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Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary

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Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Gotham Film & Media Institute
First awarded2004
Currently held byFour Daughters (2023)
Websiteawards.thegotham.org

The Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. It was first presented in 2004 with Jonathan Demme's The Agronomist being the first recipient of the award.[1]

Winners and nominees

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2000s

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Year Film Director(s) Ref.
2004 The Agronomist Jonathan Demme [2]
Bright Leaves Ross McElwee
Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore
In the Realms of the Unreal Jessica Yu
Tarnation Jonathan Caouette
2005 Murderball Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro [3]
Ballets Russes Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Alex Gibney
Grizzly Man Werner Herzog
William Eggleston in the Real World Michael Almereyda
2006 Iraq in Fragments James Longley [4]
Deliver Us from Evil Amy J. Berg
Following Sean Ralph Arlyck
An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Stanley Nelson
2007 Sicko Michael Moore [5]
The Devil Came on Horseback Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg
Man from Plains Jonathan Demme
My Kid Could Paint That Amir Bar-Lev
Taxi to the Dark Side Alex Gibney
2008 Trouble the Water Tia Lessin and Carl Deal [6]
Chris & Don. A Love Story Guido Santi and Tina Mascara
Encounters at the End of the World Werner Herzog
Man on Wire James Marsh
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Marina Zenovich
2009 Food, Inc. Robert Kenner [7]
Good Hair Jeff Stilson
My Neighbor, My Killer Anne Aghion
Paradise Michael Almereyda
Tyson James Toback

2010s

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Year Film Director(s) Ref.
2010 The Oath Laura Poitras [8]
12th & Delaware Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing
Inside Job Charles Ferguson
Public Speaking Martin Scorsese
Sweetgrass Lucien Castaing-Taylor
2011 Better This World Kelly Duane and Katie Galloway [9]
Bill Cunningham New York Richard Press
Hell and Back Again Danfung Dennis
The Interrupters Steve James
The Woodmans Scott Willis
2012 How to Survive a Plague David France [10]
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Detropia Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present Matthew Akers and Jeff Dupre
Room 237 Rodney Ascher
The Waiting Room Peter Nicks
2013 The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer [12]
The Crash Reel Lucy Walker
First Cousin Once Removed Alan Berliner
Let the Fire Burn Jason Osder
Our Nixon Penny Lane
2014 Citizenfour Laura Poitras [13]
Actress Robert Greene
Life Itself Steve James
Manakamana Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez
Point and Shoot Marshall Curry
2015 The Look of Silence Joshua Oppenheimer [14]
Approaching the Elephant Amanda Wilder
Cartel Land Matthew Heineman
Heart of a Dog Laurie Anderson
Listen to Me Marlon Stevan Riley
2016 O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman [15]
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
I Am Not Your Negro Raoul Peck
Tower Keith Maitland
Weiner Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
2017 Strong Island Yance Ford [16]
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Frederick Wiseman
Rat Film Theo Anthony
Whose Streets? Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis
The Work Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
2018 Hale County This Morning, This Evening RaMell Ross [17]
Bisbee '17 Robert Greene
Minding the Gap Bing Liu
Shirkers Sandi Tan
Won't You Be My Neighbor? Morgan Neville
2019 American Factory Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert [18]
Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller
The Edge of Democracy Petra Costa
Midnight Traveler Hassan Fazili
One Child Nation Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang

2020s

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Year Film Director(s) Ref.
2020 A Thousand Cuts Ramona Diaz [19]
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Time Garrett Bradley
76 Days Hao Wu, Weixi Chen and Anonymous
City Hall Frederick Wiseman
Our Time Machine Yang Sun and S. Leo Chiang
2021 Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen [21]
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Ascension Jessica Kingdon
Faya Dayi Jessica Beshir
President Camilla Nielsson
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
2022 All That Breathes Shaunak Sen [23]
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras
I Didn't See You There Reid Davenport
The Territory Alex Pritz
What We Leave Behind Iliana Sosa
2023 Four Daughters Kaouther Ben Hania [24]
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov
Against the Tide Sarvnik Kaur
Apolonia, Apolonia Lea Glob
Our Body Claire Simon
2024 No Other Land Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor [25]
Dahomey Mati Diop
Intercepted Oksana Karpovych
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Johan Grimonprez
Sugarcane Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Union Brett Story and Stephen Maing

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "2004 Winners and nominees". Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
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  5. ^ "2007 Winners and nominees". Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on August 2, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  6. ^ "2008 Winners and nominees". Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "2009 Winners and nominees". Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
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  9. ^ "2011 Winners and nominees". Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
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  12. ^ "Inside Llewyn Davis Tops Gotham Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. December 2, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  13. ^ "2014 Gotham Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. December 1, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  14. ^ Cox, Gordon (November 30, 2015). "Spotlight Wins Big at 2015 Gotham Awards (Full List)". Variety. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  15. ^ Erbland, Kate (November 28, 2016). "Gotham Awards 2016: Complete Winners List". IndieWire. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
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  17. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (November 26, 2018). "Gotham Awards: A24 Sweeps with Five Wins, Including First Reformed, Eighth Grade (Full Winners List)". Variety. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  18. ^ "Marriage Story Sweeps Gotham Awards; Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. December 2, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  19. ^ Lewis, Hilary (January 11, 2021). "Gotham Awards: Nomadland Wins Best Feature, Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  20. ^ "Nominations Announced for 30th IFP Gotham Awards". Independent Filmmaker Project. November 12, 2020. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  21. ^ Lattanzio, Ryan (November 30, 2021). "Gotham Awards: The Lost Daughter Wins Top Prize — See the Full List of Winners". IndieWire. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  22. ^ Lewis, Hilary (October 21, 2021). "Gotham Awards: The Lost Daughter, Passing Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  23. ^ Zilko, Christian (November 28, 2022). "Everything Everywhere All at Once Takes Best Feature at the 2022 Gotham Awards (Complete Winners List)". IndieWire. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  24. ^ Lewis, Hilary; Chuba, Kirsten (November 27, 2023). "2023 Gotham Awards: Past Lives Wins Best Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  25. ^ Lewis, Hilary; Chuba, Kirsten (December 2, 2024). "2024 Gotham Awards: A Different Man Wins Best Feature as Nickel Boys, Sing Sing Each Take Two". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
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