For the latest ceremony, the following categories were presented:
- Best Documentary Feature
- Best Director
- Best New Documentary Film-maker
- Best Narration
- Best Archival Documentary
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Political Documentary
- Best Sports Documentary
- Best Historical Documentary
- Best Biographical Documentary
- Best Science/Nature Documentary
- Best Music Documentary
- Best True Crime Documentary
- Best Score
- Best Editing
- Best Cinematography
- Best Short Documentary
Other categories previously presented include:
- Best Limited Documentary Series
- Best Ongoing Documentary Series
- D.A. Pennebaker Award (formerly known as the Lifetime Award)
Discontinued categories
[edit]- Best Song in a Documentary
- Most Innovative Documentary
- Landmark Award
The following is a listing of all Critics' Choice Documentary Awards ceremonies since 2016.
| Ceremony
|
Date
|
Best Documentary Feature winner
|
Best Director winner
|
Best First Documentary Feature winner
|
Venue
|
| 1st[2] |
November 3, 2016 |
30 for 30: O.J.: Made in America |
Ezra Edelman – O.J.: Made in America |
Weiner |
BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States
|
| 2nd[3] |
November 2, 2017 |
Jane |
Evgeny Afineevsky – Cries from Syria |
Kedi
|
| 3rd[4] |
November 11, 2018 |
Won't You Be My Neighbor? |
Morgan Neville – Won't You Be My Neighbor? |
Science Fair
|
| 4th[5] |
November 10, 2019 |
Apollo 11 |
Peter Jackson – They Shall Not Grow Old / Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert – American Factory |
Honeyland
|
| 5th[6] |
November 16, 2020 |
Dick Johnson Is Dead |
Kirsten Johnson – Dick Johnson Is Dead |
Mr. Soul! |
Virtual
|
| 6th[7] |
November 14, 2021 |
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) |
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin – The Rescue / Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson – Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) |
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) |
BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States
|
| 7th[8]
|
November 13, 2022
|
Good Night Oppy
|
Ryan White – Good Night Oppy
|
Bad Axe
|
Edison Ballroom, New York City, United States
|
| 8th[9]
|
November 12, 2023
|
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
|
Davis Guggenheim - Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
|
20 Days in Mariupol
|
| 9th[10]
|
November 10, 2024
|
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story / Will & Harper
|
Ian Bonhôte & Peter Ettedgui – Superman: The Christopher Reeve Story
|
Daughters
|
