The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) have announced the nominees for the inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, Variety reports
The nominees include Ava DuVernay’s New York Film Festival opener “13th,” which earned five nominations, and “CITIZENFOUR” cinematographer Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” which earned four noms.
Quite a few female-directed docs have earned nominations, but only DuVernay and Johnson earned spots in the two Best Directing categories.
Nominated docs directed by women and a few other highlighted female-centric films are listed below. List adapted from Variety.
Best Documentary Feature
“13th” — Directed by Ava DuVernay
“Cameraperson” — Directed by Kirsten Johnson
“Weiner” — Co-Directed by Elyse Steinberg
Best Direction of a Documentary Feature
Kirsten Johnson (“Cameraperson”)
Best First Documentary
Nanfu Wang (“Hooligan Sparrow”)
Best Political Documentary
“13th”
“Audrie & Daisy”
“Newtown”
“Weiner”
Best Documentary Feature (TV/Streaming)
“13th”
“30 for 30 — Fantastic Lies”
“Audrie & Daisy”
Best Director (TV/Streaming)
Ava DuVernay (“13th”)
Best First Feature (TV/Streaming)
Jessica Edwards (“Mavis!”)
Sophie Robinson, Lotje Sodderland (“My Beautiful Broken Brain”)
Deborah Esquenazi (“Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four”)
Best Song in a Documentary
“Angel by the Wings” from “The Eagle Huntress”
“Flicker” from “Audrey & Daisy”
“I’m Sill Here” from “Miss Sharon Jones!”
“Letter to the Free” from “13th”
Best Sports Documentary
“30 for 30 — Fantastic Lies”
“The Eagle Huntress”
Best Music Documentary
“Miss Sharon Jones!”
“Presenting Princess Shaw”
Most Innovative Documentary
“Cameraperson”
“Kate Plays Christine”
“Nuts”
Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary
Kirsten Johnson (“Cameraperson”)
Sharon Jones (“Miss Sharon Jones!”)