Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary

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The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary is an annual award given by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year Documentary Director(s)
2002[1] The Kid Stays in the Picture Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen
2003[2] The Fog of War Errol Morris
2004[3] Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore
2005[4] Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Alex Gibney
2006[5] An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim
2007[6] Sicko Michael Moore
2008[7] Man on Wire James Marsh
2009[8][9] Food, Inc. Robert Kenner
Anvil! The Story of Anvil Sacha Gervasi
Capitalism: A Love Story Michael Moore
The Cove Louie Psihoyos
Good Hair Jeff Stilson

2010s

Year Documentary Director
2010[10] Exit Through the Gift Shop Banksy
Inside Job Charles Ferguson
Restrepo Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
The Tillman Story Amir Bar-Lev
Waiting for "Superman" Davis Guggenheim
2011[11] Cave of Forgotten Dreams Werner Herzog
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey Constance Marks
Buck Cindy Meehl
Into the Abyss Werner Herzog
Project Nim James Marsh
2012[12] Bully Lee Hirsch
The Imposter Bart Layton
The Invisible War Kirby Dick
The Queen of Versailles Lauren Greenfield
Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul
2013[13] Blackfish Gabriela Cowperthwaite
20 Feet from Stardom Morgan Neville
The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer
Leviathan Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
Stories We Tell Sarah Polley
2014 Life Itself
Steve James
Citizenfour Laura Poitras
Jodorowsky's Dune Frank Pavich
Last Days in Vietnam Rory Kennedy
The Overnighters Jesse Moss
2015[14] Amy Asif Kapadia
Best of Enemies Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville
Cartel Land Matthew Heineman
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief Alex Gibney
The Look of Silence Joshua Oppenheimer
2016 13th Ava DuVernay
Gleason Clay Tweel
I Am Not Your Negro Raoul Peck
O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman
Weiner Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
2017 Jane Brett Morgen
City of Ghosts Matthew Heineman
Faces Places Agnès Varda and JR
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk
Step Amanda Lipitz
2018 Won't You Be My Neighbor? Morgan Neville
Free Solo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
RBG Betsy West and Julie Cohen
Science Fair Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster
Three Identical Strangers Tim Wardle
2019 Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller
American Factory Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
Honeyland
 Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev
One Child Nation Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang

2020s

Year Documentary Director(s)
2020 Boys State Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine
Collective Alexander Nanau
Crip Camp Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht
Dick Johnson Is Dead Kirsten Johnson
Time Garrett Bradley
2021 Summer of Soul Questlove
The First Wave Matthew Heineman
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen
The Rescue Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Val Leo Scott and Ting Poo
2022[15] Good Night Oppy Ryan White
All That Breathes Shaunak Sen
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras
Descendant Margaret Brown
Fire of Love Sara Dosa
2023[16] American Symphony David Guggenheim

References

  1. ^ "2002 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  2. ^ "2003 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  3. ^ "2004 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  4. ^ "2005 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  5. ^ "2006 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  6. ^ "2007 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  7. ^ "2008 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  8. ^ "2009 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. December 7, 2009. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  9. ^ "Air" Leads D.C. Critics Winners|IndieWire
  10. ^ "2010 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. December 6, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  11. ^ "2011 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. December 5, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  12. ^ "2012 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA press release. December 10, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  13. ^ "2013 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA press release. December 9, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  14. ^ 'Spotlight' Named Top Film by D.C.-Area Film Critics|Hollywood Reporter
  15. ^ DC Film Critics Name Everything Everywhere All At Once Best Movie Of The Year - Punch Drunk Critics
  16. ^ AwardsWatch - 2023 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners: ‘American Fiction’ is Best Feature, ‘Oppenheimer’ Takes Six

See also

  • Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
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