The Critics Alternative Affiliation has introduced the nominees for the 2025 Critics Alternative Documentary Awards, to be held on November ninth on the Edison Ballroom in New York.
Orwell: 2+2=5 leads the nominations with seven classes, together with Finest Documentary. Raoul Peck was nominated for Finest Director, and the documentary was additionally nominated for Finest Political Documentary. “Excellent Neighbor” adopted with six nominations, together with Finest Documentary and Finest Director for Geeta Gundbir.
“This yr’s nominated movies and sequence remind us how documentary storytelling can illuminate fact, encourage empathy, and deepen our understanding of the world,” mentioned Christopher Campbell, vice director of documentaries on the Critics Alternative Affiliation. “We’re thrilled to acknowledge filmmakers whose imaginative and prescient and dedication proceed to advance the artwork type.”
The occasion can be hosted by award-winning actor, author and producer Aasif Mandvi. CCA beforehand introduced that documentarian Ken Burns will obtain the Critics’ Alternative Influence Award, which can be offered to actor Christine Baranski. Based on CCA, the consideration acknowledges “documentarians whose work shines a lightweight on the tales we share, makes advanced points accessible to a large viewers, and sparks significant dialogue that conjures up reflection and motion.”
It was additionally beforehand introduced that filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady will obtain the Pennebaker Award (previously often called the Critics’ Alternative Lifetime Achievement Award), and Pennebaker’s widow and co-investigator Chris Hegedus will obtain the award.
See beneath for an entire record of candidates.
Finest Documentary Award
2000 meters to Andriivka (Entrance line function / Related Press)
Alabama Answer (HBO Max)
Tropical Apocalypse (Netflix)
Cowl Up (Netflix)
Deaf President, now! (Apple TV)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (neon)
Pee-wee as Himself (HBO Max)
Excellent Neighbor (Netflix)
Riefenstahl (Kino Lorber)
Sirian’s Story (Nationwide Geographic)
Finest Director Award
Mstislav Chernov – 2000 meters to Andriivka (Frontline function/AP)
Petra Costa – Tropical Apocalypse (Netflix)
Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim – now deaf presidents! (Apple TV)
Geeta Gundbir – The Excellent Neighbor (Netflix)
Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman – Alabama Answer (HBO Max)
Raoul Peck – Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)
Finest function documentary award
Artwork for Everyone (Tremolo Productions)
Grand Theft Hamlet (film)
My Mama Jane: A Mariska Hargitay Film (HBO Max)
Seeds (inside movie)
Stiller and Mehra: Nothing Misplaced (Apple TV)
Unusual Journey: A Rocky Horror Story (Margot Station)
Finest Cinematography Award
Ben Barnard – Architecton (A24)
Jean Dakar – The Syrian Story (Nationwide Geographic)
Elizabeth Regulation – Mistress Dispera (Oscilloscope)
Lars Erlend Tuvers Oimo & Thor Edvin Eliassen – Folktales (Magnolia Photos)
Brittany Shine – Seeds (Inside Movie)
Toby Robust, Doug Anderson (underwater images) – David Attenborough and the Sea (Nationwide Geographic)
Finest enhancing award
Michael Hart – Now a Deaf President! (Apple TV)
James Lester and Oz Rodriguez, John McDonald (Music Montage) – Women and Gents…50 Years of SNL Music (NBC)
Viridiana Lieberman – Excellent Neighbor (Netflix)
Paige Marcella – Alabama Answer (HBO Max)
Michelle Mizner – 2000 meters to Andriivka (Frontline Characteristic/Related Press)
Alexandra Strauss – Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)
finest rating
Alexei Aigi – Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)
Chris Bowers – Eyes of Ghana (Breakwater Studios / Greater Floor Media)
Laura Heinzinger – The Excellent Neighbor (Netflix)
Claudia Saan – Love and Struggle (Nationwide Geographic)
Sam Slater – 2000 meters to Andriivka (Frontline Characteristic/Related Press)
Paweł Szymański – Trains (EPF Media / Drygas Movie Manufacturing)
Finest Narration Award
2000 meters to Andriivka (Entrance line function / Related Press)
