British Independent Film Award for Best Documentary

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British Independent Film Award for Best Documentary
Awarded forBest Documentary
Country United Kingdom
Presented by BIFA
First award2003
Currently held by Witches (2024)
Website www.bifa.org.uk

The British Independent Film Award for Best Documentary is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best documentary.

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The award was first presented in the 2003 ceremony, with the film Bodysong , directed by Simon Pummell and Janine Marmot, being the first recipient of the award.

Senna and For Sama have won both this award and the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, while The Imposter , Marley , 20,000 Days on Earth , Virunga , Amy , Notes on Blindness , Diego Maradona , Cow , and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story , all have been nominated for both awards.

Winners and nominees

2000s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2003
(6th)
[1] [2] 		Bodysong Simon Pummell and Janine Marmot
100 DoorsKerri Davenport-Burton
Bugs Mike Slee
The Game of Their Lives Daniel Gordon
Hoover Street Revival Sophie Fiennes
2004
(7th)
[3] 		Touching the Void Kevin Macdonald and John Smithson
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill and Jo Human
Drowned Out Franny Armstrong
Peace One Day Jeremy Gilley
Trollywood Madeleine Farley, Philip Moross, Nick Nahum and Simon White
2005
(8th)
[4] 		The Liberace of Baghdad Sean McAllister, Nick Fraser, Mette Heide and Mette Hoffman Meyer
Andrew and Jeremy Get Married Don Boyd
Black Sun Gary Tarn and John Battsek
McLibel Franny Armstrong and Ken Loach
Sisters in Law Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto
2006
(9th)
[5] [6] 		The Road to Guantánamo Michael Winterbottom and Melissa Parmenter
Blindsight Lucy Walker and Sybil Robson Orr
The Great Happiness Space Jake Clennell
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema Sophie Fiennes and Slavoj Žižek
Unknown White Male Rupert Murray
2007
(10th)
[7] [8] 		Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten Julien Temple, Anna Campeau, Alan Moloney and Amanda Temple
Black Gold Marc Francis, Nick Francis and Christopher Hird
Deep Water Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell, Alison Morrow, Jonny Persey and John Smithson
Garbage Warrior Oliver Hodge and Rachel Wexler
In the Shadow of the Moon David Sington, Christopher Riley, Duncan Copp, Sarah Kinsella, John Battsek and Julie Goldman
2008
(11th)
[9] [10] 		Man on Wire James Marsh and Simon Chinn
A Complete History of My Sexual Failures Chris Waitt, Henry Trotter and Mary Burke
Derek Isaac Julien
Of Time and the City Terence Davies, Solon Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter
Three Miles North of Molkom Robert Cannan and Corinna McFarlane
2009
(12th)
[11] [12] 		Mugabe and the White African Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, David Pearson and Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock
The Age of Stupid Franny Armstrong and Lizzie Gillett
The End of the Line Rupert Murray, George Duffield and Claire Lewis
Sons of Cuba Andrew Lang, Francine Heywood and Laura Giles
Sounds Like Teen Spirit Jamie Jay Johnson, Simon Fawcett, Maxyne Franklin, Jess Search and Paul White

