Ceremony presentation: Spring 2023
Best Feature Documentary
All That Breathes
India, United States, United KingdomSideshow and Submarine Deluxe in association with HBO Documentary Films | Director/Producer: Shaunak Sen | Producers: Aman Mann, Teddy Leifer
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
United States | NEON, Participant, HBO | Director/Producer: Laura Poitras | Producers: Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov
Fire of Love
United State, Canada | National Geographic, NEON | Director/Producer: Sara Dosa | Producers: Shane Boris, Ina Fichman
A House Made of Splinters
Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine | Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont | Producer: Monica Hellström
Katrina Babies
United States | HBO Documentary Films, HBO Max | Director/Producer: Edward Buckles, Jr. | Producers: Audrey Rosenberg, Rebecca Teitel
MIJA
United States | Disney+ | Director: Isabel Castro | Producers: Tabitha Breese, Yesenia Tlahuel
NAVALNY
United States, Germany, Russian Federation | Warner Bros Pictures, CNN Films, HBO Max | Director: Daniel Roher | Producers: Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, Shane Boris
No Simple Way Home
South Sudan, Kenya, South Africa | LBx Africa, STEPS, APO | Director: Akuol de Mabior | Producers: Sam Soko, Don Edkins, Tiny Mungwe
The Pawnshop
Poland | Syndicado | Director/Producer: Lukasz Kowalski | Producer: Anna Mazerant
Young Plato
Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium | Autlook Film Sales | Directors: Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath | Producers: David Rane, Hanne Phlypo, Céline Nusse, Jackie Doyle
Best Director
Sara Dosa
Fire of Love
National Geographic Documentary Films
United State, Canada
Lukasz Kowalski
The Pawnshop
Syndicado
Poland
Laura Poitras
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Neon
United States
Shaunak Sen
All That Breathes
HBO Documentary Films
India, United States, United Kingdom
Simon Lereng Wilmont
A House Made of Splinters
Final Cut For Real
Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine
Best Short Documentary
ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught)
United States | Reciprocity Project, Nia Tero, Upstander Project, REI Co-op Studios, L.A. Times Short Docs | Director: Brit Hensel | Producers: Taylor Hensel, Adam Mazo, Kavita Pillay, Tracy Rector
The Benevolents
Canada | The New York Times Op-Docs | Director/Producer: Sarah Baril Gaudet
The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone
Australia | Netflix | Directors/Producers: Maya Newell | Producers: Sophie Hyde, Matthew Bate, Lisa Sherrard
Haulout
United Kingdom | Rise And Shine World Sales, The New Yorker | Directors/Producers: Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev
I Am Trying to Remember
Czech Republic, Islamic Republic Of Iran | Europe Media Nest s.r.o., The New Yorker | Director: Pegah Ahangarani | Producer: Kaveh Farnam
In Flow of Words
Netherlands | The New Yorker, Condé Nast | Director: Eliane Esther Bots | Producer: Manon Bovenkerk
Love, Barbara
United States | Women Make Movies | Director/Producer: Brydie O’Connor | Producer: Myriam Schroeter
Nuisance Bear
Canada | The New Yorker | Directors/Producers: Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden | Producers: Jack Weisman, Will N. Miller
The Silent Shore
France | The New Yorker, Condé Nast Entertainment | Directors/Producers: Nathalie Giraud, Timothée Corteggiani | Producer: Anne Bruneau
Two-Spirit
Colombia | The New Yorker | Director: Mónica Taboada-Tapia | Producer: Beto Rosero
Best TV Feature Documentary or Mini-Series
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
United Kingdom | HBO Documentary Films/HBO Max | Director/Producer: James Jones | Producers: Serhiy Solodko, Sasha Odynova | Executive Producers: Darren Kemp, Hayley Reynolds
Dream On
United States | ESPN Films / ESPN | Director: Kristen Lappas | Producers: Gentry Kirby, Marquis Daisy, Adam Neuhaus, Cath Sanke | Executive Producers: Marsha Cooke, John Dahl, Rob King, Erin Leyden, Brian Lockhart, Burke Magnus, Carol Stiff
Endangered
United States | HBO Documentary Films/HBO Max | Directors/Producers: Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing | Producer: Alex Takats | Executive Producers: Ronan Farrow, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America: An Ameria ReFramed Special
United States | American Documentary, GBH WORLD Channel, The Bitter Southerner, Black Public Media, PBS | Director: Joy Elaine Davenport | Producer/Executive Producer: Monica Land | Producers: Robert Y. Chang, Hannah Paul | Producer: Carmen L. Vicencio | Executive Producers: Selena Lauterer, Leslie Fields-Cruz, Erika Dilday, Chris White, Christopher Hastings
Four Hours at the Capitol
United Kingdom | HBO Documentary Films/HBO Max | Director/Producer: Jamie Roberts | Executive Producers: Dan Reed, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller
Best Curated Series
America ReFramed
