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H. Paul Moon is a filmmaker based in New York City and Washington, D.C. whose works concentrate on the performing arts. Major films include “Sitka: A Piano Documentary” about the craftsmanship of Steinway pianos, “Quartet for the End of Time” about Olivier Messiaen’s transcendent WWII composition, and an acclaimed feature film about the life and music of American composer Samuel Barber that premiered on PBS. Moon has created music videos for numerous composers including Moondog, Susan Botti and Angélica Negrón, and three opera films set in a community garden. His film “The Passion of Scrooge” was awarded “Critic's Choice” by Opera News as a “thoroughly enjoyable film version, insightfully conceived and directed” with “first-rate and remarkably illustrative storytelling.” Further highlights include works featured in exhibitions at the Nevada Museum of Art and the City Museum of New York, PBS television broadcasts, and best of show awards in over a dozen international film festivals.

13 October 2026

Ava DuVernay’s ‘14th’ Leads Nominations For The 11th Critics Choice Documentary Awards

Written by Paul Moon

Here are the nominees for the 2026 Critics Choice Documentary Awards, the winners of which will be revealed in a live-streamed ceremony on November 8 (and where to watch the films and series right now):

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

  • Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)

  • Musk (Now in Theaters)

  • NAZA (Now in Theaters)

  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)

  • Remake (Available on VOD)

  • You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor – NAZA (Now in Theaters)

  • Felipe Bustos Sierra – Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • Ava DuVernay – 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Ross McElwee – Remake (Available on VOD)

  • Orlando von Einsiedel – The Cycle of Love (Now in Theaters)

BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • David Greaves – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Baz Luhrmann – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Xander Robin – The Python Hunt (Available on VOD)

  • Poh Si Teng – American Doctor (Now in Theaters)

  • John Wilson – The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • David Bolen – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • David Bolen & Matt Clegg – The Python Hunt (Available on VOD)

  • Sophie Darlington – Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Franklin Dow – The Cycle of Love (Now in Theaters)

  • Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Clair Popkin, Jimmy Chin, Christopher Murphy – Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

BEST EDITING

  • Spencer Averick – 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Anne de Mare & Lynn True – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Adam Locke-Norton – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Colin Monie – Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • Jonathan Redmond – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Cori Wapnowska – The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)

BEST SCORE

  • Ari Balouzian – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Dan Deacon – Time and Water (Available to Stream on Disney+ and Hulu)

  • Caroline Ho – Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

  • Jason Moran – 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Cristóbal Tapia de Veer – Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Hans Zimmer, Niccolò Pacella, George Hutson Warren – Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

BEST NARRATION

  • The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Available to Stream on Netflix and Peacock)
    Written by Daniel Roher & Caroline Lindy
    Performed by Daniel Roher & Caroline Lindy

  • The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)
    Written by John Wilson
    Performed by John Wilson

  • Lorne (Available to Stream on Netflix)
    Written by Morgan Neville, Alan Lowe, Jake Hostetter
    Performed by Chris Parnell

  • Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)
    Written by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons
    Performed by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)
    Written by Pegah Ahangarani
    Performed by Pegah Ahangarani

  • Remake (Available on VOD)
    Written by Ross McElwee
    Performed by Ross McElwee

BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY

  • EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Making Marie Antoinette (Coming to Mubi on November 6, 2026)

  • Man on the Run (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)

  • Remake (Available on VOD)

BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY

  • 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)

  • SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of (Coming to Netflix on October 30, 2026)

  • Soul Patrol (Opening in Theaters on November 6, 2026)

  • Turning Point: Generation 9/11 (Available to Stream on Netflix)

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY

  • Avedon (Coming to Netflix on November 11, 2026)

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat (Coming to Netflix on December 11, 2026)

  • Lorne (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • Marty, Life Is Short (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Musk (Now in Theaters)

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

  • Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World) (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Man on the Run (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger (Now in Theaters)

  • Peter Asher: Everywhere Man (Available on VOD)

  • Sara Bareilles: Good Grief (currently unavailable)

BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY

  • 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • American Doctor (Now in Theaters)

  • Ask E. Jean (currently unavailable)

  • Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • Musk (Now in Theaters)

  • NAZA (Now in Theaters)

  • Union Town (Coming to Theaters in December 2026)

BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY

  • The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Available to Stream on Netflix and Peacock)

  • Ghost Elephants (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Secrets of the Bees (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Time and Water (Available to Stream on Disney+ and Hulu)

BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

  • The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Available to Stream on Apple TV)

  • Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

  • Give Me the Ball! (Coming to ESPN on November 22, 2026)

  • Rafa (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (Available to Stream on Prime Video, Tubi, and Kanopy)

  • Tyson (Coming Soon to Netflix)

BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY

  • Baby Doe (Available on VOD)

  • Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story (Available on VOD)

  • The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • A Killer Story (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Lost Women of Alaska (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Murder in Glitterball City (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

  • The Baddest Speechwriter of All (Coming Soon to Netflix)

  • A Derailment

  • Escalation

  • Miller Night Football (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Oh Whale

  • The Second Life of Freddie Nole

  • A Short Documentary About a Giant Pencil

  • They’re Here

BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

  • 9/11: Reunited (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • The Dark Wizard (Available to Steam on HBO Max)

  • The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Available to Stream on Apple TV)

  • High Horse: The Black Cowboy (Available to Stream on Peacock)

  • Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • The Man Will Burn (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Rafa (Available to Stream on Netflix)

BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES

  • 30 for 30 (Available to Stream via ESPN)

  • American Masters (Available to Stream via PBS)

  • America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • The Food That Built America (Available to Stream via History)

  • Hazardous History with Henry Winkler (Available to Stream via History)

  • Independent Lens (Available to Stream via PBS)

  • Untold (Available to Stream on Netflix)

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13 October 2026

Ava DuVernay’s ‘14th’ Leads Nominations For The 11th Critics Choice Documentary Awards

Written by Paul Moon

Here are the nominees for the 2026 Critics Choice Documentary Awards, the winners of which will be revealed in a live-streamed ceremony on November 8 (and where to watch the films and series right now):

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

  • Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)

  • Musk (Now in Theaters)

  • NAZA (Now in Theaters)

  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)

  • Remake (Available on VOD)

  • You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor – NAZA (Now in Theaters)

  • Felipe Bustos Sierra – Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • Ava DuVernay – 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Ross McElwee – Remake (Available on VOD)

  • Orlando von Einsiedel – The Cycle of Love (Now in Theaters)

BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • David Greaves – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Baz Luhrmann – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Xander Robin – The Python Hunt (Available on VOD)

  • Poh Si Teng – American Doctor (Now in Theaters)

  • John Wilson – The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • David Bolen – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • David Bolen & Matt Clegg – The Python Hunt (Available on VOD)

  • Sophie Darlington – Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Franklin Dow – The Cycle of Love (Now in Theaters)

  • Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Clair Popkin, Jimmy Chin, Christopher Murphy – Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

BEST EDITING

  • Spencer Averick – 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Anne de Mare & Lynn True – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Adam Locke-Norton – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Colin Monie – Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • Jonathan Redmond – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Cori Wapnowska – The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)

BEST SCORE

  • Ari Balouzian – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Dan Deacon – Time and Water (Available to Stream on Disney+ and Hulu)

  • Caroline Ho – Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

  • Jason Moran – 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Cristóbal Tapia de Veer – Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Hans Zimmer, Niccolò Pacella, George Hutson Warren – Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

BEST NARRATION

  • The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Available to Stream on Netflix and Peacock)
    Written by Daniel Roher & Caroline Lindy
    Performed by Daniel Roher & Caroline Lindy

  • The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)
    Written by John Wilson
    Performed by John Wilson

  • Lorne (Available to Stream on Netflix)
    Written by Morgan Neville, Alan Lowe, Jake Hostetter
    Performed by Chris Parnell

  • Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)
    Written by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons
    Performed by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)
    Written by Pegah Ahangarani
    Performed by Pegah Ahangarani

  • Remake (Available on VOD)
    Written by Ross McElwee
    Performed by Ross McElwee

BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY

  • EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Making Marie Antoinette (Coming to Mubi on November 6, 2026)

  • Man on the Run (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)

  • Remake (Available on VOD)

BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY

  • 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)

  • SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of (Coming to Netflix on October 30, 2026)

  • Soul Patrol (Opening in Theaters on November 6, 2026)

  • Turning Point: Generation 9/11 (Available to Stream on Netflix)

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY

  • Avedon (Coming to Netflix on November 11, 2026)

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat (Coming to Netflix on December 11, 2026)

  • Lorne (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • Marty, Life Is Short (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Musk (Now in Theaters)

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

  • Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World) (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Man on the Run (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger (Now in Theaters)

  • Peter Asher: Everywhere Man (Available on VOD)

  • Sara Bareilles: Good Grief (currently unavailable)

BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY

  • 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • American Doctor (Now in Theaters)

