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From Davis Guggenheim's 'An Inconvenient Truth,' one of the most honored documentaries of 2006.
Crix Pix, Honors and Nods
March/April 2007


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Can't figure out what to add to your Netflix queue? To complement the Oscars nods, we've rounded up a list of honors and critics picks for 2006 in case you need a few suggestions.

 

American Cinema Editors

-Best Edited Documentary--Nominees: An Inconvenient Truth (Jay Cassidy, ACE, and Dan Swietlik); Baghdad ER (Patrick McMahon, ACE, and Carrie Goldman); When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, part one (Samuel D. Pollard)

 

Boston Film Critics Association

-Best Documentary:    Tie: Deliver Us From Evil (Amy Berg) and Shut Up & Sing (Barbara Kopple and Celia Peck)

 

Broadcast Film Critics Association

-Best Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)

 

Chicago Film Critics Association

-Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)

 

European Film Awards

-Prix Arte--Documentary: Into Great Silence (Philip Gröning)

 

Film Independent Spirit Awards

-Best Documentary nominees: A Lion in the House (Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert); My Country, My Country (Laura Poitras); The Road to Guantanamo (Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross); The Trials of Darryl Hunt (Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg); You're Gonna Miss Me (Keven McAlester)

-Axium Truer Than Fiction Award nominees: Adele Horne for The Tailenders, Eric Daniel Metzgar for The Chances of the World Changing, AJ Schnack for Kurt Cobain About a Son

 

IFP Gotham Awards

-Best Documentary: Iraq in Fragments (James Longley)

 

IndieWIRE Critics Poll

-Best Documentary: Iraq in Fragments (James Longley)

 

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

-Documentary/Non-Fiction Film winner: An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim); Runner Up: Darwin's Nightmare (Hubert Sauper)

-Special Citation: Jonas Mekas for his contributions to American film culture as filmmaker, critic and co-founder of Anthology Film Archives.

 

National Board of Review

-Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)

-Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing: Jonathan Demme

National Society of Film Critics

-Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)

 

New York Film Critics Circle

-Best Documentary: Deliver Us From Evil (Amy Berg)

 

Online Film Critics Society

-Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)

 

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

-Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)

 

Southeastern Film Critics Association

-Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)

-Wyatt Award--for the film that best captures the "spirit of the South": Shut Up & Sing (Barbara Kopple and Celia Peck)

 

Toronto Film Critics Association

-Best Documentary: Manufactured Landscapes (Jennifer Baichwal)

 

Washington, DC Film Critics Association

-Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)

 

Writers Guild of America, west

-Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Writing for the Screen--Nominees: Deliver Us From Evil (Amy Berg); The Heart of the Game (Ward Serrill); Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (Story by Mark Monroe and John Dower, Screenplay by Mark Monroe); Who Killed The Electric Car? (Chris Paine); Why We Fight (Eugene Jarecki)