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2025
R
All the Empty Rooms
Producer:
Joshua Seftel
R
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Producer:
Craig Renaud
R
Mr. Nobody against Putin
BAFTA
Producer:
Radovan Síbrt
R
The Dating Game
Producer:
James Costa
R
The Perfect Neighbor
BAFTA
Spirit
Producer:
Alisa Payne
2000 Meters to Andriivka
NBR
BAFTA
Producers:
Mstyslav Chernov
,
Michelle Mizner
, and
Raney Aronson-Rath
Apocalypse in the Tropics
BAFTA
Producers:
Petra Costa
and
Alessandra Orofino
Come See Me in the Good Light
NBR
Spirit
Cover-Up
NBR
BAFTA
Producers:
Mark Obenhaus
,
Laura Poitras
,
Olivia Streisand
, and
Yoni Golijov
Cutting Through Rocks
Producers:
Sara Khaki
and
Mohammadreza Eyni
Endless Cookie
Spirit
Mistress Dispeller
Producer:
Elizabeth Lo
My Mom Jayne
NBR
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
Spirit
Natchez
NBR
Orwell: 2+2=5
NBR
The Tale of Silyan
Spirit
2024
R
Nocturnes
Producers:
Anupama Srinivasan
and
Anirban Dutta
Black Box Diaries
NBR
BAFTA
Producers:
Shiori Itō
,
Eric Nyari
, and
Hanna Aqvilin
Dahomey
NBR
Daughters
BAFTA
Producers:
Sam Bisbee
,
Natalie Rae
, and
Angela Patton
Gaucho Gaucho
Spirit
Hollywoodgate
Producer:
Ibrahim Nash'at
Hummingbirds
Spirit
Look into My Eyes
NBR
No Other Land
BAFTA
Spirit
Producers:
Hamdan Ballal
,
Yuval Abraham
,
Rachel Szor
, and
Basel Adra
Patrice: The Movie
Spirit
Porcelain War
Producers:
Slava Leontyev
and
Brendan Bellomo
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Spirit
Producer:
Johan Grimonprez
Sugarcane
NBR
Producers:
Julian Brave NoiseCat
and
Emily Kassie
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
NBR
BAFTA
Producers:
Ian Bonhôte
,
Connor Schell
,
Peter Ettedgui
, and
Otto Burnham
Will & Harper
NBR
BAFTA
Producers:
Jessica Elbaum
,
Josh Greenbaum
,
Christopher Leggett
, and
Will Ferrell
2023
R
Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes
Producers:
Sam Shahid
,
John MacConnell
,
Matthew Kraus
, and
Nando de Carvalho
R
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
NBR
BAFTA
Producers:
Davis Guggenheim
,
Annetta Marion
, and
Jonathan King
20 Days in Mariupol
NBR
BAFTA
Producers:
Mstyslav Chernov
and
Raney Aronson-Rath
32 Sounds
NBR
A Still Small Voice
NBR
American Symphony
BAFTA
Producers:
Joedan Okun
,
Matthew Heineman
, and
Lauren Domino
Beyond Utopia
BAFTA
Producers:
Madeleine Gavin
,
Rachel Cohen
, and
Jana Edelbaum
Bobi Wine: The People's President
Producers:
Moses Bwayo
and
Christopher Sharp
Bye Bye Tiberias
Spirit
Four Daughters
Spirit
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Spirit
Kokomo City
Spirit
Producer:
D. Smith
The Eternal Memory
NBR
The Mother of All Lies
Spirit
The Pigeon Tunnel
NBR
Wham!
BAFTA
Producer:
Chris Smith
2022
R
All That Breathes
NBR
BAFTA
Spirit
Producers:
Shaunak Sen
,
Teddy Leifer
, and
Aman Mann
R
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
NBR
BAFTA
Spirit
Producers:
Yoni Golijov
,
Howard Gertler
,
John Lyons
,
Laura Poitras
, and
Nan Goldin
R
Navalny
BAFTA
Producers:
Daniel Roher
,
Melanie Miller
,
Shane Boris
,
Diane Becker
, and
Odessa Rae
"Sr."
NBR
A House Made of Splinters
Spirit
Descendant
NBR
Fire of Love
BAFTA
Producers:
Shane Boris
,
Sara Dosa
, and
Ina Fichman
Midwives
Spirit
Moonage Daydream
BAFTA
Producer:
Brett Morgan
Retrograde
Producer:
Matthew Heineman
Riotsville, U.S.A.
