3rd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

3rd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
3rd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Date	November 11, 2018
Site	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
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The 3rd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 11, 2018, in Brooklyn, New York, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television.^[1] The nominees were announced in October 15, 2018 with Free Solo leading the nominations with six.^[2]

Special awards

At the ceremony, filmmaker Stanley Nelson was presented with the Critics' Choice Impact Award while director Michael Moore received the Critics' Choice Lifetime Achievement Award.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Best Documentary Feature Won't You Be My Neighbor? (Focus Features) Crime + Punishment (Hulu) Dark Money (PBS) Free Solo (National Geographic Documentary Films) Hal (Oscilloscope) Hitler's Hollywood (Kino Lorber) Minding the Gap (Hulu) RBG (Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media) Three Identical Strangers (Neon, CNN Films) Wild Wild Country (Netflix)	Best Direction for a Documentary Feature Morgan Neville – Won't You Be My Neighbor? Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi – Free Solo Bing Liu – Minding the Gap Kimberly Reed – Dark Money Rudiger Suchsland – Hitler's Hollywood Tim Wardle – Three Identical Strangers
Best Limited Documentary Series The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (HBO) America to Me (Starz) Dirty Money (Netflix) Elvis Presley: The Searcher (HBO Documentary Films, Sony Pictures Television) Flint Town (Netflix) One Strange Rock (National Geographic) The Fourth Estate (Showtime Networks) Wild Wild Country (Netflix)	Best Ongoing Documentary Series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) 30 for 30 (ESPN) American Masters (PBS) Frontline (PBS) Independent Lens (PBS) Making a Murderer (Netflix) POV (PBS) The History of Comedy (CNN)
Best First Time Director Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster – Science Fair Bing Liu – Minding the Gap Heather Lenz – Kusama: Infinity Stephen Nomura Schible – Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Rudy Valdez – The Sentence Chapman Way and Maclain Way – Wild Wild Country	Most Innovative Documentary Free Solo (National Geographic Documentary Film) 306 Hollywood (PBS, El Tigre) Hitler's Hollywood (Kino Lorber) Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (MUBI) Wild Wild Country (Netflix) Won't You Be My Neighbor? (Focus Features)
Best Political Documentary RBG – (Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media) Dark Money – (PBS) Fahrenheit 11/9 – (Briarcliff Entertainment) Flint Town (Netflix) Hitler's Hollywood (Kino Lorber) John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls (HBO) The Fourth Estate (Showtime Networks)	Best Sports Documentary Free Solo (National Geographic Documentary Film) André the Giant (HBO) Being Serena (HBO) John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Minding the Gap (Hulu) The Workers Cup (Passion River)
Best Music Documentary Quincy (Netflix) Bad Reputation (Magnolia Pictures) David Bowie: The Last Five Years (HBO Documentary Films) Elvis Presley: The Searcher (HBO Documentary Films, Sony Pictures Television) Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow (Showtime Networks) Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (MUBI) Whitney (Roadside Attractions, Miramax)	Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary Scotty Bowers – Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood Ruth Bader Ginsburg – RBG Alex Honnold – Free Solo Joan Jett – Bad Reputation Quincy Jones – Quincy David Kellman and Bobby Shafran – Three Identical Strangers John McEnroe – John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection Leon Vitali – Filmworker
Best Cinematography Jimmy Chin, Clair Popkin, Mikey Schaefer – Free Solo Elan Bogarin, Jonathan Bogarin, Alejandro Mejía – 306 Hollywood Brett Lowell – The Dawn Wall Bing Liu – Minding the Gap David Douglas – Pandas Adam Stone – Wild Wild Country	Best Editing Jeff Malmberg, Aaron Wickenden – Won't You Be My Neighbor? Jay Arthur Sterrenberg – Dark Money Tony Zierra – Filmworker Bob Eisenhardt – Free Solo Julien Faraut – John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection Michael Harte – Three Identical Strangers

Films by multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
7	Free Solo
5	Wild Wild Country
5	Minding the Gap
4	Three Identical Strangers
	Hitler's Hollywood
	Dark Money
	Won't You Be My Neighbor?
3	RBG
	Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
	John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
2	The Fourth Estate
	Elvis Presley: The Searcher
	306 Hollywood
	Flint Town
	Quincy
	Bad Reputation
	Filmworker

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
4	Free Solo
3	Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2	Quincy
2	RBG

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References

↑ "Mr. Rogers Film 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' Tops Critics' Choice Documentary Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. November 11, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
↑ "Critics' Choice Documentary Awards Nominees Announced: 'Free Solo,' 'Minding the Gap,' and 'Wild Wild Country' Lead Nods". IndieWire. October 15, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
↑ "Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: Michael Moore Finishes His 2003 Oscar Speech". Variety. November 11, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

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[1] "Mr. Rogers Film 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' Tops Critics' Choice Documentary Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. November 11, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[2] "Critics' Choice Documentary Awards Nominees Announced: 'Free Solo,' 'Minding the Gap,' and 'Wild Wild Country' Lead Nods". IndieWire. October 15, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[3] "Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: Michael Moore Finishes His 2003 Oscar Speech". Variety. November 11, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

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