By Ray Pride Pride@moviecitynews.com
Critics Choice Documentary Awards Debut In November
Critics’ Choice is announcing its first ever award ceremony solely dedicated to giving recognition to those in the documentary world. The “Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards” will honor the finest achievements in documentary features and non-fiction television.
On Thursday, November 3rd at BRIC in Brooklyn, NY, the “Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards” will present awards in categories including:
- Best Documentary Feature Film (Theatrical Premiere)
- Best Documentary Feature (Television Premiere)
- Best Director of a Documentary
- Best First Documentary Feature
- Best Music Documentary
- Best Sports Documentary
- Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary
- Best Limited Documentary Series for Television
- Best Ongoing Documentary Series for Television
- Best Unstructured Reality Series
- Best Song in a Documentary
- Most Innovative Documentary
- Best Investigative Journalist, and many more.
Nominees will be announced Monday, October 10. More details below.
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CRITICS’ CHOICE DOCUMENTARY AWARDS TO DEBUT
NOVEMBER 3, 2016
Inaugural Event Honoring Film and Television to be held at BRIC in Brooklyn, New York
LOS ANGELES, CA (AUGUST 1, 2016) –The first Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, honoring the finest achievements in documentary features and non-fiction television, will be presented Thursday, November 3, 2016 at BRIC in Brooklyn, New York.
The awards will be determined by qualified members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), and feature multiple categories across both television and film including:
– Best Documentary Feature Film (Theatrical Premiere)
– Best Documentary Feature (Television Premiere)
– Best Director of a Documentary
– Best First Documentary Feature
– Best Music Documentary
– Best Sports Documentary
– Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary
– Best Limited Documentary Series for Television
– Best Ongoing Documentary Series for Television
– Best Unstructured Reality Series
– Best Song in a Documentary
– Most Innovative Documentary
– Best Investigative Journalist, and many more.
Awards in the documentary field, including Best Documentary Feature and Best Unstructured Reality Show, have in the past been presented as part of the Critics’ Choice Awards broadcast.
Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association president Joey Berlin said: “To be able to shine a light on some of the most outstanding documentaries and nonfiction television programs is something we are really proud of.
“There is so much great work being done in these fields, but it is often difficult to introduce them to audiences. We believe the time has come to focus attention on these important, informative and entertaining productions, at an event dedicated solely to celebrating the positive effects these works have towards educating, inspiring and triggering social change amongst audiences.”
The nominees, selected by a committee of BFCA and BTJA members with a background and expertise in the documentary field, will be revealed on Monday, October 10, 2016, with the winners announced at an awards gala on Thursday, November 3, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York.
The Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards will be produced by Bob Bain Productions. Submissions are not required to be considered for Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards.
About CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS
The Critics’ Choice Awards are bestowed annually by the BFCA and BTJA to honor the finest in cinematic and television achievement. The BFCA is the largest film critics’ organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 300 television, radio and online critics. BFCA members are the primary source of information for today’s film-going public. BTJA is the collective voice of almost 100 journalists who regularly cover television for TV viewers, radio listeners and online audiences. Historically, the ‘Critics’ Choice Awards’ are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations.
A&E Networks will again partner with the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) as the exclusive home to the 22nd annual ‘Critics’ Choice Awards’. Accolades for the finest achievements in both movies and television will be presented as part of a three-hour ceremony on A&E.
For more information, visit: www.CriticsChoice.com