Spirit
Turn Every Page
NBR
Wildcat
NBR
2021
R
Flee
NBR
BAFTA
Spirit
Producers:
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
,
Signe Byrge Sørensen
,
Monica Hellström
, and
Charlotte de la Gournerie
R
Ascension
NBR
Spirit
Producers:
Jessica Kingdon
,
Nathan Truesdell
, and
Kira Simon-Kennedy
R
Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
BAFTA
Producers:
Joseph Patel
,
David Dinerstein
,
Robert Fyvolent
, and
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
...Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised
NBR
Producer:
Summer of Soul
Attica
NBR
Producer:
Stanley Nelson Jr.
Becoming Cousteau
BAFTA
Producers:
Dan Cogan
and
Liz Garbus
Cow
BAFTA
Producers:
Andrea Arnold
and
Kat Mansoor
Exterminate All the Brutes
Producer:
Raoul Peck
In the Same Breath
Spirit
Procession
Spirit
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
NBR
Summer of Soul
Spirit
The Rescue
NBR
BAFTA
Producers:
John Battsek
,
P. J. van Sandwijk
,
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
, and
Jimmy Chin
2020
R
My Octopus Teacher
BAFTA
Producers:
Pippa Ehrlich
,
James Reed
, and
Craig Foster
R
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
BAFTA
Producers:
Alastair Fothergill
,
Keith Scholey
, and
Jonnie Hughes
R
The Social Dilemma
BAFTA
Producers:
Larissa Rhodes
and
Jeff Orlowski
R
The Mole Agent
Spirit
Producers:
Maite Alberdi
and
Marcela Santibáñez
All In: The Fight for Democracy
NBR
Boys State
NBR
Producers:
Amanda McBaine
and
Jesse Moss
Collective
BAFTA
Spirit
Producer:
Alexander Nanau
Crip Camp
Spirit
Dick Johnson Is Dead
NBR
Spirit
Miss Americana
NBR
The Dissident
BAFTA
Producers:
Bryan Fogel
,
Thor Halvorssen
,
Jake Swantko
, and
Mark Monroe
The Painter and the Thief
Producer:
Benjamin Ree
The Truffle Hunters
NBR
Producers:
Gregory Kershaw
and
Michael Dweck
Time
NBR
Spirit
Welcome to Chechnya
Producer:
David France
2018
R
Free Solo
BAFTA
Producers:
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
,
Shannon Dill
,
Jimmy Chin
, and
Evan Hayes
R
RBG
NBR
BAFTA
Producers:
Julie Cohen
and
Betsy West
R
Kusama Infinity
Producers:
San Braun
,
Heather Lenz
,
Karen Johnson
, and
David Koh
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Spirit
Producer:
RaMell Ross
McQueen
BAFTA
Producers:
Ian Bonhote
and
Peter Ettedgui
Minding the Gap
Spirit
Of Fathers and Sons
Spirit
On Her Shoulders
Spirit
Shirkers
Spirit
They Shall Not Grow Old
BAFTA
Producers:
Clare Olssen
and
Peter Jackson
Three Identical Strangers
BAFTA
Producers:
Tim Wardle
,
Becky Read
, and
Grace Hughes-Hallett
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Spirit
Producer:
Morgan Neville
2015
R
Amy
NBR
BAFTA
Producers:
Asif Kapadia
and
James Gay-Rees
R
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Producers:
Justin Wilkes
,
Liz Garbus
, and
Amy Hobby
(T)error
Spirit
Cartel Land
BAFTA
Producers:
Tom Yellin
and
Matthew Heineman
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Producer:
Alex Gibney
He Named Me Malala
BAFTA
Producers:
Davis Guggenheim
,
Walter Parkes
, and
Laurie MacDonald
Heart of a Dog
Spirit
Listen to Me Marlon
BAFTA
Producers:
Stevan Riley
,
John Battsek
,
George Chignell
, and
R. J. Cutler
Meru
Spirit
Producers:
Jimmy Chin
and
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Sherpa
BAFTA
Producers:
John Smithson
,
Jennifer Peedom
, and
Bridget Ikin
The Best Of Enemies
Spirit
The Look of Silence
Spirit
The Russian Woodpecker
Spirit
2014
R
Finding Vivian Maier
BAFTA
Producers:
John Maloof
and
Charlie Siskel
20 Feet from Stardom
BAFTA
Spirit
Producers:
Caitrin Rogers
,
Gil Friesen
, and
Morgan Neville
20,000 Days on Earth
BAFTA
Spirit
Producers:
Jane Pollard
and
Iain Forsyth
Citizenfour
BAFTA
Spirit
Producers:
Laura Poitras
,
Mathilde Bonnefoy
, and
Dirk Wilutzky
Life Itself
NBR
Stray Dog
Spirit
The Kill Team
Producer:
Dan Krauss
The Overnighters
Producer:
Jesse Moss
The Salt of the Earth
Spirit
Virunga
BAFTA
Spirit
Producers:
Joanna Natasegara
and
Orlando von Einsiedel
2012
R
The Queen of Versailles
Producer:
Danielle Renfrew Behrens
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Producer:
Alison Klayman
How to Survive a Plague
Spirit
Producer:
David France
Marley
BAFTA
Producers:
Steve Bing
,
Kevin Macdonald
, and
Charles Steel
McCullin
BAFTA
Producers:
David Morris
and
Jacqui Morris
Searching for Sugar Man
NBR
BAFTA
Producers:
Malik Bendjelloul
and
Simon Chinn
The Central Park Five
Spirit
The Imposter
BAFTA
Producers:
Bart Layton
and
Dimitri Doganis
The Invisible War
Spirit
Producer:
Kirby Dick
The Waiting Room
Spirit
West of Memphis
BAFTA
Producer:
Amy J. Berg
2011
R
Hot Coffee
Producers:
Alan Oxman
and
Carly Hugo
R
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Producers:
Corinne LaPook
and
James J. Miller
An African Election
Spirit
Bill Cunningham: New York
Spirit
Producer:
Richard Press
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
BAFTA
Producers:
Nigel Sinclair
,
Olivia Harrison
, and
Martin Scorsese
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
NBR
Producers:
Joe Berlinger
and
Bruce Sinofsky
Project Nim
BAFTA
Producers:
Simon Chinn
and
James Marsh
Senna
BAFTA
Producers:
Tim Bevan
,
Manish Pandey
,
Asif Kapadia
,
Eric Fellner
, and
James Gay-Rees
The Interrupters
Spirit
Producer:
Steve James
We Were Here
Spirit
2010
R
Gasland
Producers:
Josh Fox
and
Trish Adlesic
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Producer:
Alex Gibney
Exit through the Gift Shop
Spirit
Inside Job
Producer:
Charles Ferguson
Last Train Home
Producer:
Lixin Fan
Marwencol
Spirit
Restrepo
Spirit
Producers:
Tim Hetherington
and
Sebastian Junger
Sweetgrass
Spirit
Thunder Soul
Spirit
Waiting for "Superman"
NBR
Producer:
Davis Guggenheim
2009
R
Food, Inc.
Spirit
Producers:
Robert Kenner
and
Elise Pearlstein
R
The Beaches of Agnès
Producer:
Agnès Varda
R
The Cove
NBR
Producers:
Fisher Stevens
and
Louie Psihoyos
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Spirit
Producer:
Sacha Gervasi
Garbage Dreams
Producer:
Mai Iskander
More than a Game
Spirit
October Country
Spirit
The English Surgeon
Producer:
Geoffrey Smith
Which Way Home
Spirit
2008
R
Man on Wire
NBR
Spirit
Producers:
Simon Chinn
and
James Marsh
R
Encounters at the End of the World
Spirit
Producers:
Werner Herzog
and
Henry Kaiser
At the Death House Door
Producers:
Peter Gilbert
and
Steve James
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed in the Mountains
Producer:
Gonzalo Arijón
The Betrayal
Spirit
The Judge and the General
Producers:
Elizabeth Farnsworth
and
Patricio Lanfranco
The Order of Myths
Spirit
Up the Yangtze
Spirit
Waltz with Bashir
Producer:
Ari Folman
2006
R
An Inconvenient Truth
NBR
Producer:
Davis Guggenheim
A Lion in the House
Spirit
Before Flying Back to Earth
Producer:
Arūnas Matelis
Deliver Us from Evil
Producer:
Amy J. Berg
Ici Najac, A Vous La Terre
Producer:
Jean-Henri Meunier
Iraq in Fragments
Producer:
James Longley
My Country, My Country
Spirit
The Road to Guantánamo
Spirit
The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Spirit
Workingman's Death
Producer:
Michael Glawogger
You're Gonna Miss Me
Spirit
2005
R
March of the Penguins
NBR
Producers:
Yves Darondeau
and
Luc Jacquet
Ballets Russes
NBR
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Spirit
Grizzly Man
NBR
Spirit
Producer:
Werner Herzog
La Sierra
Spirit
Mad Hot Ballroom
NBR
Murderball
NBR
Off to War: Welcome to Baghdad
Producers:
Craig Renaud
and
Brent Renaud
Romántico
Spirit
Sir! No Sir!
Spirit
The Devil's Miner
Producers:
Kief Davidson
and
Richard Ladkani
The Liberace of Baghdad
Producer:
Sean McAllister
Unknown White Male
Producer:
Rupert Murray
Hall of Fame
All-time leading nominees & winners
Davis Guggenheim
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Hall of Fame
All-time leading nominees & winners
Davis Guggenheim
1
2
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