“You Can See Everything,” Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s hit documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, swept the Critics Choice documentary awards tonight, winning each of its five categories – including best documentary feature. Ava DuVernay’s “14th,” which entered the night with the most nominations (six), went home empty-handed.
In addition to the top prize, “You Can See Everything” won Best Director (Fielder and Oppenheimer), Best Cinematography (David Bolen), Best Editing (Adam Locke-Norton), and Best Musical Score (Ari Balouzian).
Whether or not this is anyone’s guess. The A24 is campaigning hard for “You Can See Everything” to be nominated for both Best Documentary and Best Picture. If the film gets the latter, it would be the first documentary ever to do so. The CCA sweep certainly doesn’t hurt its prospects, but it’s hardly a prediction either — in the past 10 years, the CCA and the Academy have only agreed on best documentary twice (with “OJ: Made in America” and “Summer of Soul”).
Other winners tonight included David Greaves’ “Once Upon a Time in Harlem,” which took home awards for best first documentary feature, best historical documentary and best archival documentary, and Alex Gibney’s four-hour “Musk,” which won best documentary. John Wilson won Best Documentary for his work as a writer and performer on “A History of Concrete,” while record-breaking musician Baz Luhrmann’s “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” won Best Music Documentary Program.
The current favorite of the awards season is the Oscar for Best Documentary, “Naza”, which won Best Political Documentary, and Best Science/Nature Documentary to “Nuisance Bear”. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s acclaimed “Everest: The Other Side” won Best Sports Documentary.
BEST BUSINESS
“You see everything” (A24)
BEST GUIDE
Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim – “You See Everything” (A24)
BEST FIRST MUSICIAN
David Greaves – “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” (Neon)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
David Bolen – “You See Everything” (A24)
BEST HOLIDAYS
Adam Locke-Norton – “You See Everything” (A24)
BEST INTERPRETATION
“Concrete History” (Magnolia Pictures)
Written and performed by John Wilson
BEST SCORE
Ari Balouzian – “You See Everything” (A24)
BEST SONG
“EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” (Neon)
BEST POLISH SONG
“NAZA” (Neon)
THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND
“Once Upon a Time in Harlem” (Neon)
THE BEST BIOGRAPHICAL STORY
“Musk” (Bleecker Street)
THE STORY OF KAEL
“Once Upon a Time in Harlem” (Neon)
BEST KNOWLEDGE/NATURAL
“The Bears of Crisis” (Mubi)
SPIRITUAL STORIES
“Everest: The Other Side” (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Best True Crime Document (TIE)
“Massacre Idaho: The College Nightmare” (Netflix)
“The Lost Women of Alaska” (Search Search)
THE BEST STORY
“The Worst Voiceover Writer Ever” (Netflix)
BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“Lion” (National Geographic)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES CONTINUED
“30 for 30” (ESPN)