Raoul Peck’s Orwell: 2+2=5 has a leading seven nominations and Geeta Gandbhir’s The Perfect Neighbor has six to lead the way among the nominees for the 10th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards, celebrating the year’s best in nonfiction film, TV or streaming.
Neon’s Orwell: 2+2=5 picked up noms in seven of the awards’ 17 competitive categories including Best Documentary Feature, where it is joined by Netflix’s Perfect Neighbor along with Frontline Features’ 2000 Meters to Andriivka, HBO Max’s The Alabama Solution and Pee-wee as Himself, Netflix’s Apocalypse in the Tropics and Cover-Up, Apple TV’s Deaf President Now!, Kino Lorber’s Riefenstahl and Nat Geo’s The Tale of Silyan.
Winners will be announced November 9 during ceremony at Manhattan’s Edison Ballroom hosted by Aasif Mandvi. The event will be livestreamed on YouTube, X and Facebook as well as the website of organizer the Critics Choice Association.
During that ceremony, Ken Burns will be given the Critics Choice Impact Award; his upcoming PBS docuseries The American Revolution picked up three nominations Tuesday in the list revealed by the CAA. Also as previously announced, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady will receive this year’s CCA’s lifetime achievement award, the Pennebaker Award. Their latest doc, Magnolia Pictures’ Folktales, picked up a cinematography nom today.
Other notable nominees include three mentions for Apple TV’s Ben Stiller-directed Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost and three NBC and Peacock docs related to Saturday Night Live‘s 50th anniversary season, as well as a pair of noms for HBO Max’s My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay.
Check out the full list of nominees below.
Best Documentary Feature
2000 Meters to AndriivkaFrontline Features / The Associated Press
The Alabama SolutionHBO Max
Apocalypse in the TropicsNetflix
Cover-UpNetflix
Deaf President Now!Apple TV
Orwell: 2+2=5Neon
Pee-wee as HimselfHBO Max
The Perfect NeighborNetflix
RiefenstahlKino Lorber
The Tale of SilyanNational Geographic
Best Director
Mstyslav Chernov2000 Meters to AndriivkaFrontline Features / The Associated Press
Petra Costa Apocalypse in the TropicsNetflix
Nyle DiMarco & Davis GuggenheimDeaf President Now!Apple TV
Geeta GandbhirThe Perfect NeighborNetflix
Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte KaufmanThe Alabama SolutionHBO Max
Raoul PeckOrwell: 2+2=5Neon
Best First Documentary Feature
Art for EverybodyTremolo Productions
Grand Theft HamletMubi
My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska HargitayHBO Max
SeedsInterior Films
Stiller & Meara: Nothing is LostApple TV
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky HorrorMargot Station
Best Cinematography
Ben BernardArchitectonA24
Jean DakarThe Tale of SilyanNational Geographic
Elizabeth LoMistress DispellerOscilloscope
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo & Tor Edvin EliassenFolktalesMagnolia Pictures
Brittany ShyneSeedsInterior Films
Toby Strong, Doug Anderson (Underwater Photography)Ocean with David AttenboroughNational Geographic
Best Editing
Michael HarteDeaf President Now!Apple TV
James Lester and Oz Rodríguez, John MacDonald (Music Montage)Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL MusicNBC
Viridiana LiebermanThe Perfect NeighborNetflix
Page MarsellaThe Alabama Solution HBO Max
Michelle Mizner2000 Meters to AndriivkaFrontline Features / The Associated Press
Alexandra StraussOrwell: 2+2=5Neon
Best Score
Alexei AiguiOrwell: 2+2=5Neon
Kris BowersThe Eyes of GhanaBreakwater Studios / Higher Ground Media
Laura HeinzingerThe Perfect NeighborNetflix
Claudia SarneLove + WarNational Geographic
Sam Slater2000 Meters to AndriivkaFrontline Features / The Associated Press
Paweł SzymańskiTrainsEPF Media / Drygas Film Production
