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 awarded2003
Currently held by Nothing Compares (2022)
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.

Winners and nominees

2000s

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

2010s

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

2020s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2020
(23rd)
[33] [34] 		The Reason I JumpJerry Rothwell, Jeremy Dear, Stevie Lee, Al Morrow
The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon, Stan Grant, Sarah Thomson
Being a Human PersonFred Scott, Mike Brett, Seve Jamisonand, Jo Jo Ellison
Rising Phoenix Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, John Battsek, Greg Nugent, Tatyana McFadden
White RiotRubika Shah, Ed Gibbs
2021
(24th)
[35] 		Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché Paul Sng, Celeste Bell, Zoë Howe, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman, Daria Mitsche
Cow Andrea Arnold, Kat Mansoor
Dying to Divorce Chloe Fairweather, Sinead Kirwan
I Am BelmayaSue Carpenter, Christopher Hird
Keyboard FantasiesPosy Dixon, Liv Proctor
2022
(25th)
[36] 		Nothing Compares Kathryn Ferguson, Eleanor Emptage, Michael Mallie
My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in AfghanistanPhil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi, Amanda Wilkie
My Old School Jono McLeod, John Archer, Olivia Lichtenstein
NascondinoVictoria Fiore, Jennifer Corcoran, Aleksandra Bilić
Young PlatoNeasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath, David Rane
2023
(25th)
[37] 		Another Body Sophie Compton, Reubyn Hamlyn, Isabel Freeman, and Elizabeth Woodward
Bobi Wine: The People's President Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo, and John Battsek
If the Streets Were on FireAlice Russell and Gannesh Rajah
Lyra Alison Millar and Jackie Doyle
Occupied City Steve McQueen, Bianca Stigter, Anna Smith-Tenser, and Floor Onrust

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