  • Ask E. Jean (currently unavailable)

  • Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • Musk (Now in Theaters)

  • NAZA (Now in Theaters)

  • Union Town (Coming to Theaters in December 2026)

BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY

  • The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Available to Stream on Netflix and Peacock)

  • Ghost Elephants (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Secrets of the Bees (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Time and Water (Available to Stream on Disney+ and Hulu)

BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

  • The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Available to Stream on Apple TV)

  • Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

  • Give Me the Ball! (Coming to ESPN on November 22, 2026)

  • Rafa (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (Available to Stream on Prime Video, Tubi, and Kanopy)

  • Tyson (Coming Soon to Netflix)

BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY

  • Baby Doe (Available on VOD)

  • Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story (Available on VOD)

  • The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • A Killer Story (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Lost Women of Alaska (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Murder in Glitterball City (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

  • The Baddest Speechwriter of All (Coming Soon to Netflix)

  • A Derailment

  • Escalation

  • Miller Night Football (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Oh Whale

  • The Second Life of Freddie Nole

  • A Short Documentary About a Giant Pencil

  • They’re Here

BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

  • 9/11: Reunited (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • The Dark Wizard (Available to Steam on HBO Max)

  • The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Available to Stream on Apple TV)

  • High Horse: The Black Cowboy (Available to Stream on Peacock)

  • Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • The Man Will Burn (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Rafa (Available to Stream on Netflix)

BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES

  • 30 for 30 (Available to Stream via ESPN)

  • American Masters (Available to Stream via PBS)

  • America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • The Food That Built America (Available to Stream via History)

  • Hazardous History with Henry Winkler (Available to Stream via History)

  • Independent Lens (Available to Stream via PBS)

  • Untold (Available to Stream on Netflix)

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13 October 2026

Ava DuVernay’s ‘14th’ Leads Nominations For The 11th Critics Choice Documentary Awards

Written by Paul Moon

Here are the nominees for the 2026 Critics Choice Documentary Awards, the winners of which will be revealed in a live-streamed ceremony on November 8 (and where to watch the films and series right now):

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

  • Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)

  • Musk (Now in Theaters)

  • NAZA (Now in Theaters)

  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)

  • Remake (Available on VOD)

  • You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor – NAZA (Now in Theaters)

  • Felipe Bustos Sierra – Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • Ava DuVernay – 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Ross McElwee – Remake (Available on VOD)

  • Orlando von Einsiedel – The Cycle of Love (Now in Theaters)

BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • David Greaves – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Baz Luhrmann – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Xander Robin – The Python Hunt (Available on VOD)

  • Poh Si Teng – American Doctor (Now in Theaters)

  • John Wilson – The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • David Bolen – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • David Bolen & Matt Clegg – The Python Hunt (Available on VOD)

  • Sophie Darlington – Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Franklin Dow – The Cycle of Love (Now in Theaters)

  • Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Clair Popkin, Jimmy Chin, Christopher Murphy – Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

BEST EDITING

  • Spencer Averick – 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Anne de Mare & Lynn True – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Adam Locke-Norton – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Colin Monie – Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • Jonathan Redmond – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Cori Wapnowska – The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)

BEST SCORE

  • Ari Balouzian – You Can See Everything (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Dan Deacon – Time and Water (Available to Stream on Disney+ and Hulu)

  • Caroline Ho – Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

  • Jason Moran – 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Cristóbal Tapia de Veer – Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Hans Zimmer, Niccolò Pacella, George Hutson Warren – Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

BEST NARRATION

  • The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Available to Stream on Netflix and Peacock)
    Written by Daniel Roher & Caroline Lindy
    Performed by Daniel Roher & Caroline Lindy

  • The History of Concrete (Now in Theaters)
    Written by John Wilson
    Performed by John Wilson

  • Lorne (Available to Stream on Netflix)
    Written by Morgan Neville, Alan Lowe, Jake Hostetter
    Performed by Chris Parnell

  • Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)
    Written by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons
    Performed by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)
    Written by Pegah Ahangarani
    Performed by Pegah Ahangarani

  • Remake (Available on VOD)
    Written by Ross McElwee
    Performed by Ross McElwee

BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY

  • EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Making Marie Antoinette (Coming to Mubi on November 6, 2026)

  • Man on the Run (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)

  • Remake (Available on VOD)

BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY

  • 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Opening in Theaters on October 16, 2026)

  • Rehearsals for a Revolution (Opening in Theaters in January 2027 following an awards-qualifying run in December)

  • SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of (Coming to Netflix on October 30, 2026)

