It earned a well-deserved Academy Award nomination, and won the award for Best Documentary at Sundance.

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That 2006 film became one of the highest-grossing documentaries in history, and won the Academy Award for best documentary.

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She won the award for best documentary in the short subject category for her film Saving Face, about acid attacks on women.

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On Monday night, I had a chance to attend a screening of Saving Face, the film that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short last month.

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Alex Gibney, meanwhile, received the best documentary award for Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, a hard-hitting exploration of sexual abuse within the Catholic church.

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Winner of the 2009 Bayeux Award for War Reporting in the Best TV Documentary category.

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The Grierson Award will be given to the best documentary while the inaugural best British newcomer award for writers, producers and directors will also be presented at the ceremony, which will be hosted by Paul Gambaccini.

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This year, I felt certain the race for the Best Documentary Feature award was between two exceptional films that were of great relevance, great emotional impact, and all-around superb filmmaking.

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For five years from 1983, he worked on the weekly radio documentary programme File on 4, winning numerous awards and commendations including the Sony Award for best current affairs programme for his coverage of the political unrest in South Africa.

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