You can see everything won everything it was nominated for at the 2026 Critics Choice Documentary Awards.
The animated Elizabeth Holmes documentary, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, won all five awards it was nominated for on Sunday. The sweep marks the latest triumph for the A24 film and the first major award for the project, which debuted a little more than two months ago with a surprise screening in Telluride. It then received a high-profile screening at the New York Film Festival as anticipation grew for the documentary ahead of its October 16 theatrical release.
Since its theatrical release, You can see everything grossed nearly $80 million at the domestic box office, making it one of the highest-grossing documentaries of all time, behind Fahrenheit 9/11 And Everest at the national level. Global, You can see everything is a little further down the list of all-time box office performers, but the film has still not been released in many overseas territories.
In addition to an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, it was speculated that You can see everything could land nominations for Best Picture and Supporting Actress.
At the Critics Choice Documentary Awards, in addition to winning Best Documentary Feature, You can see everything won Best Director (Fielder and Oppenheim), Best Cinematography (David Bolen), Best Editing (Adam Locke-Norton) and Best Score (Ari Balouzian).
Five-time nominated fellow Once upon a time in Harlem also won several awards, three, while Ava DuVernay’s 14thwho went into the awards with six nominations in the lead, was excluded.
Harmful bearwho likes You can see everything And Once upon a time in Harlem was nominated for five awards and won Best Science/Nature Documentary.
Other notable winners include four-time nominee John Wilson The history of concrete, Everest: The Other Side, EPIC: Elvis Presley in concert And Lion as well as triple nominees MuskAlex Gibney’s four-hour examination of Elon Musk, which won best biographical drama and a controversial documentary about the Israel-Gaza war, NAZAwhich won the award for best political drama.
Elsewhere at the 11th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards, hosted by Ross Mathews of New York’s Edison Ballroom, Ron Howard received the Critics Choice Impact Award and Jehane Noujaim received the Pennebaker Award for Lifetime Achievement.
“This year’s winners reflect the extraordinary creativity, ambition and innovation shaping documentary filmmaking today,” Christopher Campbell, Critics Choice Association vice president of documentary, said in a statement. “From bold new narrative approaches that have expanded the reach of nonfiction films and attracted new audiences to the genre, to filmmakers tackling pressing political and social issues, to those returning to compelling stories to explore them in greater depth, this year’s nominees demonstrate the limitless possibilities of the documentary form. We are thrilled to celebrate the remarkable talent and diverse perspectives that continue to shape the exciting future of documentary filmmaking.”
A full list of this year’s winners follows.
Best Documentary Feature
14 (Netflix)
Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Everybody in Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)
The Story of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)
Musk (Bleecker Street)
NAZA (The Guardian / mk2 films)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)
Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)
Remake (Music Box Movies)
You Can See Everything (A24) (WINNER)
Best Director
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor – NAZA (The Guardian / mk2 films)
Felipe Bustos Sierra – Everybody on Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)
Ava DuVernay – 14th (Netflix)
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim – You Can See It All (A24) (WINNER)
Ross McElwee – Remake (Music Box Films)
Orlando von Einsiedel – The Cycle of Love (Variance Films)
Best First Feature Documentary
David Greaves – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon) (WINNER)
Baz Luhrmann – EPiC: Elvis Presley in concert (Neon)
Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Mubi)
Xander Robin – The Hunt for Pythons (Oscilloscope Labs)
Poh Si Teng – American Doctor (Watermelon Pictures)
John Wilson – The Story of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)
Best Cinematography
David Bolen – You Can See Everything (A24) (WINNER)
David Bolen and Matt Clegg – Hunting the Pythons (Oscilloscope Labs)
Sophie Darlington – Lion (National Geographic)
Franklin Dow – The Cycle of Love (Variance Films)
Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Mubi)
Clair Popkin, Jimmy Chin, Christopher Murphy – Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Best editing
