The Grierson Trust, in association with All3Media, has announced the final nominations for the 2024 British Documentary Awards, which will take place at Roundhouse in Camden, London, on November 6. Among the most nominated companies, the BBC received 16 nominations, while Channel 4 obtained 12, and Netflix landed 11.
Four nominations went to Sky Documentaries; Paramount+ took two; and Disney+, ITV, National Geographic, Prime Video and Sky Nature got one each. Hungry Bear Media’s “Me and the Voice in My Head” is nominated for three awards: best science documentary, best single documentary—domestic and best documentary presenter.
Two production companies received three nominations. Mindhouse titles are nominated across three categories: “Lockerbie” (best documentary series), “Louis Theroux Interviews: Pete Doherty” (best music documentary) and “The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth” (best history documentary).
This year’s awards include a new category, best popular culture documentary depicting people, events, movements or trends that have had a major impact on popular culture in recent years. The nominations are “Arena–Being Kae Tempest,” “Big Zuu Goes to Mecca,” “Spacey Unmasked” and “Milli Vanilli,” which is also nominated in the best music documentary category.
The 2024 best documentary presenter nominations recognize the achievements of four diverse newcomers to the genre who each delivered powerful personal journeys and investigations. They include Joe Tracini for “Me and the Voice in My Head,” Nadifa Mohamed for “Britain’s Human Zoos,” Rose Ayling-Ellis for “Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change,” and Zuhair ‘Big Zuu’ Hassan for “Big Zuu Goes to Mecca.”
Netflix’s “American Nightmare,” which came seventh in the streamer’s most-watched shows of the first half of 2024, is up against Channel 4 double “Evacuation” and “The Push: Murder on the Cliff,” along with Sky’s “Lockerbie,” in the Best Documentary Series category.
Other high-profile projects in the running include two nods for Oscar-winner “20 Days in Mariupol,” for Best Cinema Documentary and Best Current Affairs Documentary. Prime Video’s “Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything” is up against Netflix/A24’s “The Deepest Breath” in the competitive Best Sports Documentary category.
Lorraine Heggessey, chair of The Grierson Trust, commented: “This year’s nominees reflect the incredible depth of talent in documentary filmmaking, and especially the new, diverse voices on and off-screen breaking through to tell stories from different perspectives, which really captivate viewers on all channels and platforms. Our jurors were so impressed with the range and quality of the entries which demonstrate once again the creativity that we all must continue to nurture and celebrate during these challenging times for our industry.”
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