  • Soul Patrol (Opening in Theaters on November 6, 2026)

  • Turning Point: Generation 9/11 (Available to Stream on Netflix)

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY

  • Avedon (Coming to Netflix on November 11, 2026)

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat (Coming to Netflix on December 11, 2026)

  • Lorne (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • Marty, Life Is Short (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Musk (Now in Theaters)

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

  • Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World) (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Man on the Run (Available to Stream on Prime Video)

  • Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger (Now in Theaters)

  • Peter Asher: Everywhere Man (Available on VOD)

  • Sara Bareilles: Good Grief (currently unavailable)

BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY

  • 14th (Coming to Netflix on December 4, 2026)

  • American Doctor (Now in Theaters)

  • Ask E. Jean (currently unavailable)

  • Everybody to Kenmure Street (Now in Theaters)

  • Musk (Now in Theaters)

  • NAZA (Now in Theaters)

  • Union Town (Coming to Theaters in December 2026)

BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY

  • The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Available to Stream on Netflix and Peacock)

  • Ghost Elephants (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Nuisance Bear (Opening in Theaters on November 4, 2026)

  • Secrets of the Bees (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • Time and Water (Available to Stream on Disney+ and Hulu)

BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

  • The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Available to Stream on Apple TV)

  • Everest: The Other Side (Opening in Theaters on October 30, 2026)

  • Give Me the Ball! (Coming to ESPN on November 22, 2026)

  • Rafa (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (Available to Stream on Prime Video, Tubi, and Kanopy)

  • Tyson (Coming Soon to Netflix)

BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY

  • Baby Doe (Available on VOD)

  • Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story (Available on VOD)

  • The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (Available to Stream on Netflix)

  • A Killer Story (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Lost Women of Alaska (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Murder in Glitterball City (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

  • The Baddest Speechwriter of All (Coming Soon to Netflix)

  • A Derailment

  • Escalation

  • Miller Night Football (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Oh Whale

  • The Second Life of Freddie Nole

  • A Short Documentary About a Giant Pencil

  • They’re Here

BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

  • 9/11: Reunited (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • The Dark Wizard (Available to Steam on HBO Max)

  • The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Available to Stream on Apple TV)

  • High Horse: The Black Cowboy (Available to Stream on Peacock)

  • Lion (Available to Stream on Hulu)

  • The Man Will Burn (Available to Stream on HBO Max)

  • Rafa (Available to Stream on Netflix)

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13 October 2026

Run Terry Run Sets Box Office Record for Canadian Documentary

Written by Paul Moon

Audiences aren’t walking to Run Terry Run. They’re running. The documentary directed by Sean Menard set a 10-year high for English-language Canadian documentary at the national box office. Opening in 150 theatres across Canada—a record for a documentary in the country, excluding music docs, since Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11—Run Terry Run scored $116,000 at the domestic box office this weekend according to distributor Elevation Pictures. That breaks the record of $114,000 that Rob Stewart’s Revolution set in 2014. Run Terry Run took in a total of $170,000 across the Thanksgiving long weekend as audiences continue to be inspired by the Terry Fox story.

Run Terry Run offers an all-archival account of Fox’s 1980 cross-Canada run to raise awareness for cancer research. The film shares rare and newly restored images of Fox’s trek, along with audio interviews of key participants and observers of the Marathon of Hope, including Fox’s brother Darrell, friend and driver Doug Alward, and journalist Leslie Scrivener.

Run Terry Run is produced by Menard and Molly Ye with Lucas Lee serving as archival producer. Rocker Bryan Adams recorded a track of the film’s closing credits, “The Ballad of Terry Fox.” The film premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival and

The box office success for Run Terry Run is especially notable when very few documentaries receive full theatrical runs. That number dips even lower for Canadian feature docs, which generally go straight to broadcasters’ streaming sites after festival premieres and single-event screenings. In 2026, only four other Canadian feature documentaries received theatrical runs in Toronto outside of one-to-two-day screenings: Agatha’s Almanac, The Art of Adventure, Black Zombie, and Speechless. Those docs opened at one location each (excluding one-off rep screenings), a far number from Run Terry Run’s 150 locations.

By comparison, political doc Melania opened at 51 theatres nationwide earlier this year in one of the wider releases for a documentary, but sold only 58 tickets across the GTA, according to the Toronto Star, concert doc EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert scored $13.5 USD in North America during its run, which ran at over 1900 theatres, including many premium IMAX screens.

Run Terry Run continues its run on the festival circuit even as it hits theatres. It screens in competition for the WIFF Prize in Canadian Film at Windsor later this month.

