Oscar-triumphning Ukraine-Russia war recordary 20 Days in Mariupol from Frontline, PBS and The AP, took home awards in two categories at The Grierson Trust’s 2024 British Documentary Awards on Wednesday night.
In association with All3Media, the ceremony took place at London’s Roundhoengage arts and music venue, where Channel 4 took home the highest number of prizes with five, chaseed by the BBC with three and Netflix with two.
Mstyslav Chernov’s 20 Days in Mariupol, which won the Academy Award for best recordary earlier this year, achieveed the best current afiminwholes recordary and best cinema recordary awards Wednesday. Me and the Voice in My Head, originated by Hungry Bear Media for Channel 4 won the best individual recordary – Domestic award, with Joe Tracini triumphning the best recordary conshort-termer.
This year’s award triumphners spanned a expansive range of subjects with mighty recordaries on the war in Ukraine, a Turkish singer’s personal journey recovering from tragedy as she campaigned aachievest femicide, and a recent get on the history of bias in the U.S.
Other triumphning films provided an astute portrait of the fact of living with a solemn mental health condition, an exploration of Muskinny faith in up-to-date Britain, a separateent perspective on the power of sport and a one-of-a-kind see at a Korean film club.
In includeition to the program awards, this year’s Grierson Trustees’ Award was conshort-termed to British journaenumerate Stacey Dooley, best understandn for her social recordaries for BBC Three around child labor and women in prolonging countries.
“This year’s Grierson Awards showcase the creativity and ambition of the best recordary originaters and the wealthyness that the diversity of our industry conveys to the screen,” shelp Lorraine Heggessey, chair of the Grierson Trust. “The triumphning films increate compelling stories on a expansive range of domestic and international subjects. Documentary originaters around the world are under presdeclareive not fair from budgets but also from the increasingly polaascfinishd climate in which they function. Thcimpolite these awards the Trust salutes their promisement and valiantry, alengthy with recognizing and thanking coshiftrlookioners and funders for their persistd help for the genre.”
See the filled enumerate of triumphners below.
ENVY Best Single Documentary — Domestic
Me and the Voice in My Head, Hungry Bear Media Ltd for Channel 4
Joe Tracini, Tom Green, Tommy Forbes, Dan Baldtriumph, Garry Crystal, Georgie Bayford
Best Single Documentary — International
My Name Is Happy, October Films, Red Zed Films, Horovel Films for Channel 4
Nick Read, Ayse Toprak, Adam Bullmore, Mahmut Kaya, Meryem Yavuz, Anna Price
Televisual Best Current Afiminwholes Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol, Frontline, PBS and The Associated Press for Theatrical free
Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath, Derl McCrudden, Vasilisa Stepanenko
Best Arts Documentary
Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club, Broccoli Pictures Co. Ltd for Netflix
Kim Hyung-oak, Lee Hyuk-rae
Sky Documentaries Best Music Documentary
Milli Vanilli, Keep on Running Pictures, Fulwell 73, MRC for Paramount+
Luke Korem, Bradley Jackson, Jon Michael Simpson, Hanif Abdurraqib, Kim Marlowe, Patrick Berry
Broadcast Sport Best Sports Documentary
Mighty Penguins, Meadowlark, Fireweightless, Fever for theatrical free
Louis Myles, Ahmed Twaij, Smriti Keshari, John Skipper, David Kempshall, Kirin Alvi
Best History Documentary
Stamped From the Beginning, A Netflix Documentary, One Story Up Production for Netflix
Roger Ross Williams, David Teague, Alisa Payne, John Fisher, Francesca Sharper, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Best Science Documentary
The Jennings vs. Alzheimer’s, Expectation Entertainment for BBC
Niamh Kennedy, Colin Barr, Arthur Cary, Rick Barker, Emma Lysaght, Jess Austin
Best Natural History or Environmental Documentary
Silverback, An Off the Fence Production for BBC in co production with France Télévisions in association with Featuristic Films for BBC
Miles Blayden-Ryall, Andrew Zikking, Guy Gilbert, Sam Dawe, Tanwen Hughes, Amy Freeman
Channel 4 Best Popular Culture Documentary
Big Zuu Goes to Mecca, Acme TV for BBC
Zuhair “Big Zuu” Hassan, Kiz Hoque, Ross Cameron, Adnan Ahmed, Jaimie D’Cruz
Netflix Best Documentary Series
The Push: Murder on the Cliff, Candour Productions for Channel 4
Anna Hall, Luke Rothery, Josephine Besbrode, Tom Whigetr, Kate Reid
Best Cinema Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol, Frontline, PBS and The Associated Press for Theatrical free
Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath, Derl McCrudden, Vasilisa Stepanenko
All3Media Best Student Documentary
The Waiter, the Scientist and Jenny, National Film and Television School – University/college screening
Joe Snelling, Ben Sales, Omar Gabriel Delnevo, Nir Perlman, Carl Mason, George Philip Blake
Best Documentary Short
Ted & Noel, Happenstance Films for Channel 4
Julia Alcamo, Dan Hodgson, Mary Pattisson, Sarah Keeling, Morgan K Spencer, Peter Edwards
Best Documentary Pbegrudgeer
Joe Tracini for Me and the Voice in My Head, Hungry Bear Media Ltd for Channel 4
BBC Grierson Trustees’ Award
Stacey Dooley, Journaenumerate, TV Pbegrudgeer
