Our top award celebrates the highest dedication to excellence in nonfiction filmmaking across all fields of craft and artistry. Previous winners in this category are Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) (2008), Man on Wire (2009), The Cove (2010), Exit Through the Gift Shop (2011), The Interrupters (2012), 5 Broken Cameras (2013), The Act of Killing (2014), Citizenfour (2015), The Look of Silence (2016), Cameraperson (2017), Strong Island (2018), Hale County This Morning This Evening (2019), American Factory (2020), Collective (2021), Flee (2022), All That Breathes (2023), 32 Sounds (2024) and No Other Land (2025). The nominees in this category are the entire creative team.
