The 2006 Nonfiction Feature Honor Roll - Updated

With the announcement that the National Society of Film Critics have chosen An Inconvenient Truth for Best Documentary of 2006, it's time to update the Nonfiction Feature Honor Roll.  Since we last visited, the Al Gore global warming warning has picked up nearly a dozen critics prizes, earning a near sweep.  Only New York (Deliver Us From Evil), Boston (tie between Deliver Us and Shut Up & Sing), San Diego (Shut Up & Sing), Austin (This Film Is Not Yet Rated) and Toronto (Manufactured Landscapes) failed to jump on the Davis Guggenheim bandwagon.  (More on the strange universal love for Truth in a later blog post.)

Meanwhile, James Longley's Iraq in Fragments was the winner, by a wide margin, of the first annual indieWIRE Critics Poll, borne out of the ashes of the Village Voice's now-deceased film poll, and placed second to 2005's Darwin's Nightmare in the first annual LA Weekly Critics Poll.

With just a week left to vote for this year's Oscar nominees, a quick glance of the chart will show that An Inconvenient Truth, Deliver Us From Evil, Iraq in Fragments, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple and Shut Up & Sing are leading the end-of-year honors, with Truth handily out in front.   All five films are shortlisted for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.

Now, the updated list:

The 2006 Nonfiction Feature Honor Roll

49 UP
New York Film Critics - Best Documentary Runner-up

51 BIRCH STREET
Boston Film Critics - Best Documentary Runner-up
National Board of Review - Top 5 Documentaries

BLINDSIGHT
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist

BORAT
New York Film Critics - Best Documentary Runner-up

CAN MR. SMITH GET TO WASHINGTON ANYMORE?
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist
IDA Awards - Best Documentary Finalist

THE CHANCES OF THE WORLD CHANGING
Independent Spirit Awards - Truer Than Fiction Award Nominee

DARWIN’S NIGHTMARE
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Documentary Runner-up
LA Weekly Critics Poll - Best Documentary Winner

DELIVER US FROM EVIL
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist
IDA Awards - Best Documentary Finalist
Gotham Award - Best Documentary Nominee
National Society of Film Critics - Best Documentary Runner-Up
New York Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
Boston Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner (tie)
Chicago Film Critics - Best Documentary Nominee
Toronto Film Critics - Best Documentary Nominee
International Press Academy Satellite Awards - Best Documentary Winner

FOLLOWING SEAN
Gotham Award - Best Documentary Nominee

THE GREAT HAPPINESS SPACE: TALE OF AN OSAKA LOVE THIEF
IDA Awards - Documentary Shortlist

THE GROUND TRUTH
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist

ICI NAJAC A VOUS LA TERRE
IDA Awards - Documentary Shortlist

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist
IDA Awards - Pare Lorentz Award Winner
Gotham Award - Best Documentary Nominee
National Society of Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
New York Film Critics - Best Documentary Runner-up
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
Chicago Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
San Francisco Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
Washington DC Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
Toronto Film Critics - Best Documentary Nominee
Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
Las Vegas Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
Phoenix Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
Florida Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
Kansas City Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
Oklahoma Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
Utah Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
Southeastern Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner
New York Film Critics Online - Best Documentary Winner
National Board of Review - Best Documentary Winner
Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Documentary Nominee
International Press Academy Satellite Awards - Best Documentary Nominee

IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist
IDA Awards - Best Documentary Winner
Gotham Award - Best Documentary Winner
indieWIRE Critics Poll - Best Documentary Winner
National Board of Review - Top 5 Documentaries

JESUS CAMP
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist
Chicago Film Critics - Best Documentary Nominee

JONESTOWN: THE LIFE & DEATH OF PEOPLES TEMPLE
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist
IDA Awards - ABCNews VideoSource Award Winner
Gotham Award - Best Documentary Nominee
International Press Academy Satellite Awards - Best Documentary Nominee

KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON
Independent Spirit Awards - Truer Than Fiction Award Nominee

A LION IN THE HOUSE
Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Nominee

MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES
Toronto Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner

MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist
Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Nominee

THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO
Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Nominee

SHOWBUSINESS: A SEASON TO REMEMBER
IDA Awards - Best Documentary Finalist

SHUT UP & SING
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist
National Society of Film Critics - Best Documentary Runner-Up
Chicago Film Critics - Best Documentary Nominee
Boston Film Critics - Best Documentary Winner (tie)
San Diego Film Critics - Best Documentary WInner
Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Documentary Nominee
National Board of Review - Top 5 Documentaries

SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS
IDA Awards - Best Documentary Finalist

SISTERS IN LAW
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist

STORM OF EMOTIONS
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist

THE TAILENDERS
Independent Spirit Awards - Truer Than Fiction Award Nominee

THIN
IDA Awards - Documentary Shortlist

THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED
Austin Film Critics Awards - Best Documentary Winner
Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Documentary Nominee

THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist
Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Nominee

AN UNREASONABLE MAN
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist

THE US VS. JOHN LENNON
International Press Academy Satellite Awards - Best Documentary Nominee

VIEW FROM A GRAIN OF SAND
IDA Awards - Documentary Shortlist

THE WAR TAPES
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences - Documentary Shortlist
International Press Academy Satellite Awards - Best Documentary Nominee

WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Documentary Nominee

WORDPLAY
Chicago Film Critics - Best Documentary Nominee
Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Documentary Nominee
National Board of Review - Top 5 Documentaries

WORKINGMAN’S DEATH
IDA Awards - Documentary Shortlist

YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME
Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Nominee

Comments

[Sam]

I never realised that they was that many awards! surely - with that many film awards avaliable - every movie should get at least 1 award!

[Bill]

Keep a good work man!