BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
| BAFTA Award for Best Documentary | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | In recognition of the number of high-quality theatrical documentaries released in cinemas |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) |
| First awarded | 1948 |
| Official website | BAFTA Website |
This page lists the winners for the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, formerly known as the Robert Flaherty Award, for each year. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. A theatrical documentary award was presented by the Academy between 1948 and 1990. Documentaries have continued to be honoured with British Academy Television Awards since then and have been eligible in all relevant categories at the Film Awards. In 2012, the Academy re-introduced this category in recognition of the number of high-quality theatrical documentaries released in cinemas in the UK each year.[1]
Award winners
† - denotes Academy Award winner
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 1948 | Louisiana Story |
| 1949 | Daybreak in Udi † |
| 1950 | The Undefeated |
| 1951 | Beaver Valley |
| 1952 | Royal Journey |
| 1953 | The Conquest of Everest |
| 1954 | The Great Adventure (Det Stora äventyret) |
| 1955 | The Vanishing Prairie † |
| 1956 | On the Bowery |
| 1957 | Journey Into Spring |
| 1958 | Glass (Glas) † |
| 1959 | The Savage Eye |
| 1960 | Dispute |
| 1961 | Volcano (Le Rendezvous du diable) |
| 1962 | Four Line Conics |
| 1963 | Individual Honour |
| 1964 | Nobody Waved Good-bye |
| 1965 | Tokyo Olympiad |
| 1966 | Goal! The World Cup |
| 1967 | To Die in Madrid |
| 1968 | In Need of Special Care |
| 1969 | Prologue |
| 1970 | Sad Song of Yellow Skin |
| 1971 | The Hellstrom Chronicle † |
| 1972 | Cutting Oils and Fluids |
| 1973 | Grierson |
| 1974 | Cree Hunters of Mistassini |
| 1975 | The Early Americans |
| 1976 | The Canadians (Los Canadienses) |
| 1977 | |
| 1978 | The Silent Witness |
| 1979 | The Tree of Wooden Clogs |
| 1980 | |
| 1981 | Soldier Girls |
| 1982 | |
| 1983 | Schindler |
| 1984 | 28 Up |
| 1985 | Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story |
| 1986 | Shoah |
| 1987 | Baka – People of the Rainforest |
| 1988 | Death on the Rock |
| 1989 | Four Hours in My Lai |
| 2011 | Senna |
| 2012 | Searching for Sugar Man† |
| 2013 | The Act of Killing |
| 2014 | Citizenfour † |
| 2015 | Amy † |
References
- ↑ Documentary category added to Orange British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA.org. Retrieved March 13, 2012.