
Jessica Kingdon and Nathan Truesdell – Ascension (MTV Documentary Films) Jonathan Griffith, Brett Lowell and Austin Siadak – The Alpinist (Roadside Attractions)ĭavid Katznelson, Ian Seabrook and Picha Srisansanee – The Rescue (National Geographic Documentary Films) Todd Haynes – The Velvet Underground (Apple TV+) Rachel Fleit – Introducing, Selma Blair (Discovery+) Jonas Poher Rasmussen – Flee (Neon/Participant)Īhmir “Questlove” Thompson – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Searchlight Pictures/Hulu)Įdgar Wright – The Sparks Brothers (Focus Features) Jessica Kingdon – Ascension (MTV Documentary Films) Liz Garbus – Becoming Cousteau (Picturehouse/National Geographic Documentary Films) Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Searchlight Pictures/Hulu)Įlizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin – The Rescue (National Geographic Documentary Films) The Rescue (National Geographic Documentary Films) The Lost Leonardo (Sony Pictures Classics) The Crime of the Century (HBO Documentary Films)Ī Crime on the Bayou (Augusta Films/Shout! Studios)
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Here is a full list of the nominees for the sixth annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards:īecoming Cousteau (Picturehouse/National Geographic Documentary Films) Our world, from its most amazing wonders to its greatest challenges, is being reflected back on the screen so immediately and creatively by today’s filmmakers, and it’s a tremendous honor for us to recognize all of their achievements.” “And the number of first-time feature documentarians in the mix of nominees, alongside proven veterans, shows that nonfiction cinema continues to have a very bright future. “This has been and continues to be a fantastic year for documentary storytelling,” Christopher Campbell, the president of the CCA’s documentary branch, said in a statement. Cutler, the veteran documentarian whose most recent work was Apple’s Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry, will be presented with the Pennebaker Award - formerly known as the Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award - by Chris Hegedus, the producing partner and widow of its namesake, D.A. Like the previous five, it will recognize the finest achievements in theatrical, television and digital documentaries across 14 categories.įeinberg Forecast: Scott's Read of the Oscar Race Heading Into NovemberĪdditionally, R.J. The sixth Critics Choice Documentary Awards will take place on Sunday, Nov. Two NatGeo docs, Liz Garbus’s Becoming Cousteau and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s The Rescue, landed five apiece. Two films from first-time documentarians, Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Summer of Soul (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), each garnered six Critics Choice Documentary Award nominations, tying for the most of the 2021 field, the Critics Choice Association announced on Monday.
