Outstanding Achievement
in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
“Flee”
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Produced by Monica Hellstrӧm, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Announced by Joshua Oppenheimer | The Act of Killing (2014) and The Look of Silence (2016)
NOMINEES
Ascension
Directed and Produced by Jessica Kingdon
Produced by Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell
Faya Dayi
Directed and Produced by Jessica Beshir
The Rescue
Directed and Produced by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Produced by P.J. van Sandwjik, John Battsek, and Bob Eisenhardt
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Produced by Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
The Velvet Underground
Directed and Produced by Todd Haynes
Produced by Christine Vachon, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, and David Blackman
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Robert Greene
“Procession”
Announced by Rachel Grady | Detropia (2013)
NOMINEES
Ascension
Jessica Kingdon
Faya Dayi
Jessica Beshir
Flee
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
In the Same Breath
Nanfu Wang
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
Edited by Joshua Pearson
Announced by Janus Billeskov Jansen | Burma VJ (2010)
NOMINEES
Homeroom
Kristina Mohwani and Rebecca Adorno
The Rescue
Bob Eisenhardt
Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain
Eileen Meyer and Aaron Wickenden
The Velvet Underground
Affonso Gonçalves and Adam Kurnitz
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
“Ascension”
Cinematography by Jessica Kingdon and Nathan Truesdell
Announced by Heloisa Passos | Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) (2008)
NOMINEES
All Light, Everywhere
Corey Hughes
Cusp
Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hill
Faya Dayi
Jessica Beshir
The Rescue
David Katznelson, Picha Srisansanee and Ian Seabrook
Outstanding Achievement in Production
“The First Wave”
Produced by Matthew Heineman, Jenna Millman and Leslie Norville
Announced by Ezra Edelman | OJ: Made in America (2017)
NOMINEES
Flee
Monica Hellstrӧm,Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Charlotte De La Gournerie
In the Same Breath
Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements and Carolyn Hepburm
President
Signe Byrge Sorensen and Joslyn Barnes
The Rescue
E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, P.J. van Sandwijk, John Battsek, and Bob Eisenhardt
Outstanding Achievement
in Original Music Score
“Ascension”
Composed by Dan Deacon
Announced by Laurie Anderson | Heart of the Dog (2016)
NOMINEES
All Light, Everywhere
Dan Deacon
Flee
Uno Helmersson
Julia
Rachel Portman
malni – towards the ocean, towards the shore
Thad Kellstadt
Procession
Keegan DeWitt and Dabney Morris
Outstanding Achievement
in Sound Design
“The Velvet Underground”
Sound Design by Leslie Shatz and Jahn Sood
Announced by Ron Mael and Russell Mael | The Sparks Brothers (2022)
NOMINEES
All Light, Everywhere
Udit Duseja
Faya Dayi
Tom Efinger and Abigail Savage
Flee
Edward Björner and Tormod Ringnes
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Emily Strong, Paul Hsu, Rob Fernandez, and Paul Massey
Outstanding Achievement
in Graphic Design or Animation
“Flee”
Animation/Graphic Design by Kenneth Ladekjær and Jess Nicholls
Announced by Eric Levy | Gasland (2011)
NOMINEES
Becoming Cousteau
Matthew Brunson-Cline and Daniel Rutledge
Rebel Hearts
Una Lorenzen and Emma Berliner
The Sparks Brothers
Joseph Wallace and Greg McLeod
Wojnarowicz: Fck You Fggot F*cker
Grant Nellessen and Andrew Rose
Outstanding Achievement
in a Debut Feature Film
“Ascension”
Directed by Jessica Kingdon
Announced by Yung Chang | Up the Yangtze (2009)
NOMINEES
A Cop Movie
Directed by Alfonso Ruizpalacios
Faya Dayi
Directed by Jessica Beshir
Jacinta
Directed by Jessica Earnshaw
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Audience Choice Prize
“The Rescue”
Directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Announced by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg | Joan Rivers A Piece of Work (2011)
NOMINEES
Becoming Cousteau
Directed by Liz Garbus
Billie Eilish – The World’s a Little Blurry
Directed by R.J. Cutler
Flee
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Homeroom
Directed by Peter Nicks
Julia
Directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West
Lily Topples the World
Directed by Jeremy Workman
Listening to Kenny G
Directed by Penny Lane
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It
Directed by Mariem Pérez Riera
Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain
Directed by Morgan Neville
The Sparks Brothers
Directed by Edgar Wright
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Try Harder!