United States | American Documentary, GBH WORLD Channel | Executive Producers: Erika Dilday, Chris White, Christopher Hastings
American Masters
United States | PBS | Executive Producer: Michael Kantor
Independent Lens
United States | PBS | Executive Producer: Lois Vossen
POV
United States | PBS | Executive Producers: Erika Dilday, Chris White
Reel South
United States | PBS | Executive Producers: Rachel Raney, Don Godish, Donald Washington, Linda Midgett
Best Episodic Series
America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
United States | Part2 Pictures for Twin Cities PBS (TPT) & PBS | Executive Producers: Michael Rosenfeld, David Shadrack Smith, Melissa Wood, Bill Gardner
Dear…
United States | Matador Content, Apple TV+ | Executive Producers: Donny Jackson, Lyle Gamm, Jane Cha Cutler, Todd Lubin, Jay Peterson, R.J. Cutler
Evolve
Singapore | CuriosityStream | Executive Producers: Donovan Chan, Jocelyn Little, Rob Sixsmith
Origins of Hip Hop
United States | A&E | Executive Producers: Peter Bittenbender, Slane Hatch, Mark Grande, Brad Abramson, Elaine Frontain Bryant
Vice
United States | Showtime | Executive Producers: Beverly Chase, Subrata De, Craig Thomson
Best Multi-Part Documentary
Children of the Underground
United States | FX | Directors/Executive Producers: Ted Gesing, Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Producers: Grace Fardella, Giona Jefferson | Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Jon Bardin, Kate Barry
Hostages
United States | HBO Documentary Films/HBO Max | Directors: Abbas Motlagh | Directors/Producers: Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre, Sam Pollard, Joshua Bennett | Producers: Saralena Weinfield | Executive Producers: Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez
Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey
United States | Netflix | Director/Executive Producer: Rachel Dretzin | Director/Producer: Grace McNally | Executive Producers: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Miura Kite, Zachary Herrmann, Alison Dammann
Meltdown: Three Mile Island
United States | Netflix | Director/Executive Producer: Kief Davidson | Producer: William Wheeler, Stuart Sender | Executive Producers: Carla Santos Shamberg, Michael Shamberg, Dan Levinson, Robert Fernandez
We Need to Talk About Cosby
United States | SHOWTIME Documentary Films, Boardwalk Pictures Production, WKB Industries | Director/Executive Producer: W. Kamau Bell | Executive Producers: Katie A. King, Andrew Fried, Sarina Roma, Jordan Wynn, Dane Lillegard, Vinnie Malhotra
Best Short-Form Series
Couples Therapy
United States | Showtime | Producers: Matthew Parker, Carly Hugo, Maya Seidler | Executive Producers: Eli B. Despres, Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg, Vinnie Malhotra
Not So Pretty
United States | HBO Max | Producers: Alexandra Marske, Kat Nguyen | Executive Producers: Kirby Dick, Tara Long, Amy Ziering, Kate Griendling, Ryan Mazie
POV Shorts
United States | PBS | Producer: Opal H. Bennett | Executive Producers: Erika Dilday, Chris White
Reciprocity Project
United States | Nia Tero, Upstander Project, REI Co-op Studios | Producers: Taylor Hensel, Adam Mazo, Kavita Pillay | Producer/Executive Producer: Tracy Rector
Witness
Mexico, Mongolia, United Kingdom | Al Jazeera English | Producers: Emma Norton, Joe Hamilton | Executive Producers: Fiona Lawson-Baker, Ingrid Falck
Best Stand-Alone Audio Documentary
Documenting a Death by Euthanasia
United States | The New York Times | Host/Reporter: Lynsey Addario | Sound Engineers: Corey Schreppel, Marion Lozano | Producers: Sayre Quevedo, Annie Brown, Wendy Dorr, Mike Benoist
Jorge, Gina y Dante
Mexico | CUIR: Historias Disidentes, Esto no es radio | Reporter: Dante Ureta | Host/Sound Engineer/Producer: Erick Yáñez
“Limbo” from Latino USA, Futuro Media, and PRX
United States | Futuro Media, PRX | Sound Engineers: Stephanie Lebow, Julia Caruso | Editors: Sophia Paliza-Carre, Marta Martínez, Andrea López-Cruzado | Producer: Miguel Macias
Replaying “The Day” through the Sewol Ferry Archives
Republic of Korea | KBS | Host/Reporter: Park DaeSick | Sound Engineer: Kang WooSeok | Producer: Lee Eunmi
Weekend World
United States | VICE News Reports | Host/Reporter/Producer: Sayre Quevedo | Sound Engineers: Steve Bone, Kyle Murdoch | Producers: Sophie Kazis, Adizah Eghan
Best Multi-Part Audio Documentary or Series
Class Action
United States | Host: Katie Phang | Sound Engineer/Producer: Lisa Gray | Producer: Kevin Huffman
Imperfect Paradise: The Forgotten Revolutionary
United States | LAist Studios | Host: Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | Sound Engineer: E. Scott Kelly | Producer(s): Natalie Chudnovsky, James Chow, Francisco Aviles Pino, Antonia Ceredijido, Leo G
Heavyweight
United States | Spotify | Host: Jonathan Goldstein | Reporters/Producers: Stevie Lane, Kalila Holt, Mona Madgavkar | Sound Engineer: Bobby Lord
Southlake
