'14th' Leads Critics Choice Doc Noms With 6 — SkimNews
Get the Culture newsletter
Daily culture — film, music, books, the trends and ideas worth your attention. Free.
- "14th" led the 11th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations with six nods, including Best Documentary Feature, Best Political Documentary, and Best Director for Ava DuVernay; the film held its world premiere Friday at the New York Film Festival.
- "You Can See Everything", the Elizabeth Holmes documentary directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, earned five nominations, alongside "Once Upon a Time in Harlem" (directed by David Greaves) and "Nuisance Bear" (directed by Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman).
- "Everest: The Other Side" by Oscar winners E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin was among five films that received four nominations each, alongside "Everybody to Kenmure Street," "Rehearsals for a Revolution," "Remake," and "The History of Concrete."
- Ron Howard will receive the Critics Choice Impact Award for his body of documentary work; Jehane Noujaim will receive the Pennebaker Award, presented by Chris Hegedus, DA Pennebaker's widow and collaborator.
- Winners will be announced November 8 at a gala at The Edison Ballroom in Manhattan, with Ross Mathews as emcee; Christopher Campbell, the CCA's VP of Documentary, called the nominees a reflection of the "range of voices, perspectives, and stories" in the form.
Why it matters: The Critics Choice Documentary Awards are an early-season bellwether in a documentary Oscar race, and "14th" emerging as the nomination leader—paired with the A24-distributed Fielder/Oppenheim Holmes doc—gives those films momentum heading into the November 8 gala and the broader 2026-27 awards calendar.
Ask SkimNews
