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

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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

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

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY

BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY

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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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.

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