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Inaugural Critics' Choice Documentary Award Nominations Revealed

Ava DuVernay’s 13th, O.J.: Made in America and Gleason lead with five nominations each.

by | October 10, 2016 | Comments

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The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) announced the nominees for the inaugural edition of the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards on Monday, October 10. The winners will be presented at a gala event on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at BRIC, in Brooklyn, New York. Read through for the full list of nominations.

Best Documentary Feature

13TH
97%

O.J.: Made in America
100%

Cameraperson
99%

Fire at Sea
95%

Gleason
96%

Life, Animated
94%

Tickled
94%

Tower
99%

Weiner
96%

The Witness
90%

Best Direction of a Documentary Feature

Ezra Edelman

O.J.: Made in America
100%

Ron Howard

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
96%

Kirsten Johnson

Cameraperson
99%

Keith Maitland

Tower
99%

Clay Tweel

Gleason
96%

Roger Ross Williams

Life, Animated
94%

Best First Documentary Feature

Otto Bell

The Eagle Huntress
94%

David Farrier and Dylan Reeve

Tickled
94%

Adam Irving

Off the Rails
100%

Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg

Weiner
96%

James D. Solomon

The Witness
90%

Nanfu Wang

Hooligan Sparrow
97%

Best Political Documentary

13TH
97%

O.J.: Made in America
100%

Audrie & Daisy
81%

Newtown
94%

Weiner
96%

Zero Days
90%

Best Documentary Feature (TV/Streaming)

13TH
97%


Amanda Knox
82%

Audrie & Daisy
81%

Before the Flood
75%

Holy Hell
73%

Into the Inferno
92%

Jim: The James Foley Story
91%

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
97%

Rats
65%

Best Director (TV/Streaming)

Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
97%

Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn

Amanda Knox
82%

Ava DuVernay

13TH
97%

Werner Herzog

Into the Inferno
92%

Morgan Spurlock

Rats
65%

Fisher Stevens

Before the Flood
75%

Best First Feature (TV/Streaming)

Jacob Bernstein and Nick Hooker

Everything Is Copy
100%

Will Allen

Holy Hell
73%

Jessica Edwards

Mavis!
97%

Sophie Robinson and Lotje Sodderland

My Beautiful Broken Brain

Deborah Esquenazi

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
100%

Jon Greenhalgh

Team Foxcatcher
100%

Best Limited Documentary Series

O.J.: Made in America
100%

The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth: Season 1
75%

The Eighties: Season 1
- -

The Hunt: Season 1
- -

Jackie Robinson: Season 1
100%

Soundbreaking: Miniseries
- -

Best Ongoing Documentary Series

30 for 30
- -

Frontline
- -

Last Chance U
94%

The Vampire Diaries: Season 6
81%

POV
- -

This Is Life With Lisa Ling
- -

Best Song in a Documentary

“Angel by the Wings”

The Eagle Huntress
94%

“The Empty Chair”

Jim: The James Foley Story
91%

“Flicker”

Audrie & Daisy
81%

“Hoping and Healing”

Gleason
96%

“I’m Still Here”

Miss Sharon Jones!
91%

“Letters to the Free”

13TH
97%

Best Sports Documentary


O.J.: Made in America
100%

Dark Horse
96%

The Eagle Huntress
94%

Gleason
96%

Jackie Robinson: Season 1
100%

Keepers of the Game
80%

Best Music Documentary

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
96%

Gimme Danger
95%

Miss Sharon Jones!
91%

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
85%

Presenting Princess Shaw
91%

We Are X
83%

Most Inovative Documentary

Cameraperson
99%

Kate Plays Christine
83%

Life, Animated
94%

Nuts!
94%

Tower
99%

Under the Sun
94%

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