8th Critics Choice Documentary Awards ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ Wins Five Including Best Doc Feature
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) unveiled the winners of their 8th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards at a gala event in New York City where Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie took home five trophies in all including the top award of the evening, Best Documentary Feature. The film’s other trophies were Best Director for Davis Guggenheim, Best Editing for Michael Harte, Best Narration for Michael J. Fox, and Best Biographical Documentary.
With the exception of 2021’s Summer of Soul, the CCA doc feature winner has had a bit of curse attached to it with every winner since the awards’ inception in 2017 finding itself snubbed for an Oscar nomination after making the Academy’s shorlist.
20 Days in Mariupol, and American Symphony, and The Deepest Breath each took home two awards. 20 Days in Mariupol won Best First Documentary for director Mstyslav Chernov, and Best Political Documentary, Jon Batiste won Best Score for his work on American Symphony and the award for Best Music Documentary, while The Deepest Breath took home the wins for Tim Cragg in Best Cinematography and Best Sports Documentary.
The Last Repair Shop won the award for Best Short Documentary. The award for Best Science/Nature Documentary was presented to Secrets of the Elephants. Best Historical Documentary went to JFK: One Day in America and Best Archival Documentary was awarded to Being Mary Tyler Moore.
Best Limited Documentary Series went to The 1619 Project and 30 for 30 took home the award for Best Ongoing Documentary Series.
The Pennebaker Award was presented to acclaimed documentarian Ross McElwee. The award, formerly known as the Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award, is named in honor of D A Pennebaker, a past winner. It was presented to Kopple by Chris Hegedus, Pennebaker’s long-time collaborator and widow.
The full list of winners of the 8th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards:
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
BEST DIRECTOR
Davis Guggenheim – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Mstyslav Chernov – 20 Days in Mariupol
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tim Cragg – The Deepest Breath
BEST EDITING
Michael Harte – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
BEST SCORE
Jon Batiste – American Symphony
BEST NARRATION
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie – Written and Performed by Michael J. Fox
BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY
Being Mary Tyler Moore
BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
JFK: One Day in America
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
American Symphony
BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
20 Days in Mariupol
BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY
Secrets of the Elephants
BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
The Deepest Breath
BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY – TIE
Lennon: Murder Without a Trial
Telemarketers
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The Last Repair Shop
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