2010s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2010
(13th)
[13] [14] 		Enemies of the People Thet Sambath and Rob Lemkin
The Arbor Clio Barnard
Exit Through the Gift Shop Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
Fire in Babylon Stevan Riley
Waste Land Lucy Walker, João Jardim, Karen Harley, Angus Aynsley and Hank Levine
2011
(14th)
[15] [16] 		Senna Asif Kapadia, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, James Gay-Rees and Manish Pandey
Hell and Back Again Danfung Dennis, Martin Herring and Mike Lerner
Life in a Day Kevin Macdonald and Liza Marshall
Project Nim James Marsh and Simon Chinn
TT3D: Closer to the Edge Richard De Aragues, Steve Christian and Marc Samuelson
2012
(15th)
[17] [18] 		The Imposter Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis
Dreams of a Life Carol Morley and Cairo Cannon
London: The Modern Babylon Julien Temple
Marley Kevin Macdonald and Charles Steele
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir Laurent Bouzereau, Luca Barbareschi, Andrew Braunsberg, Christoph Fisser, Henning Molfenter and Charlie Woebcken
2013
(16th)
[19] [20] 		Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin and Havana Marking
The Great Hip Hop Hoax Jeanie Finlay
The Moo Man Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier
The Spirit of '45 Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien, Kate Ogborn and Lisa Marie Russo
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Shane Meadows, Mark Herbert and Libby Durdy
2014
(17th)
[21] [22] 		Next Goal Wins Mike Brett, Steve Jamison and Kristian Brodie
20,000 Days on Earth Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Night Will Fall André Singer, Sally Angel and Brett Ratner
The Possibilities are EndlessJames Hall and Edward Lovelace
Virunga Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
2015
(18th)
[23] [24] 		Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance Louise Osmond
Amy Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
How to Change the World Jerry Rothwell, Al Morrow and Bous de Jong
Palio Cosima Spender
A Syrian Love Story Sean McAllister and Elhum Shakerifar
2016
(19th)
[25] [26] 		Notes on Blindness Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison and Alex Usborne
Dancer Steven Cantor and Gabrielle Tana
The Confession: Living the War on TerrorAshish Ghadiali and James Rogan
The Hard Stop George Amponsah and Dionne Walker
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach Louise Osmond and Rebecca O'Brien
2017
(20th)
[27] [28] 		Almost HeavenCarol Salter
Half WayDaisy-May Hudson
Kingdom of Us Lucy Cohen, Julia Nottingham, Lucas Ochoa, Thomas Benski and Bill Rudgard
Uncle Howard Aaron Brookner and Paula Alvarez Vaccaro
Williams Morgan Matthews, Hayley Reynolds and Sarah Hamilton
2018
(21st)
[29] [30] 		Evelyn Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey StorySteve Sullivan
IslandSteven Eastwood and Elhum Shakerifar
Nae Pasaran Felipe Bustos Sierra
Under the WireChris Martin and Tom Brisley
2019
(22nd)
[31] [32] 		For Sama Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
Coup 53 Taghi Amirani, Walter Murch and Paul Zaentz
Diego Maradona Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees and Paul Martin
Seahorse Jeanie Finlay and Andrea Cornwell
Tell Me Who I Am Ed Perkins and Simon Chinn

2020s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2020
(23rd)
[33] [34] 		The Reason I JumpJerry Rothwell, Jeremy Dear, Stevie Lee and Al Morrow
The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon, Stan Grant and Sarah Thomson
Being a Human PersonFred Scott, Mike Brett, Seve Jamisonand and Jo Jo Ellison
Rising Phoenix Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, John Battsek, Greg Nugent and Tatyana McFadden
White RiotRubika Shah and Ed Gibbs
2021
(24th)
[35] 		Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché Paul Sng, Celeste Bell, Zoë Howe, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman and Daria Mitsche
Cow Andrea Arnold and Kat Mansoor
Dying to Divorce Chloe Fairweather and Sinead Kirwan
I Am BelmayaSue Carpenter and Christopher Hird
Keyboard FantasiesPosy Dixon and Liv Proctor
2022
(25th)
[36] 		Nothing Compares Kathryn Ferguson, Eleanor Emptage and Michael Mallie
My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in AfghanistanPhil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi and Amanda Wilkie
My Old School Jono McLeod, John Archer and Olivia Lichtenstein
NascondinoVictoria Fiore, Jennifer Corcoran and Aleksandra Bilić
Young PlatoNeasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath and David Rane
2023
(26th)
[37] 		If the Streets Were on FireAlice Russell and Gannesh Rajah
Bobi Wine: The People's President Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo and John Battsek
Another Body Sophie Compton, Reubyn Hamlyn, Isabel Freeman and Elizabeth Woodward
Lyra Alison Millar and Jackie Doyle
Occupied City Steve McQueen, Bianca Stigter, Anna Smith-Tenser and Floor Onrust
2024
(27th)
[38] 		Witches Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura and Manon Ardisson
Grand Theft Hamlet Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton and Rebecca Wolff
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett and Robert Ford
Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each OtherJacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet and Signe Byrge Sørensen
The Contestant Clair Titley, Megumi Inman, Andee Ryder, Amit Dey and Ian Bonhôte

See also

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