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13 October 2026

IDA Emergency Assistance Is Now A Permanent Program

Written by Paul Moon

IDA Emergency Assistance Is Now A Permanent Program
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13 October 2026

IDA Emergency Assistance Is Now A Permanent Program

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IDA Emergency Assistance Is Now A Permanent Program
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12 October 2026

Karajan on Film: How a Legendary Conductor Reinvented Classical Music on Screen (Full Documentary)

Written by Paul Moon

Herbert von Karajan was an important conductor who created film and later video productions under his own responsibility. “I was actually born too early,” he once said, fully aware that the possibilities of video were still in their very early stages. Georg Wübbolt interviewed members of Karajan’s team: his director of photography, his editor, his secretary, his producer, and musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. This documentary includes outstanding performance material from the Unitel and Telemondial libraries, as well as previously unreleased, digitally remastered excerpts from the legendary RBB (SFB) and ORF archives.

Chapters

▷ 00:00 – Introduction

▷ 02:32 – The rise of filmed musical productions

▷ 06:03 – Creating his own visual style

▷ 07:23 – Karajan’s great adversary, Leonard Bernstein

▷ 09:43 – Teaming up with Leo Kirch

▷ 14:37 – Experimenting with different directors and techniques

▷ 22:59 – Karajan finds his style and creates a whole new aesthetic

▷ 28:11 – The beginning of live recordings and Karajan’s relationship with Sony

▷ 32:30 – Karajan’s character

▷ 37:04 – Protecting his legacy with Telemondial

▷ 40:54 – Karajan and Berlin Philharmonic

▷ 42:57 – His illness and death

▷ 51:00 – End credits

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Original title: Herbert von Karajan – Maestro for the Screen

Director: Georg Wübbolt

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12 October 2026

Karajan on Film: How a Legendary Conductor Reinvented Classical Music on Screen (Full Documentary)

Written by Paul Moon

Herbert von Karajan was an important conductor who created film and later video productions under his own responsibility. “I was actually born too early,” he once said, fully aware that the possibilities of video were still in their very early stages. Georg Wübbolt interviewed members of Karajan’s team: his director of photography, his editor, his secretary, his producer, and musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. This documentary includes outstanding performance material from the Unitel and Telemondial libraries, as well as previously unreleased, digitally remastered excerpts from the legendary RBB (SFB) and ORF archives.

Chapters

▷ 00:00 – Introduction

▷ 02:32 – The rise of filmed musical productions

▷ 06:03 – Creating his own visual style

▷ 07:23 – Karajan’s great adversary, Leonard Bernstein

▷ 09:43 – Teaming up with Leo Kirch

▷ 14:37 – Experimenting with different directors and techniques

▷ 22:59 – Karajan finds his style and creates a whole new aesthetic

▷ 28:11 – The beginning of live recordings and Karajan’s relationship with Sony

▷ 32:30 – Karajan’s character

▷ 37:04 – Protecting his legacy with Telemondial

▷ 40:54 – Karajan and Berlin Philharmonic

▷ 42:57 – His illness and death

▷ 51:00 – End credits

——

Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/@CMajorEntertainment?sub_confirmation=1

Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment

Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1

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Original title: Herbert von Karajan – Maestro for the Screen

Director: Georg Wübbolt

©2007 , Licensed by C Major Entertainment

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12 October 2026

Now on Substack

Written by Paul Moon

A whimsical cabinet of curiosities reflect the inner world of the creative process.

If you are wondering why I haven’t posted a blog here in a while, it is because I have made the transition to Substack. I’ve repurposed and expanded on some of my previous blog entries there and have also added some new ones. You can check out my Substack at https://cinecitizen.substack.com/ It is currently free to subscribe so feel free to do so and you’ll get updates whenever I post new stuff there. I am deliciously inconsistent which bodes well for your Inbox but I promise that, when I do post, it’s well worth the read and reflection.

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12 October 2026

Now on Substack

Written by Paul Moon

A whimsical cabinet of curiosities reflect the inner world of the creative process.

If you are wondering why I haven’t posted a blog here in a while, it is because I have made the transition to Substack. I’ve repurposed and expanded on some of my previous blog entries there and have also added some new ones. You can check out my Substack at https://cinecitizen.substack.com/ It is currently free to subscribe so feel free to do so and you’ll get updates whenever I post new stuff there. I am deliciously inconsistent which bodes well for your Inbox but I promise that, when I do post, it’s well worth the read and reflection.

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