The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
History
[edit]This award had been given since 1988. The award is also known as Best Documentary/Non-Fiction film.[citation needed]
Winners
[edit]1980s
[edit]| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | Marcel Ophuls |
| 1989 | Roger & Me | Michael Moore |
1990s
[edit]| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston |
| 1991 | American Dream | Barbara Kopple |
| 1992 | Black Harvest | Robin Anderson and Bob Connolly |
| 1993 | It's All True | Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel and Orson Welles |
| 1994 | Hoop Dreams | Steve James |
| 1995 | Crumb | Terry Zwigoff |
| 1996 | When We Were Kings | Leon Gast |
| 1997 | Riding the Rails | Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys |
| 1998 | The Farm: Angola, USA | Liz Garbus and Wilbert Rideau |
| 1999 | Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders |
2000s
[edit]| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Dark Days | Marc Singer |
| 2001 | The Gleaners and I (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse) | Agnès Varda |
| 2002 | The Cockettes | Bill Weber and David Weissman |
| 2003 | The Fog of War | Errol Morris |
| 2004 | Born into Brothels | Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man | Werner Herzog |
| 2006 | An Inconvenient Truth | Davis Guggenheim |
| 2007 | No End in Sight | Charles Ferguson |
| 2008 | Man on Wire | James Marsh |
| 2009 | The Beaches of Agnès | Agnès Varda |
| The Cove | Louie Psihoyos |
2010s
[edit]| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Last Train Home | Lixin Fan |
| 2011 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Werner Herzog |
| 2012 | The Gatekeepers | Dror Moreh |
| 2013 | Stories We Tell | Sarah Polley |
| 2014 | Citizenfour | Laura Poitras |
| 2015 | Amy | Asif Kapadia |
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro | Raoul Peck |
| 2017 | Faces Places (Visages Villages) | Agnès Varda and JR |
| 2018 | Shirkers | Sandi Tan[1] |
| 2019 | American Factory | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert[2] |
2020s
[edit]| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Time | Garrett Bradley[3] |
| 2021 | Summer of Soul | Questlove[4] |
| 2022 | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Laura Poitras[5] |
| 2023 | Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros | Frederick Wiseman[6] |
| 2024 | No Other Land | Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor |
Multiple wins
[edit]- Agnes Varda - 3 (one co-win)
- Werner Herzog - 2
- Laura Poitras - 2
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2018 Winners|IndieWire
- ^ Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2019 Winners — Full List — Deadline
- ^ 'Small Axe' Wins LAFCA Best Picture Despite Not Submitted for Oscars - Variety
- ^ Los Angeles Film Critics 2021 Winners List - Variety
- ^ Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) 2022 Winners - Variety
- ^ Los Angeles Film Critics Awards: Winners List