Best Narration
2000 Meters to AndriivkaFrontline Features / The Associated PressWritten by Mstyslav Chernov; Performed by Mstyslav Chernov
The American RevolutionPBSWritten by Geoffrey C. Ward; Performed by Peter Coyote
The AmericasNBCWritten by Michael Gunton, Holly Spearing, Steve Cole, Kathryn Jeffs, Matt Richards, Giles Badger, Victoria Buckley, Alex Griffiths, Hannah Hoare, Poppy Riddle, Gillian Taylor, Nikki Waldron, Evie Wright, Charlotte Bostock, Victoria Bobin, & Ingrid Kvale; Performed by Tom Hanks
Apocalypse in the TropicsNetflixWritten by Petra Costa; Performed by Petra Costa
Octopus!Prime VideoWritten by Gabriel Bisset-Smith; Performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Orwell: 2+2=5NeonWritten by George Orwell, Adapted by Raoul Peck; Performed by Damian Lewis
Best Archival Documentary
One to One: John & YokoMagnolia Pictures
Orwell: 2+2=5Neon
The Perfect NeighborNetflix
RiefenstahlKino Lorber
TrainsEPF Media / Drygas Film Production
WTO/99Foghorn Features
Best Historical Documentary
The American RevolutionPBS
Cover-UpNetflix
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015HBO Max
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against TimeNational Geographic
Number One on the Call SheetApple TV
RiefenstahlKino Lorber
Best Biographical Documentary
John Candy: I Like MePrime Video
Love + WarNational Geographic
Mr. ScorseseApple TV
My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska HargitayHBO Max
Pee-wee as HimselfHBO Max
Stiller & Meara: Nothing is LostApple TV
Best Music Documentary
Becoming Led ZeppelinSony Pictures Classics
Billy Joel: And So It Goes HBO Max
Bono: Stories of SurrenderApple TV
It’s Never Over, Jeff BuckleyMagnolia Pictures
Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL MusicNBC
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)Hulu
Best Political Documentary
The Alabama SolutionHBO Max
Apocalypse in the TropicsNetflix
Deaf President Now!Apple TV
The LibrariansIndependent Lens
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in MoscowMarminchilla
Orwell: 2+2=5Neon
Best Science/Nature Documentary
The AmericasNBC
Checkpoint ZooAbramorama
The Last Rhinos: A New HopeNational Geographic
Ocean with David AttenboroughNational Geographic
Octopus!Prime Video
Pangolin: Kulu’s JourneyNetflix
Best Sports Documentary
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys CheerleadersNetflix
America’s Team: The Gambler and His CowboysNetflix
Big Dreams: Little League World Series 2024ESPN Films
Full Court PressESPN+
Southpaw: The Life and Legacy of Jim AbbottESPN
We Beat the Dream TeamHBO Max
Best True Crime Documentary
The Alabama SolutionHBO Max
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial KillerNetflix
The Perfect NeighborNetflix
PredatorsMTV Documentary Films / Paramount+
Unknown Number: The High School CatfishNetflix
The Yogurt Shop MurdersHBO Max
Best Short Documentary
All the Empty RoomsNetflix
Classroom 4PBS
The Devil is BusyHBO Max
ExodusPark County
Fiddler on the Moon: Judaism in SpaceIronbound Films
Sallie’s AshesRobi Creative
Saving SupermanSwitchboard
Shanti Rides ShotgunVoyager
Best Limited Documentary Series
The American RevolutionPBS
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015HBO Max
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial KillerNetflix
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against TimeNational Geographic
Magic City: An American FantasyStarz
Mr. ScorseseApple TV
SNL50: Beyond Saturday NightPeacock
The Yogurt Shop MurdersHBO Max
Best Ongoing Documentary Series
30 for 30ESPN Films
American MastersPBS
The Reluctant TravelerApple TV
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis RossRoku Channel
Trafficked with Mariana van ZellerNational Geographic
TrainwreckNetflix
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