Ceremony presentation: Sunday, November 13, 2023
Edison Ballroom in New York City
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Good Night Oppy”
Amazon Studios
NOMINEES
Fire of Love (SILVER)
National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon
Navalny (BRONZE)
HBO Max/CNN Films/Warner Bros. Pictures
Aftershock
Hulu/Onyx Collective
The Automat
A Slice of Pie Productions
Descendant
Netflix
Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down
Briarcliff Entertainment/CNN Films/TIME Studios
The Janes
HBO Documentary Films
Moonage Daydream
Neon/HBO Documentary Films
Sidney
Apple TV+
BEST DIRECTOR
Ryan White
“Good Night Oppy”
Amazon Studios
NOMINEES
Judd Apatow, Michael Bonfiglio – “George Carlin’s American Dream”
HBO Documentary Films
Margaret Brown – “Descendant”
Netflix
Sara Dosa – “Fire of Love”
National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon
Reginald Hudlin – “Sidney”
Apple TV+
Brett Morgen – “Moonage Daydream”
Neon/HBO Documentary Films
Laura Poitras – All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Neon/HBO Documentary Films
Daniel Roher – “Navalny”
CNN Films/HBO Max/Warner Bros. Pictures
BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Bad Axe”
David Siev
IFC Films
NOMINEES
Andrea Arnold – Cow
IFC Films
Lisa Hurwitz – The Automat
A Slice of Pie Productions
Jono McLeod – My Old School
Magnolia Pictures
Amy Poehler – Lucy and Desi
Amazon Studios
Alex Pritz – The Territory
National Geographic Documentary Films
Bianca Stigter – Three Minutes: A Lengthening
SUPER
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Our Great National Parks”
The Cinematography Team
Netflix
NOMINEES
Benjamin Bernhard, Riju Das – All That Breathes
HBO Documentary Films/Sideshow
Magda Kowalczyk – Cow
IFC Films
Lucas Tucknott – McEnroe
Showtime Documentary Films
Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman, Sam Holling – Nuisance Bear
The New Yorker
Alex Pritz, Tangãi Uru-eu-wau-wau – The Territory
National Geographic Documentary Films
BEST EDITING
“Moonage Daydream”
Edited by Brett Morgen
Neon/HBO Documentary Films
NOMINEES
Jabez Olssen – The Beatles: Get Back
Disney+
Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput – Fire of Love
National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon
Joe Beshenkovsky – George Carlin’s American Dream
HBO Documentary Films
Helen Kearns, Rejh Cabrera – Good Night Oppy
Amazon Studios
Langdon Page, Maya Daisy Hawke – Navalny
CNN Films/HBO Max/Warner Bros. Pictures
Katharina Wartena – Three Minutes: A Lengthening
SUPER
BEST SCORE
“Good Night Oppy”
Composed by Blake Neely
Amazon Studios
NOMINEES
Hummie Mann – The Automat
A Slice of Pie Productions
Nicolas Godin – Fire of Love
National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon
Max Avery Lichtenstein – The Janes
HBO Documentary Films
David Schwartz – Lucy and Desi
Amazon Studios
Marius de Vries, Anna Drubich, Matt Robertson – Navalny
CNN Films/HBO Max/Warner Bros. Pictures
BEST NARRATION
“Good Night Oppy”
Written by Helen Kearns, Ryan White
Performed by Angela Bassett
Amazon Studios
NOMINEES
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
Written by Ben Masters
Performed by Matthew McConaughey
Fin and Fur Films
Fire of Love
Written by Shane Boris, Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput, Sara Dosa
Performed by Miranda July
National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon
Our Great National Parks
Performed by Barack Obama
Netflix
Riotsville, U.S.A.
Written by Tobi Haslett
Performed by Charlene Modeste
Magnolia Pictures
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
Written by Bianca Stigter
Performed by Helena Bonham Carter
SUPER
BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY
“Fire of Love”
National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon
NOMINEES
The Beatles: Get Back
Disney+
Moonage Daydream
Neon/HBO Documentary Films
Nothing Compares
Showtime Documentary Films
Riotsville, U.S.A.
Magnolia Pictures
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
SUPER
BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
“Descendant”
Netflix
NOMINEES
The Automat
A Slice of Pie Productions
The Janes
HBO Documentary Films
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Peacock
Still Working 9 to 5
Mighty Fine Entertainment
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
SUPER
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Florentine Films/WETA
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY
“Sidney”
Apple TV+
NOMINEES
George Carlin’s American Dream
HBO Documentary Films
The Last Movie Stars
HBO Max/CNN Films
Lucy and Desi
Amazon Studios
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Peacock
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Sony Pictures Classics
Sr.
Netflix
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
“The Beatles: Get Back”
Disney+
NOMINEES
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Sony Pictures Classics
If These Walls Could Sing
Disney Original Documentary
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
Apple TV+
Moonage Daydream
Neon/HBO Documentary Films
Nothing Compares
Showtime Documentary Films
The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile
Sony Pictures Classics
BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
“Navalny”
HBO Max/CNN Films/Warner Bros. Pictures
NOMINEES
Aftershock
Hulu/Onyx Collective
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Neon/HBO Documentary Films
Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Winter on Fire Production
Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down
Briarcliff Entertainment/CNN Films/TIME Studios
The Janes
HBO
Retrograde
National Geographic Documentary Films
BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY
“Good Night Oppy”
Amazon Studios
NOMINEES
All That Breathes
HBO Documentary Films/Sideshow
Cow
IFC Films
Fire of Love
National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon
Nuisance Bear
The New Yorker
Return to Space
Netflix
The Territory
National Geographic Documentary Films
BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
(TIE)
“Citizen Ashe”
HBO Max/CNN Films
&
“Welcome to Wrexham”
FX
NOMINEES
Hockeyland
Greenwich Entertainment
Kaepernick & America
Dark Star Pictures
McEnroe
Showtime Documentary Films
The Redeem Team
Netflix
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
“Nuisance Bear”
The New Yorker Studios
NOMINEES
38 at the Garden
HBO Documentary Films
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison
MTV Documentary Films
The Flagmakers
National Geographic Documentary Films
Four Seasons Total Documentary
MSNBC
My Disability Roadmap
The New York Times Op Docs
Stranger at the Gate
The New Yorker
BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“The Beatles: Get Back”
Disney+
NOMINEES
Hostages
HBO Documentary Films
The Last Movie Stars
HBO Max/CNN Films
The Lincoln Project
Showtime Documentary Films
Our Great National Parks
Netflix
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Florentine Films/WETA
We Need to Talk About Cosby
Showtime Documentary Films
BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“30 for 30”
ESPN
NOMINEES
American Masters
PBS
Cheer
Netflix
The Circus
Showtime Documentary Films
Unsolved Mysteries
Netflix
Welcome to Wrexham
FX
About the Critics Choice Awards
The Critics Choice Documentary Awards are an offshoot of the Critics Choice Awards, which are bestowed annually by the CCA to honor the finest in cinematic and television achievement. Historically, the Critics Choice Awards are the most accurate predictor of Academy Award nominations.
The Critics Choice Awards ceremony will be held on January 15, 2023 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City, CA, and will be broadcast live on the CW.
About the Critics Choice Association (CCA)
The Critics Choice Association is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 580 media critics and entertainment journalists. It was established in 2019 with the formal merger of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, in recognition of the intersection between film, television, and streaming content.