Spencer Averick – 14th (Netflix)
Anne de Mare & Lynn True – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)
Adam Locke-Norton – You Can See Everything (A24) (WINNER)
Colin Monie – Everybody in Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)
Jonathan Redmond – EPiC: Elvis Presley in concert (Neon)
Cori Wapnowska – The Story of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)
Best Storytelling
The AI Doc: or how I became an apocaloptimist (Focus Features)
Written by Daniel Roher and Caroline Lindy
Performed by Daniel Roher and Caroline Lindy
The Story of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures) (WINNER)
Written by John Wilson
Performed by John Wilson
Lorne (Main features)
Written by Morgan Neville, Alan Lowe, Jake Hostetter
Performed by Chris Parnell
Nuisance bear (Mubi)
Written by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons
Performed by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons
Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)
Written by Pegah Ahangarani
Performed by Pegah Ahangarani
Remake (Music Box Movies)
Written by Ross McElwee
Performed by Ross McElwee
Best musical score
Ari Balouzian – You Can See Everything (A24) (WINNER)
Dan Deacon – Time and Water (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Caroline Ho – Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Jason Moran – 14th (Netflix)
Cristóbal Tapia de Veer – Harmful Bear (Mubi)
Hans Zimmer, Niccolò Pacella, George Hutson Warren – Lion (National Geographic)
Best Music Documentary
Earth, Wind and Fire (Heavenly Being Against It’s the Weight of the World) (HBO Max)
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon) (WINNER)
The Man on the Run (Amazon MGM Studios)
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Peter Asher: Man Everywhere (Greenwich Entertainment)
Sara Bareilles: Good Grief (Group Effort Films / Naked Edge Films)
Best political documentary
14 (Netflix)
American Doctor (Watermelon Pictures)
Ask E. Jean (Abramorama)
Everybody in Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)
Musk (Bleecker Street)
NAZA (The Guardian / mk2 films) (WINNER)
Union Town (Cabin Creek Films)
Best historical documentary
14 (Netflix)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon) (WINNER)
Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)
SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of (Netflix)
Soul Patrol (Kino Lorber)
Turning point: Generation 9/11 (Netflix)
Best biographical documentary
Avedon (Netflix)
Jean-Michel Basquiat (Netflix)
Lorne (Main features)
Marty, Life is Short (Netflix)
Mel Brooks: the 99-year-old man! (HBO Max)
Musk (Bleecker Street) (WINNER)
Best Archival Documentary
EPiC: Elvis Presley in concert (Neon)
Making Marie Antoinette (Mubi)
The Man on the Run (Amazon MGM Studios)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon) (WINNER)
Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)
Remake (Music Box Movies)
Best science/nature documentary
The AI Doc: or how I became an apocaloptimist (Focus Features)
Ghost Elephants (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Lion (National Geographic)
Nuisance Bear (Mubi) (WINNER)
The secrets of bees (National Geographic)
Time and Water (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Best sports documentary
The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Apple TV)
Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films) (WINNER)
Give me the ball! (ESPN)
Rafa (Netflix)
Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Tyson (Netflix)
Best True Crime Documentary
Baby doe (narrative distribution)
Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story (Dark Star Pictures)
The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (Netflix) (WINNER – TIE)
A Killer Story (HBO Max)
Lost Women of Alaska (Investigation Discovery) (WINNER – TIE)
Murder in Glitterball City (HBO Max)
Best Documentary Short Film
The Worst Speechwriter of All (Netflix) (WINNER)
A derailment (POV)
Climbing (Bonfire Films)
Miller Night Football (HBO Max)
Oh whale (The New Yorker / Switchboard Magazine)
The Second Life of Freddie Nole (Sweet World Films)
A short documentary on a giant pencil (archilux)
They are here (Praxis Films)
Best Limited Documentary Series
September 11: Reunited (National Geographic)
The Dark Wizard (HBO Max)
The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Apple TV)
High Horse: The Black Cowboy (Peacock)
Lion (National Geographic) (WINNER)
The Man Will Burn (HBO Max)
Rafa (Netflix)
Best current documentary series
30 for 30 (ESPN) (WINNER)
American Masters (PBS)
America’s Sweethearts: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix)
The Food That Built America (History)
Dangerous History with Henry Winkler (History)
Independent lens (PBS)
Unreleased (Netflix)
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