy (Il mio viaggio in Italia) Martin Scorsese Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures Jan Harlan 2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen Biggie and Tupac Nick Broomfield Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore The Cockettes Bill Weber, David Weissman Dogtown and Z-Boys Stacy Peralta 2003 Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony Lee Hirsch Capturing the Friedmans Andrew Jarecki The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara Errol Morris Lost in La Mancha Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe My Flesh and Blood Jonathan Karsh Stevie Steve James 2004 Super Size Me Morgan Spurlock Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman The Fuente Family: An American Dream James Orr Lightning in a Bottle Antoine Fuqua Touching the Void Kevin Macdonald Tupac: Resurrection Lauren Lazin 2005 Mad Hot Ballroom Marilyn Agrelo Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Alex Gibney Favela Rising Matt Mochary, Jeff Zimbalist March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur) Luc Jacquet Murderball Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro New York Doll Greg Whiteley 2006 Deliver Us from Evil Amy Berg An Inconvenient Truth David Guggenheim Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Stanley Nelson Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Lian Lunson The U.S. vs. John Lennon David Leaf, John Scheinfeld The War Tapes Deborah Scranton 2007 Sicko Michael Moore The 11th Hour Nadia Conners, Leila Conners Darfur Now Ted Braun The King of Kong Seth Gordon Lake of Fire Tony Kaye No End in Sight Charles Ferguson 2008 Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer Robbie Cavolina, Ian McCrudden Man on Wire James Marsh Encounters at the End of the World Werner Herzog Pray the Devil Back to Hell Gini Reticker Religulous Larry Charles Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) Ari Folman 2009 Every Little Step James D. Stern, Adam Del Deo The Beaches of Agnès Agnès Varda The Cove Louie Psihoyos It Might Get Loud Davis Guggenheim The September Issue R.J. Cutler Valentino: The Last Emperor Matt Tyrnauer
2010s YearFilmDirector(s) 2010 Restrepo Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington Behind the Burly Q Leslie Zemeckis Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Alex Gibney Countdown to Zero Lucy Walker A Film Unfinished Yael Hersonski Inside Job Charles Ferguson Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg Sequestro Jorge Wolney Atalla Junior The Tillman Story Amir Bar-Lev Waiting for "Superman" Davis Guggenheim 2011 Senna Asif Kapadia American: The Bill Hicks Story Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas Cave of Forgotten Dreams Werner Herzog The Interrupters Steve James My Perestroika Robin Hessman One Lucky Elephant Lisa Leeman Pina Wim Wenders Project Nim James Marsh Tabloid Errol Morris Under Fire: Journalists in Combat Martyn Burke 2012 Chasing Ice Jeff Orlowski Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Alison Klayman The Central Park Five Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon The Gatekeepers Dror Moreh Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present Matthew Akers The Pruitt-Igoe Myth Chad Freidrichs Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul West of Memphis Amy J. Berg 2013 Blackfish Gabriela Cowperthwaite 20 Feet from Stardom Morgan Neville The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer After Tiller Martha Shane, Lana Wilson American Promise Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger Sound City Dave Grohl The Square Jehane Noujaim Stories We Tell Sarah Polley Tim's Vermeer Teller 2014 Citizenfour Laura Poitras Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq Nancy Buirski Art and Craft Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman Finding Vivian Maier John Maloof, Charlie Siskel Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me James Keach Jodorowsky's Dune Frank Pavich Keep on Keepin' On Alan Hicks Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Chuck Workman Red Army Gabe Polsky Virunga Orlando von Einsiedel 2015 Amy Asif Kapadia The Look of Silence Joshua Oppenheimer Becoming Bulletproof Michael Barnett Best of Enemies Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville Cartel Land Matthew Heineman Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief Alex Gibney He Named Me Malala Davis Guggenheim The Hunting Ground Kirby Dick National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead Douglas Tirola Where to Invade Next Michael Moore 2016 13th Ava DuVernay The Beatles: Eight Days a Week Ron Howard The Eagle Huntress Otto Bell Fire at Sea Gianfranco Rosi Gleason Clay Tweel The Ivory Game Richard Ladkani, Kief Davidson Life, Animated Roger Ross Williams O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman Tower Keith Maitland Zero Days Alex Gibney 2017 Chasing Coral Jeff Orlowski City of Ghosts Matthew Heineman Cries from Syria Evgeny Afineevsky Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Frederick Wiseman Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS Sebastian Junger, Nick Quested Human Flow Ai Weiwei Icarus Bryan Fogel Kedi Ceyda Torun Legion of Brothers Greg Barker 2018 Minding the Gap Bing Liu Crime + Punishment Stephen Maing Free Solo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin RBG Betsy West, Julie Cohen Three Identical Strangers Tim Wardle Won't You Be My Neighbor? Morgan Neville 2019 63 Up Michael Apted The Apollo Roger Ross Williams Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller The Cave Feras Fayyad Citizen K Alex Gibney For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts Honeyland Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov One Child Nation Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang
2020s YearFilmDirector(s) 2020 Collective Alexander Nanau Acasă, My Home Radu Ciorniciuc Circus of Books Rachel Mason Coup 53 Rachel Mason Crip Camp Nicole Newnham, James Lebrecht The Dissident Bryan Fogel Gunda Viktor Kossakovsky MLK/FBI Sam Pollard A Most Beautiful Thing Mary Mazzio The Truffle Hunters Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw 2021 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Amir "Questlove" Thompson Ascension Jessica Kingdon Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road Brent Wilson Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen Introducing, Selma Blair Rachel Fleit Julia Julie Cohen and Betsy West Procession Robert Greene The Rescue Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin Val Leo Scott and Ting Poo The Velvet Underground Todd Haynes 2022 Fire of Love Sara Dosa All That Breathes Shaunak Sen All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras Descendant Margaret Brown Good Night Oppy Ryan White Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile Kathlyn Horan The Territory Alex Pritz Young Plato Declan McGrath, Neasa Ní Chianáin 2023 Bad Press Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler 20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov American Symphony Matthew Heineman Close to Vermeer Suzanne Raes Lakota Nation vs. United States Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli Little Richard: I Am Everything Lisa Cortés Love to Love You, Donna Summer Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano Stamped from the Beginning Roger Ross Williams 2024 Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui The Bloody Hundredth Laurent Bouzereau and Mark Herzog Dahomey Mati Diop Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes Nanette Burstein I Am: Celine Dion Irene Taylor No Other Land Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor Porcelain War Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev Sugarcane Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie 2025 Becoming Led Zeppelin Bernard MacMahon 2000 Meters to Andriivka Mstyslav Chernov The Alabama Solution Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman Come See Me in the Good Light Ryan White Cover-Up Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim The Librarians Kim A. Snyder Ocean with David Attenborough Toby Nowlan, Colin Butfield, and Keith ScholeyOrwell: 2+2=5Raoul PeckThe Perfect NeighborGeeta Gandbhir
Multiple wins Asif Kapadia-2 (one tied with Joshua Oppenheimer) Jeff Orlowski-2
See also Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature
References
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