Still: A Michael J. Fox film was the top winner of the 2023 Critics Choice Documentary Awards, presented Sunday night.
Other awards the film received included the Best Narrative Award for Michael J. Fox. It also won a total of five awards for best biographical documentary, best direction for Davis Guggenheim and best editing for Michael Harte.
Elsewhere, Jon Batiste won best score for American Symphony following his five Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year. American Symphony was also named best music documentary.
20 days in Mariupol won two awards, for best first documentary and best political documentary.
The eighth annual edition of the awards ceremony, hosted by Wyatt Cenac, was held at New York’s Edison Ballroom.
The winners were announced in 18 categories across film, television and digital platforms. Also this year, the Critics Choice Association honored Ross McElwee with the Pennebaker Award, formerly known as the Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award and named after the late DA Pennebaker, the late lifetime achievement honoree
This year’s ceremony was livestreamed across YouTube, Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter).
Below is a complete list of this year’s Critics Choice Documentary Awards winners.
BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 days in Mariupol (PBS)
American Symphony (Netflix)
Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)
The Deepest Breath (Netflix)
The Eternal Memory (MTV Documentaries)
Judy Blume Forever (Amazon Studios)
Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)
The Mission (National Geographic)
Stamped from the start (Netflix)
Still Image: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
BEST DIRECTOR
Maite Alberdi – The Eternal Memory (MTV documentaries)
Madeleine Gavin – Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)
Davis Guggenheim – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
Matthew Heineman – American Symphony (Netflix)
Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss – The Mission (National Geographic)
Steve McQueen – Occupied City (A24)
BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY
20 days in Mariupol (PBS) (WINNER)
26.2 to life (film Halau)
Bad press (Oklafilm)
Bobi Wine: The People’s President (National Geographic)
Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)
Orlando, my political biography (sideshow)
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Greenwich Entertainment)
The Thief Collector (FilmRise)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tim Cragg – The Deepest Breath (Netflix) (WINNER)
Tony Hardmon, Matthew Heineman, Thorsten Thielow – American Symphony (Netflix)
Lennert Hillege – Occupied City (A24)
Franz Lustig – Anselm (Sideshow)
D. Smith – Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)
Toby Strong, James Boon, Bob Poole, Neil Fairlie, Wim Vorster, Joshua Tarr, Pete Allibone, Neil Harvey, Andreas Knausenberger – Secrets of the Elephants (National Geographic)
BEST EDIT
Sammy Dane, Jim Hession, Matthew Heineman, Fernando Villegas – American Symphony (Netflix)
Madeleine Gavin – Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)
Michael Harte – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
Michelle Mizner – 20 days in Mariupol (PBS)
D. Smith – Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)
Aaron Wickenden – The Mission (National Geographic)
BEST RESULT
Jon Batiste – American Symphony (Netflix) (WINNER)
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans – The Mission (National Geographic)
Nainita Desai – The Deepest Breath (Netflix)
Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan – The Pigeon Tunnel (Apple TV+)
Katya Richardson & Kris Bowers – The Last Repair Shop (Breakwater Studios)
D. Smith – Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)
BEST NARRATIVE
20 days in Mariupol (PBS)
Written and performed by Mstyslav Chernov
32 sounds (Abramorama)
Written and performed by Sam Green
The Disappearance of Shere Hite (IFC Films)
Written by Nicole Newnham
Performed by Dakota Johnson
John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial (Apple TV+)
Written by TBD
Performed by Kiefer Sutherland
Secrets of Elephants (National Geographic)
Written by Martin Williams
Performed by Natalie Portman
Still Image: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
Written and performed by Michael J. Fox
BEST ARCHIVE DOCUMENTARY
Being Mary Tyler Moore (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
The Disappearance of Shere Hite (IFC Films)
It’s Not Over Yet (Sony Pictures Classics)
JFK: A Day in America (National Geographic)
The Lady Bird Diaries (Hulu)
The League (Magnolia Pictures)
BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
The 1619 Project (Hulu/Onyx Collective)
JFK: One Day in America (National Geographic) (WINNER)
The Lady Bird Diaries (Hulu)
Lakota Nation vs. United States (IFC Films)
The League (Magnolia Pictures)
Occupied city (A24)
Stamped from the start (Netflix)
BEST BIOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY
Being Mary Tyler Moore (HBO | Max)
The Disappearance of Shere Hite (IFC Films)
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (HBO Documentaries)
Judy Blume Forever (Amazon Studios)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (Hulu)
Smart (Netflix)
Still Image: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
American Symphony (Netflix) (WINNER)
Carlos (Sony Pictures Classics)
Ladies First: A History of Women in Hip-Hop (Netflix)
Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia Pictures/CNN Films)
I Love You, Donna Summer (HBO | Max)
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (AMC Theaters)
What the hell happened to blood, sweat and tears? (Abramorama/Freestyle Digital Media)
BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
20 days in Mariupol (PBS) (WINNER)
Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)
Bobi Wine: The People’s President (National Geographic)
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court (Showtime)
Every body (focus functions)
Lakota Nation vs. United States (IFC Films)
Silver Dollar Road (Amazon MGM Studios)
BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY
32 sounds (Abramorama)
Between Earth and Sky (PBS)
Life on our planet (Netflix)
Path of the Panther (National Geographic)
Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food (Netflix)
Secrets of Elephants (National Geographic) (WINNER)
Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West (Gravitas Ventures)
BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
Black ice (roadside sights)
BS High (HBO | Max)
The Deepest Breath (Netflix) (WINNER)
It’s Not Over Yet (Sony Pictures Classics)
The League (Magnolia Pictures)
Reggie (Amazon Studios)
Stephen Curry: Underrated (Apple TV+)
Welcome to Wrexham (FX)
BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY (TIE)
Burden of Proof (HBO)
The Jewel Thief (Hulu)
John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
Murdaugh Murders: A Scandal in the South (Netflix)
Telemarketer (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
The Thief Collector (FilmRise)
Victim/Suspect (Netflix)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The ABCs of Book Banning (MTV Documentary Films)
The Barber of Little Rock (Story Syndicate)
Between Earth and Sky (PBS)
Key to the City (New Yorker)
The Last Repair Shop (Breakwater Studios) (WINNER)
Last Song From Kabul (MTV Documentary Films)
BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES
The 1619 Project (Hulu/Onyx Collective) (WINNER)
Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul (Netflix)
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court (Showtime)
JFK: A Day in America (National Geographic)
John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial (Apple TV+)
Secrets of Elephants (National Geographic)
Shiny Happy People (Amazon Studios)
Telemarketer (HBO | Max)
BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES
30 for 30 (ESPN) (WINNER)
Frontline (PBS)
Murdaugh Murders: A Scandal in the South (Netflix)
POV (PBS)
Traded with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic)
Welcome to Wrexham (FX)
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