Here we give due praise to films that are commissioned, shepherded and completed with the support and partnership of filmmakers and television networks. This award celebrates those films that excel at all levels of artistic craft and the directors, producers and network creatives that make them happen. Nominees for this award were determined by a jury of film writers and critics. The previous winners in this category include The Crash Reel (2014), The Price of Gold (2015), Private Violence (2016), Making a Murderer (2017), The Keepers (2018), Baltimore Rising (2019), Leaving Neverland (2020), Welcome to Chechnya (2021), In the Same Breath (2022), Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (2023), The Stroll (2024), and Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play. (2025).
