“You Can See Everything,” Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim‘s phenomenally successful documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, swept the Critics Choice Association‘s documentary awards tonight, winning each of its five categories — including Best Documentary Feature. Ava DuVernay’s “14th,” which headed into 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 Music Score (Ari Balouzian).
Whether or not this is a harbinger of the film‘s Oscar chances is anybody’s guess. A24 is aggressively campaigning for “You Can See Everything” to score both Best Documentary and Best Picture nominations. If the film receives the latter, it would be the first documentary ever to do so. The CCA sweep certainly doesn’t hurt its prospects, but it’s not necessarily a predictor either — in the last 10 years, the CCA and Academy have only agreed on the best documentary twice (with “O.J.: Made in America” and “Summer of Soul”).
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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 Biographical Documentary. John Wilson scored an award for Best Narration for his work as writer and performer on “A History of Concrete,” and Baz Luhrmann’s maximalist “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” won Best Music Documentary.
The movie currently favored by many awards season pundits to take home the Best Documentary Oscar, “Naza,” won Best Political Documentary, and Best Science/Nature Documentary went to “Nuisance Bear.” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s widely acclaimed “Everest: The Other Side” was awarded Best Sports Documentary.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“You Can See Everything” (A24)
BEST DIRECTOR
Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim – “You Can See Everything” (A24)
BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
David Greaves – “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” (Neon)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
David Bolen – “You Can See Everything” (A24)
BEST EDITING
Adam Locke-Norton – “You Can See Everything” (A24)
BEST NARRATION
“The History of Concrete” (Magnolia Pictures)
Written and Performed by John Wilson
BEST SCORE
Ari Balouzian – “You Can See Everything” (A24)
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
“EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” (Neon)
BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
“NAZA” (Neon)
BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
“Once Upon a Time in Harlem” (Neon)
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY
“Musk” (Bleecker Street)
BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY
“Once Upon a Time in Harlem” (Neon)
BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY
“Nuisance Bear” (Mubi)
BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
“Everest: The Other Side” (National Geographic Documentary Films)
BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY (TIE)
“The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare” (Netflix)
“Lost Women of Alaska” (Investigation Discovery)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
“The Baddest Speechwriter of All” (Netflix)
BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“Lion” (National Geographic)
BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“30 for 30” (ESPN)