1st Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
{{Short description|Critics' Choice Documentary Awards 2018}}
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| number = 1
| award = Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
| date = November 3, 2016
| site = BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States
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| website = {{url|http://www.criticschoice.com}}
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| next = 2nd
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The 1st Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 3, 2016 at the BRIC House in Brooklyn, New York, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/awards/oj-made-in-america-13th-critics-choice-documentary-awards-1201908863/|title=‘O.J.: Made in America,’ ‘13th’ Top First Annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards|last=Tapley|first=Kristopher|date=November 3, 2016 |work=Variety |accessdate=November 10, 2020}} This was the inaugural ceremony for these awards, presented by the Critics Choice Association. The nominees were announced on October 10, 2016.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/13th-o-j-made-in-america-gleason-lead-nominations-for-first-annual-critics-choice-documentary-awards-1201833876/|title=’13th,’ ‘O.J.: Made In America’ & ‘Gleason’ Lead Nominations For First Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards|last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=October 10, 2016 |work=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=November 10, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/10/inaugural-critics-choice-documentary-awards-nominations-1201735025/|title=Inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards Heap Nominations on ’13th,’ ‘O.J.: Made In America’ and ‘Gleason’|last=Erbland |first=Kate|date=October 10, 2016 |work=Indiewire |accessdate=November 10, 2020}}
Winners and nominees
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valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Documentary Feature}}
| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Direction for a Documentary Feature}}
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| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Documentary Feature (TV/Streaming)}}
| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Direction (TV/Streaming)}}
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| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best First Documentary Feature}}
| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Political Documentary}} |
| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best First Feature (TV Streaming)}}
| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Limited Documentary Series}} |
| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Ongoing Documentary Series}}
| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Sports Documentary}}
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| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Music Documentary}}
| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Most Innovative Documentary}} |
| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Song in a Documentary}}
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Films by multiple nominations and wins
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The following films received multiple nominations:
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| scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film |
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| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 5 |
| 13th |
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 4
| Gleason |
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 3 |
| Life, Animated |
| Cameraperson |
| The Eagle Huntress |
| Towe |
| Weiner |
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | 2 |
| Amanda Knox |
| Rats |
| The Witness |
| Into the Inferno |
| Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures |
| The Beatles: Eight Days a Week |
| Jim: The James Foley Story |
| Miss Sharon Jones! |
| Tickled |
| Jackie Robinson |
| Fantastic Lies |
| Before the Flood |
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The following films received multiple awards:
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| scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Wins
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film |
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| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 4 |
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 3
| 13th |
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