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The 2025 Critics Choice Documentary Awards celebrated the year's best documentaries, with 'The Perfect Neighbor' winning multiple awards including Best Documentary Feature and Best Director for Geeta Gandbhir. The event also honored Ken Burns with the Impact Award and Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady with the Pennebaker Award, highlighting excellence in documentary filmmaking across various categories.
At the 2024 Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 'Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story' and 'Will & Harper' tied for Best Documentary Feature. 'Super/Man' also won in five other categories, including Best Director and Best Editing. Other notable winners included 'Sugarcane' for Best Political and True-Crime Documentary, and 'Simone Biles Rising' for Best Sports Documentary and Best Limited Docuseries. The ceremony was held in New York and livestreamed on multiple platforms.
The International Documentary Association (IDA), Cinema Eye Honors, and Gotham Awards have excluded titles from Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV+ from their top feature documentary selections, leading to speculation of a streamer backlash. The lists primarily consist of non-U.S. productions, indicating a shift away from serious, current affairs-focused films towards celebrity-focused "vanidocs." Netflix's recent rejection streak may be a result of this trend, as the streamer has cut back on spending and departed from its previous focus on hard-hitting documentaries. The documentary community's message may be echoed by the Academy's documentary branch when it announces its own shortlist.
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival has announced its lineup of 82 films, eight episodic titles, and New Frontier interactive experiences, celebrating its 40th anniversary. Notable highlights include Steven Soderbergh's "Presence," Rose Glass' "Love Lies Bleeding," and Jesse Eisenberg's "A Real Pain." The festival will take place in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, with select titles available online nationwide. The films were selected from a record number of submissions, and the festival aims to showcase the vitality of independent storytelling.