The Holiday Season yielded a sled full of year-end honors and kudos that we've been tracking. The Cove and Anvil! The Story of Anvil are leading the pack with the critics, with The Beaches of Agnès, Food, Inc. and Capitalism: A Love Story making strong showing as well. For recaps...

December 15-21, 2009

December 10-14, 2009

December 2-9,-2009

November-14-December 1, 2009

1)   Awards

Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking
Cinema Eye Legacy Award: Sherman's March (Dir.: Ross McElwee; 1986)

Florida Film Critics
Best Documentary: The Cove (Dir.: Louis Psihoyos)

IndieWire--Best of the Decade
Although indieWIRE's comprehensive critics survey of Best Films of the Decade doesn't break down the best documentaries of the decade, several documentaries figure on the list. What follows are the top ten documentaries on that list, with their respective place on the overall list in parentheses:

1) Los Angeles Plays Itself (21; Dir.: Thom Andersen)
2) Grizzly Man (24; Dir.: Werner Herzog)
3) The Fog of War (38; Dir.: Errol Morris)
4) Capturing The Friedmans (38; Dir.: Andrew Jarecki)
5) Iraq in Fragments (41; Dir.: James Longley)
6) My Winnipeg (44; Dir.: Guy Maddin)
7) Waltz with Bashir (46; Dir.: Ari Folman)
8) Darwin's Nightmare (49; Dir.: Hubert Sauper)
9) Up the Yangtze (51; Dir.: Yung Chang)
10) Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple (52; Dir.: Stanley Nelson)

indieWire Critics Survey:
Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Dir.: Sacha Gervasi)

National Society of Film Critics
Best Nonfiction Film: The Beaches of Agnès (Dir.: Agnès Varda)

Online Film Critics Society
Best Documentary--Nominees:
Anvil!: The Story of Anvil (Dir.: Sacha Gervasi)
The Beaches of Agnès (Dir.: Agnès Varda)
Capitalism: A Love Story (Dir.: Michael Moore)
The Cove (Dir.: Louis Psihoyos)
Food, Inc. (Dir.: Robert Kenner)

Phoenix Film Critics Society
Best Documentary: Capitalism: A Love Story (Dir.: Michael Moore)

Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards--Nominees
Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Burma VJ (Prod.: Lise Lense-Moller)
The Cove (Prods.: Paula DuPre Pesman, Fisher Stevens)
Sergio (Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination)
Soundtrack for a Revolution (Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination)

St. Louis Film Critics
Best Documentary: Capitalism: A Love Story (Dir.: Michael Moore)
Runner-up: Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Dir.: Sacha Gervasi)

2) Festivals

Festival On Wheels (Turkey)
Silver Bull Award--Runner-up: On the Way to School (Dirs.: Orhan Eskiköy, Özgür Doğan)