7th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

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7th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
DateNovember 13, 2022
Site Edison Ballroom, New York City, United States
Hosted by Wyatt Cenac
Most awards Good Night Oppy (5)
Most nominations Fire of Love (7)
Television/radio coverage
Network Facebook Live
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7th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, presented by the Critics Choice Association, was held on November 13, 2022, at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, to honor finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. [1] The ceremony was hosted by Wyatt Cenac and was broadcast on Facebook Live and Instagram Live. [2]

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The nominees were announced on October 17, 2022, with Fire of Love leading the nominations with seven, followed by Good Night Oppy with six. [3] American documentary film director Barbara Kopple received the Pennebaker Award. [4]

Notes

The categories for Best Ongoing Documentary Series and Best Limited Documentary Series were moved from the Critics' Choice Real TV Awards back to the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, both categories used to be awarded in the latter until 2018.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on October 17, 2022. [3] Winners are listed first and in bold. [2]

Best Archival Documentary
Best Biographical Documentary
Best Political Documentary
Best Sports Documentary
Best Historical Documentary
Best Science/Nature Documentary
Best Music Documentary
Best Short Documentary
  • Nuisance Bear (The New Yorker)
    • 38 at the Garden (HBO)
    • Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison (MTV Documentary Films)
    • The Flagmakers (National Geographic Documentary Films)
    • Four Seasons Total Documentary (MSNBC)
    • My Disability Roadmap (The New York Times Op Docs)
    • Stranger at the Gate (The New Yorker)
Best Ongoing Documentary Series
Best Limited Documentary Series
Best Score
Best Cinematography
  • Our Great National Parks Cinematography Team (Netflix)
    • All That Breathes – Benjamin Bernhard and Riju Das (HBO)
    • Cow – Magda Kowalczyk (IFC Films)
    • McEnroe – Lucas Tucknott (Showtime)
    • Nuisance Bear – Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman, Sam Holling (The New Yorker)
    • The Territory – Alex Pritz and Tangãi Uru-eu-wau-wau (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Best Editing

Pennebaker Award

Films with multiple wins and nominations

Films with multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
7 Fire of Love
6 Good Night Oppy
5 Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
4 The Automat
The Janes
The Beatles: Get Back
3 Descendant
Sidney
George Carlin's American Dream
Cow
Lucy and Desi
The Territory
Nuisance Bear
Our Great National Parks
2 Aftershock
Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
Nothing Compares
Riotsville, U.S.A.
The Last Movie Stars
McEnroe
Welcome to Wrexham
The U.S. and the Holocaust
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Films with multiple wins
WinsFilm
5 Good Night Oppy
2 The Beatles: Get Back

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References

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