Directed by Debbie Lum
The Velvet Underground
Directed by Todd Haynes
Writing With Fire
Directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
Outstanding Achievement
in Nonfiction Film for Broadcast
“In the Same Breath”
Directed by Nanfu Wang
HBO
Announced by Sonja Sohn | Baltimore Rising (2019)
NOMINEES
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Directed by Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés | Amazon
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Directed by Spike Lee | HBO
Disclosure
Directed by Sam Feder | Netflix
Tina
Directed by Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin | HBO
Outstanding Achievement
in Nonfiction Series
“City So Real”
Directed by Steve James
National Geographic
Announced by Jessica Hargrave and Ryan White | The Keepers (2018)
NOMINEES
1971: The Year that Music Changed Everything
Directed by Asif Kapadia, Danielle Peck and James Rogan | Apple
Exterminate All the Brutes
Directed by Raoul Peck | HBO
The Lady and the Dale
Directed by Nick Cammilleri and Zackary Drucker | HBO
Last Chance U: Basketball
Directed by Greg Whiteley, Adam Leibowitz and Daniel George McDonald | Netflix
Philly D.A.
Directed by Yoni Brook, Ted Passon and Nicole Salazar | Independent Lens/PBS
Outstanding Achievement
in Anthology Series
“Pretend It’s a City”
Executive Produced by Martin Scorsese, Fran Liebowitz, David Tedeschi, Ted Griffin, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Joshua Porter and Margaret Bodde
Netflix
Announced by Keire Johnson | Minding the Gap (2019)
NOMINEES
Earth at Night in Color
Alex Williamson, Executive Producer | Apple
Generation Hustle
Angie Day and Yon Motskin, Executive Producers | HBO Max
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Fabienne Toback, Karis Jagger and Roger Ross Williams, Executive Producers | Netflix
How to with John Wilson
Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Clark Reinking and John Wilson, Executive Producers | HBO
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
Padma Lakshmi, David Shadrack Smith and Sarina Roma, Executive Producers | Hulu
Outstanding Achievement
in Editing in a Nonfiction Film or Series for Broadcast
“How to with John Wilson”
Edited by Adam Locke-Norton
HBO
Announced by David Tedeschi | Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story (2021)
NOMINEES
Allen v Farrow
Mikaela Shwer, Parker Laramie and Sara Newens | HBO
City So Real
David E. Simpson and Steve James | National Geographic
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Adam Gough | HBO
Exterminate All the Brutes
Alexandra Strauss | HBO
Outstanding Achievement
in Cinematography in a Nonfiction Film or Series for Broadcast
“David Byrne’s American Utopia”
Cinematography by Ellen Kuras
HBO
Announced by Danfung Dennis | Hell and Back Again (2012)
NOMINEES
100 Foot Wave
Nominees to be determined | HBO
City So Real
Jackson James and Steve James | National Geographic
Earth at Night in Color
Nominees to be determined | Apple
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Jerry Henry | Netflix
Spotlight Award
“North by Current”
Directed by Angelo Madsen Minax
Announced by Johanna Hamilton | 1971 (2015)
NOMINEES
Fruits of Labor
Directed by Emily Cohen Ibañez
The Neutral Ground
Directed by CJ Hunt
Socks on Fire
Directed by Bo McGuire
Two Gods
Directed by Zeshawn Ali
Outstanding Achievement
in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
“Three Songs for Benezir”
Directed by Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
Announced by Sophia Nahli Allison | A Love Song for Latasha (2021)
NOMINEES
Águilas
Directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Maite Zubiaurre
A Broken House
Directed by Jimmy Goldblum
Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma
Directed by Topaz Jones and rubberband
Terror Contagion
Directed by Laura Poitras
Heterodox Award
“El Planeta”
Directed by Amalia Ulman
Announced by Michal Marczak | All These Sleepless Nights (2017)
NOMINEES
Bo Burnham: Inside
Directed by Bo Burnham
A Cop Movie
Directed by Alfonso Ruizpalacios
The Inheritance
Directed by Ephraim Asili
The Souvenir Part II
Directed by Johanna Hogg
Legacy Award
“The Watermelon Woman”
Written and Directed by Cheryl Dunye
Produced by Alexandra Juhasz and Barry Swimar
Edited by Annie Taylor
Cinematography Michelle Crenshaw
Original Score Paul Shapiro
The Unforgettables
(Non-Competitive Honor)
Flee
Amin
Homeroom
Denilson Garibo
Introducing, Selma Blair
Selma Blair
Jacinta
Jacinta Hunt
Lily Topples the World
Lily Hevesh
Listening to Kenny G
Kenny G
Mr. Bachmann and His Class
Mr. Bachmann
My Name is Pauli Murray
Pauli Murray
Not Going Quietly
Ady Barkan
Procession
Joe Eldred, Mike Foreman, Ed Gavagan, Dan Laurine, Michael Sandridge & Tom Viviano
The Rescue
Rick Stanton
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It
Rita Moreno
Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain
The Sparks Brothers
Ron Mael and Russell Mael
Writing With Fire
Meera Nevi
Shorts List Films
Elena
Directed by Michèle Stephenson
Jobs for all!
Directed by Axel Danielson & Maximilien Van Aertryck
The Last Cruise
Directed by Hannah Olson
Takeover
Directed by Emma Francis-Snyder
We Were There to Be There
Directed by Mike Plante and Jason Willis
Your Street
Directed by Güzin Kar
