Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

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Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Current: 9th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
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DescriptionBest in documentary filmmaking
Country United States
Presented byCritics Choice Association
First awarded2016
Website criticschoice.com

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. [1]

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Current categories

For the latest ceremony, the following categories were presented:

Other categories previously presented include:

Discontinued categories

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 [2] 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 [3] November 2, 2017 Jane Evgeny Afineevsky Cries from Syria Kedi
3rd [4] November 11, 2018 Won't You Be My Neighbor? Morgan Neville Won't You Be My Neighbor? Science Fair
4th [5] November 10, 2019 Apollo 11 Peter Jackson They Shall Not Grow Old /Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert American Factory Honeyland
5th [6] November 16, 2020 Dick Johnson Is Dead Kirsten Johnson Dick Johnson Is Dead Mr. Soul! Virtual
6th [7] 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 [8] November 13, 2022 Good Night Oppy Ryan White Good Night Oppy Bad Axe Edison Ballroom, New York City, United States
8th [9] November 12, 2023 Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Davis Guggenheim - Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie 20 Days in Mariupol
9th November 10, 2024TBATBATBA

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