United States | NBC News | Hosts/Reporters: Mike Hixenbaugh, Antonia Hylton | Sound Engineers: Bryson Barnes, Seth Samuel | Producers: Frannie Kelley, Reid Cherlin
Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s
Canada | Spotify | Host: Connie Walker | Sound Engineers: Emma Munger, Catherine Anderson | Producers: Ellen Frankman, Max Green, Anya Schultz, Chantelle Bellrichard, Betty Ann Adam
Best Music Documentary
Cesâria Évora
Portugal | Director/Producer: Ana Sofia Fonseca | Producer: Irina Calado
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
United States | Apple TV+ | Director/Producer: Sacha Jenkins | Producers: Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Julie Anderson
Moonage Daydream
United States | NEON | Director/Producer: Brett Morgen
Nothing Compares
United Kingdom, Ireland | SHOWTIME Documentary Films | Director: Kathryn Ferguson | Producers: Eleanor Emptage, Michael Mallie
You’re Watching Video Music Box
United States | Showtime | Director: Nasir ‘Nas’ Jones | Producer: Steve Rivo
David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award
3 Promises
United Kingdom | National Film and Television School | Director/Producer: Mohamed Shalaby | Producer: Carolina Cordero
Compton’s ’22
United States | The New Yorker, Stanford University | Director: Drew de Pinto | Producers: Azza Cohen, Susan Stryker, Victor Silverman
Eagles Rest In Liangshan
United States, China | New York University | Director/Producer: Bohao Liu
La Casa del Migrante
United States | Northwestern University | Director/Producers: Olivia Yarvis, Yaakov Gottlieb, Samuel Heller
Requiem for a Whale
Israel | The Steve Tisch School Of Film and Television, Tel-Aviv University | Director/Producer: Ido Weisman
Best Cinematography
All That Breathes
India, United States, United Kingdom | Sideshow and Submarine Deluxe in association with HBO Documentary Films | Cinematographers: Ben Bernhard, Riju Das
Fire of Love
United State, Canada | National Geographic, NEON | Cinematographers: Maurice Krafft, Katia Krafft, Pablo Alvarez-Mesa
Geographies of Solitude
Canada | Cinema Guild | Cinematographer: Jacquelyn Mills
A House Made of Splinters
Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine | Cinematographer: Simon Lereng Wilmont
Octopus
Lebanon | Cinematographer: Karim Kassem
Best Editing
All That Breathes
India, United States, United Kingdom | Sideshow and Submarine Deluxe in association with HBO Documentary Films | Editor: Charlotte Munch Bengtsen
Fire of Love
United State, Canada | National Geographic, NEON | Editors: Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput
The Princess
United States | HBO Documentary Films/HBO Max | Editors: Jinx Godfrey, Daniel Lapira
Sam Now
United States | Independent Lens | Editors: Jason Reid, Darren Lund
Wildcat
United States | Amazon Studios | Editor: Melissa Lesh, Joshua Altman, David Zieff, Ben Gold
Best Music Score
The Fire That Took Her
United States | MTV Documentary Films | Composer: Katy Jarzebowski
Good Night Oppy
United States | Prime Video | Composer: Blake Neely
Master of Light
United States | HBO Documentary Films/HBO Max | Composer: Gary Gunn
The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons
United States | Composer: Ramachandra Borcar
Wildcat
United States | Amazon Studios | Composer: Patrick Jonsson
Best Writing
8 Stories About My Hearing Loss
Argentina, Uruguay | Writer: Charo Mato
Eternal Spring
Canada | Lofty Sky Distribution, Sideways Film, VICE, Arte | Writer: Jason Loftus
Fire of Love
United States, Canada | National Geographic, NEON | Writers: Sara Dosa, Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput, Shane Boris
Last Flight Home
United States | MTV Documentary Films | Writer: Ondi Timoner
No Simple Way Home
South Sudan, Kenya, South Africa | LBx Africa, STEPS, APO | Writer: Akuol de Mabior
ABC News VideoSource Award Winner
“Riotsville, U.S.A.”
United States | Magnolia Pictures | Directors: Sierra Pettengill | Producers: Sara Archambault, Jamila Wignot
NOMINEES
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
United States | Netflix | Director/Producer: Rory Kennedy | Producers: Keven McAlester, Amanda Rohlke, Brian Grazer, Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Mark Bailey, Rory Kennedy
Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets
United States | MSNBC Films | Directors/Producers: Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper | Producers: Gary Kout, Myles Estey, Molly O’Brien
Love and the Constitution
United States | MSNBC Films | Director/Producer: Madeleine Carter
The Price of Conflict
Ukraine | Directors: Volodymyr Sydko | Producers: Polina Herman
Pare Lorentz Award Winner
“All that Breathes”
India, United States, United Kingdom | Sideshow and Submarine Deluxe in association with HBO Documentary Films | Director/Producer: Shaunak Sen | Producers: Aman Mann, Teddy Leifer
Honorable Mention
Nuisance Bear
Canada | The New Yorker | Directors/Producers: Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden | Producers: Will N. Miller
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