The Best First Documentary Feature is one of the annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. It is usually given to the director (or directors). The "first feature" designation is applied to the director.
At the 9th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, the category was renamed to Best New Documentary Filmmaker(s).
Winners and nominees
2010s Year Film Director(s)2016Weiner and Elyse Steinberg The Eagle Huntress Hooligan Sparrow Off the Rails Tickled and Dylan Reeve The Witness 2017Kedi California Typewriter Nowhere to Hide Step Strong Island Whose Streets? and Damon Davis2018Science Fair and Darren FosterMinding the Gap Kusama: Infinity Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda The Sentence Wild Wild Country and Maclain Way2019Honeyland and Ljubomir Stefanov Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché David Crosby: Remember My Name For the Birds Love, Antosha Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2020s Year Film Director(s)2020Mr. Soul! Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes A Secret Love Feels Good Man Jane Goodall: The Hope and Kim Woodard Stray 2021Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Ascension Faya Dayi Introducing, Selma Blair Pray Away The Sparks Brothers The Velvet Underground 2022Bad Axe Cow The Automat My Old School Lucy and Desi The Territory Three Minutes: A Lengthening 2023 20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov 26.2 to Life Christine Yoo Bad Press Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler Bobi Wine: The People's President Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo Kokomo City D. Smith Orlando, My Political Biography Paul B. Preciado Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Anna Hints The Thief Collector Allison Otto2024 Daughters Natalie Rae and Angela Patton Porcelain War Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev Frida Carla Gutiérrez Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Charlie Hamilton James The Last of the Sea Women Sue Kim Sugarcane Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie2025 (10th) My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay Mariska HargitayArt for EverybodyMiranda Yousef Grand Theft HamletSan Crane and Pinny GryllsSeedsBrittany Shyne Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost Ben Stiller Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror Linus O'Brien
References
External links Official website