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.Critics' Choice Group Launches Documentary Film Awards|Hollywood Reporter
Categories Current categories For the latest ceremony, the following categories were presented: Best Documentary Feature Best Director Best First Documentary Feature Best Music Documentary Best Narration Best Archival Documentary Best Short Documentary Best Political Documentary Best Sports Documentary Best Historical Documentary Best Biographical Documentary Best Science/Nature Documentary Best True Crime Documentary Best Score Best Editing Best Cinematography Best Short Documentary Other categories previously presented include: Best Limited Documentary Series Best Ongoing Documentary Series D. A. Pennebaker Award (formerly known as the Lifetime Award) Critics Choice Impact Award
Discontinued categories 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. CeremonyDateBest Documentary Feature winnerBest Director winnerBest First Documentary Feature winnerVenue 1st 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 November 2, 2017 Jane Evgeny Afineevsky – Cries from Syria Kedi 3rd November 11, 2018 Won't You Be My Neighbor? Morgan Neville – Won't You Be My Neighbor? Science Fair 4th November 10, 2019 Apollo 11 Peter Jackson – They Shall Not Grow Old / Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert – American Factory Honeyland 5th November 16, 2020 Dick Johnson Is Dead Kirsten Johnson – Dick Johnson Is Dead Mr. Soul! Virtual 6th 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 November 13, 2022 Good Night Oppy Ryan White – Good Night Oppy Bad Axe Edison Ballroom, New York City, United States 8th November 12, 2023 Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Davis Guggenheim - Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie 20 Days in Mariupol 9th November 10, 2024 Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story / Will & Harper Ian Bonhôte & Peter Ettedgui – Superman: The Christopher Reeve Story Daughters 10th November 9, 2025 The Perfect Neighbor Geeta Gandbhir – The Perfect Neighbor My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay 11th November 8, 2026 TBA TBA TBA
See also Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature BAFTA Award for Best Documentary Cinema Eye Honors IDA Documentary Awards Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Film Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Motion Picture Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries
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