8th Critics Choice Doc Awards

The Critics Choice Association has announced their 8th annual documentary award nominations. The Documentary and Documentary Short awards are where the Oscar overlap will be. The only one of these titles that isn’t likely to carry over is Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie because of its Emmy submission/nominations. Beyond that, we’ll have to see which ones are on the Oscar eligibility list and then the shortlist.

Below are the nominations. Winners will be announced on November 12, 2023.

Nominations Tallies

(6) American Symphony
(5) 20 Days in Mariupol, Kokomo City, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
(4) Beyond Utopia, The Deepest Breath, The Mission
(3) The Disappearance of Shere Hite, The League, Occupied City, Secrets of the Elephants,
(2) 32 Sounds, Being Mary Tyler Moore, Between Earth & Sky, Bobi Wine: The People’s President, The Eternal Memory, It Ain’t Over, JFK: One Day in America, Judy Blume Forever, The Lady Bird Diaries, Lakota Nation vs. United States, The Last Repair Shop, Stamped from the Beginning, The Thief Collector
(1) The 1619 Project, 26.2 to Life, The ABCs of Book Banning, Anselm, Bad Press, The Barber of Little Rock, Black Ice, BS High, Burdern of Proof, Carlos, Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court, Every Body, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, The Jewel Thief, John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial, Keys to the City, Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop, Last Song from Kabul, Lennon: Murder Without a Trial, Life on Our Planet, Little Richard: I Am Everything, Love to Love You, Donna Summer, Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal, Orlando, My Political Biography, Path of the Panther, The Pigeon Tunnel, Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, Reggie, Silver Dollar Road, Sly, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Stephen Curry: Underrated, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Telemarketers, Victim/Suspect, Welcome to Wrexham, What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?, Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West

The Nominations

Best Documentary

20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
The Deepest Breath
The Eternal Memory
Judy Blume Forever
Kokomo City
The Mission
Stamped from the Beginning
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Short Documentary

The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Between Earth & Sky
Keys to the City
The Last Repair Shop
Last Song from Kabul

Best Director (Documentary)

Maite Alberdi – The Eternal Memory
Madeleine Gavin – Beyond Utopia
Davis Guggenheim – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Matthew Heineman – American Symphony
Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss – The Mission
Steve McQueen – Occupied City

Best Score (Documentary)

American Symphony
The Deepest Breath
The Mission
Kokomo City
The Last Repair Shop
The Pigeon Tunnel

Best Editing (Documentary)

20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Kokomo City
The Mission
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Cinematography (Documentary)

American Symphony
Anselm
The Deepest Breath
Kokomo City
Occupied City
Secrets of the Elephants

Best Archival Documentary

Being Mary Tyler Moore
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
It Ain’t Over
JFK: One Day in America
The Lady Bird Diaries
The League

Best Biographical Documentary

Being Mary Tyler Moore
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Judy Blume Forever
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Sly
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Historical Documentary

The 1619 Project
JFK: One Day in America
The Lady Bird Diaries
Lakota Nation vs. United States
The League
Occupied City
Stamped from the Beginning

Best Music Documentary

American Symphony
Carlos
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?

Best Political Documentary

20 Days in Mariupol
Beyond Utopia
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Every Body
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Silver Dollar Road

Best Science/Nature Documentary

32 Sounds
Between Earth & Sky
Life on Our Planet
Path of the Panther
Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food
Secrets of the Elephants
Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West

Best Sports Documentary

Black Ice
BS High
The Deepest Breath
It Ain’t Over
The League
Reggie
Stephen Curry: Underrated
Welcome to Wrexham

Best True Crime Documentary

Burdern of Proof
The Jewel Thief
John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial
Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal
Telemarketers
The Thief Collector
Victim/Suspect

Best First Documentary Feature

20 Days in Mariupol
26.2 to Life
Bad Press
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Kokomo City
Orlando, My Political Biography
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
The Thief Collector

Best Narration (Documentary)

Mstyslav Chernov – 20 Days in Mariupol
Sam Green – 32 Sounds
Dakota Johnson – The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Kiefer Sutherland – Lennon: Murder Without a Trial
Natalie Portman – Secrets of the Elephants
Michael J. Fox – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie