Ava DuVernay’s 14th goes into the 11th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards with a leading six nominations, but all eyes are on Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything, the doc Hollywood can’t stop talking about. The A24 film earned five nominations, including Best Documentary Feature and Best Director.
Sunday night is one of the first big tests of awards season for You Can See Everything, which A24 is campaigning for both Best Documentary Feature and Best Picture at the Oscars. No documentary has ever been nominated for Best Picture. A win here would give it a boost, but the Oscar doc branch hasn’t always embraced celebrity-driven films.
The film to beat at the Oscars, according to Gold Derby’s odds, is Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s Naza, which earned three nominations here, including Best Feature and Best Director. Then again, the CCA and the Academy rarely agree. Only two of the CCA’s 10 previous Best Documentary Feature winners, O.J.: Made in America and Summer of Soul, went on to win the Oscar.
14th is up for Best Documentary Feature, Best Director (DuVernay), Best Editing (Spencer Averick), Best Music Score (Jason Moran), Best Political Documentary, and Best Historical Documentary. David Greaves’ Once Upon a Time in Harlem and Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman’s Nuisance Bear also earned five nominations each.
The winners will be revealed Sunday night at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, with Ross Mathews serving as emcee. The ceremony streams live at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT) on YouTube, X, Facebook, and CriticsChoice.com. Watch and follow along below as we update the winners list in real time.
Best Documentary Feature
14th (Netflix)
Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)
The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)
Musk (Bleecker Street)
Naza (Neon)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)
Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)
Remake (Music Box Films)
You Can See Everything (A24)
Best Director
Naza (Neon) — Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor
Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films) — Felipe Bustos Sierra
14th (Netflix) — Ava DuVernay
You Can See Everything (A24) — Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim
Remake (Music Box Films) — Ross McElwee
The Cycle of Love (Variance Films) — Orlando von Einsiedel
Best First Documentary Feature
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon) — David Greaves
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon) — Baz Luhrmann
Nuisance Bear (Mubi) — Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman
The Python Hunt (Oscilloscope Laboratories) — Xander Robin
American Doctor (Watermelon Pictures) — Poh Si Teng
The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures) — John Wilson
Best Cinematography
You Can See Everything (A24) — David Bolen
The Python Hunt (Oscilloscope Laboratories) — David Bolen & Matt Clegg
Lion (National Geographic) — Sophie Darlington
The Cycle of Love (Variance Films) — Franklin Dow
Nuisance Bear (Mubi) — Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman
Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films) — Clair Popkin, Jimmy Chin, Christopher Murphy
Best Editing
14th (Netflix) — Spencer Averick
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon) — Anne de Mare & Lynn True
You Can See Everything (A24) — Adam Locke-Norton
Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films) — Colin Monie
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon) — Jonathan Redmond
The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures) — Cori Wapnowska
Best Narration
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Focus Features) — written and performed by Daniel Roher & Caroline Lindy
The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures) — written and performed by John Wilson
Lorne (Focus Features) — written by Morgan Neville, Alan Lowe, Jake Hostetter; performed by Chris Parnell
Nuisance Bear (Mubi) — written and performed by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons
Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics) — written and performed by Pegah Ahangarani
Remake (Music Box Films) — written and performed by Ross McElwee
Best Music Score
You Can See Everything (A24) — Ari Balouzian
Time and Water (National Geographic Documentary Films) — Dan Deacon
Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films) — Caroline Ho
14th (Netflix) — Jason Moran
Nuisance Bear (Mubi) — Cristóbal Tapia de Veer
Lion (National Geographic) — Hans Zimmer, Niccolò Pacella, George Hutson Warren
Best Music Documentary
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World) (HBO Max)
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)
Man on the Run (Amazon MGM Studios)
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man (Greenwich Entertainment)
Sara Bareilles: Good Grief (Group Effort Films/Naked Edge Films)
Best Political Documentary
14th (Netflix)
American Doctor (Watermelon Pictures)
Ask E. Jean (Abramorama)
Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)
Musk (Bleecker Street)
Naza (Neon)
Union Town (Cabin Creek Films)
Best Historical Documentary
14th (Netflix)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)
Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)
SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of (Netflix)
Soul Patrol (Kino Lorber)
Turning Point: Generation 9/11 (Netflix)
Best Biographical Documentary
Avedon (Netflix)
Jean-Michel Basquiat (Netflix)
Lorne (Focus Features)
Marty, Life Is Short (Netflix)
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (HBO Max)
Musk (Bleecker Street)
Best Archival Documentary
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)
Making Marie Antoinette (Mubi)
Man on the Run (Amazon MGM Studios)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)
Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)
Remake (Music Box Films)
Best Science/Nature Documentary
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Focus Features)
Ghost Elephants (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Lion (National Geographic)
Nuisance Bear (Mubi)
Secrets of the Bees (National Geographic)
Time and Water (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Best Sports Documentary
The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Apple TV)
Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Give Me the Ball! (ESPN)
Rafa (Netflix)
Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Tyson (Netflix)
Best True Crime Documentary
Baby Doe (Narrative Distribution)
Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story (Dark Star Pictures)
The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (Netflix)
A Killer Story (HBO Max)
Lost Women of Alaska (Investigation Discovery)
Murder in Glitterball City (HBO Max)
Best Short Documentary
“The Baddest Speechwriter of All” (Netflix)
“A Derailment” (POV)
“Escalation” (Bonfire Films)
“Miller Night Football” (HBO Max)
“Oh Whale” (The New Yorker/Switchboard Magazine)
“The Second Life of Freddie Nole” (Sweet World Films)
“A Short Documentary About a Giant Pencil” (Archilux)
“They’re Here” (Praxis Films)
Best Limited Documentary Series
9/11: Reunited (National Geographic)
The Dark Wizard (HBO Max)
The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Apple TV)
High Horse: The Black Cowboy (Peacock)
Lion (National Geographic)
The Man Will Burn (HBO Max)
Rafa (Netflix)
Best Ongoing Documentary Series
30 for 30 (ESPN)
American Masters (PBS)
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix)
The Food That Built America (History)
Hazardous History With Henry Winkler (History)
Independent Lens (PBS)
Untold (Netflix)