Written by Mstislav Chernov
Performer: Mstislav Chernov
American Revolution (PBS)
Written by Jeffrey C. Ward
Peter Coyote’s efficiency
Americas (NBC)
Written by Michael Gunton, Holly Spearing, Steve Cole, Katherine Jeffs, Matt Richards, Giles Badger, Victoria Buckley, Alex Griffiths, Hannah Hoare, Poppy Liddle, Gillian Taylor, Nicky Waldron, Evie Wright, Charlotte Bostock, Victoria Bobin, Ingrid Kubert
performed by Tom Hanks
Tropical Apocalypse (Netflix)
Written by Petra Costa
Petra Costa’s efficiency
Octopus! (Prime Video)
Written by Gabriel Bisset-Smith
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s efficiency
Orwell: 2+2=5 (neon)
Screenplay by George Orwell, adaptation by Raoul Peck
performed by damian lewis
Finest Archive Documentary Award
1 on 1: John & Yoko (Magnolia Photos)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (neon)
Excellent Neighbor (Netflix)
Riefenstahl (Kino Lorber)
Trains (EPF Media / Drygas Movie Manufacturing)
WTO/99 (Foghorn traits)
Finest historic documentary award
American Revolution (PBS)
Cowl Up (Netflix)
Staring on the Prize III: We Who Imagine in Freedom Cannot Relaxation 1977-2015 (HBO Max)
Hurricane Katrina: A Race In opposition to Time (Nationwide Geographic)
Quantity One on the Name Sheet (Apple TV)
Riefenstahl (Kino Lorber)
Finest Biographical Documentary Award
John Sweet: I Like Me (Prime Video)
Love and Struggle (Nationwide Geographic)
Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV)
My Mama Jane: A Mariska Hargitay film (HBO Max)
Pee-wee as Himself (HBO Max)
Stiller and Mehra: Nothing Misplaced (Apple TV)
Finest Music Documentary Award
Changing into Led Zeppelin (Sony Photos Classics)
Billy Joel: And It Goes (HBO Max)
Bono: A Story of Give up (Apple TV)
It is By no means Over, Jeff Buckley (Magnolia Photos)
Women and Gents…50 Years of SNL Music (NBC)
Sly Stay! (Also called “The Burden of Black Genius”) (Hulu)
Finest political documentary award
Alabama Answer (HBO Max)
Tropical Apocalypse (Netflix)
Deaf President, now! (Apple TV)
The Librarians (Unbiased Lens)
My Undesirable Good friend: Half I – The Final Air of Moscow (Marminchyla)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (neon)
Finest Science/Nature Documentary Award
Americas (NBC)
Checkpoint Zoo (Abramorama)
The Final Rhino: A New Hope (Nationwide Geographic)
David Attenborough’s Sea (Nationwide Geographic)
Octopus! (Prime Video)
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey (Netflix)
Finest Sports activities Documentary Award
America’s Sweetheart: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix)
America’s Crew: Gamblers and Their Cowboys (Netflix)
Huge Desires: Little League World Sequence 2024 (ESPN Motion pictures)
Full Courtroom Press (ESPN+)
Southpaw: The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott (ESPN)
We Beat the Dream Crew (HBO Max)
Finest crime documentary award
Alabama Answer (HBO Max)
Gone Women: Lengthy Island Homicide Case (Netflix)
Excellent Neighbor (Netflix)
Predators (MTV documentary movie / Paramount+)
Unknown Quantity: The Excessive College Catfish (Netflix)
Yogurt Store Homicide Case (HBO Max)
Finest quick documentary award
All of the Empty Rooms (Netflix)
Classroom 4 (PBS)
The Satan is Busy (HBO Max)
Exodus (Park County)
Fiddler on the Moon: Judaism in Area (Ironbound Film)
Sally’s Ashes (Robi Artistic)
Saving Superman (Switchboard)
Shantae Trip Shotgun (Voyager)
Finest Restricted Documentary Sequence
American Revolution (PBS)
Staring on the Prize III: We Who Imagine in Freedom Cannot Relaxation 1977-2015 (HBO Max)
Gone Women: Lengthy Island Homicide Case (Netflix)
Hurricane Katrina: A Race In opposition to Time (Nationwide Geographic)
Magic Metropolis: American Fantasy (Starz)
Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV)
SNL50: Past Saturday Evening (Peacock)
Yogurt Store Homicide Case (HBO Max)
Finest Persevering with Documentary Sequence
30 for 30 (ESPN Motion pictures)
American Masters (PBS)
The Reluctant Traveler (Apple TV)
Touring Solo with Tracee Ellis Ross (Roku Channel)
Mariana Van Zeller (Nationwide Geographic) and Trafficking
Trainwreck (Netflix)
