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
editThis award had been given since 1988. The award is also known as Best Documentary/Non-Fiction film.[citation needed]
Winners
edit1980s
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 |
| 2025 | My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow | Julia Loktev[7] |
Multiple wins
edit- Agnes Varda - 3 (one co-win)
- Werner Herzog - 2
- Laura Poitras - 2
See also
editReferences
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
- ↑ Thomas, Carly (2025-12-08). "LAFCA Awards: 'One Battle After Another' Wins Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-12-08.