The Grierson Trust has unveiled the shortlist for this year’s Grierson Awards, with Three Identical Strangers (pictured), Drowning in Plastic and Nadiya: Anxiety And Me, receiving multiple nominations.
The Griersons employ a two-stage judging process. Juries comprised of doc-makers, broadcasters, critics and subject experts will now review the shortlisted nominations to arrive at the final four nominations, including the winner, in each category. The 105 shortlisted films and eight presenters will now go forward to final nominations and judging, with the 47th annual awards ceremony taking place on November 14 in London.
Of the 105 projects on this year’s shortlist, the BBC came out on top with 52 entries in the running. Channel 4 follows behind with 17, Netflix has 12 projects in the running, ITV has three films listed with ITV2 making a shortlist debut alongside RT and Amazon Prime. Channel 5 has one film.
The shortlisted programs are below with credits supplied by The Grierson Trust:
Best Single Documentary – Domestic
Child of Mine
True Vision Productions for Channel 4
David Harewood: Psychosis and Me
Films of Record for BBC2
Driven: The Billy Monger Story
Oxford Scientific for BBC3
Grenfell
Minnow Films for BBC1
Gun No. 6
The Garden Productions for BBC2
Married To A Paedophile
Brinkworth Films for Channel 4
A Northern Soul
10ft Films for General theatrical release
Stabbed: Britain’s Knife Crime Crisis
Rogan Productions in association with On the Corner for BBC1
Best Single Documentary – International
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
Jerry Media, Library Films, Matte Projects & Vice Studios for Netflix
Grass is Greener
A Prophets Films Production for Netflix
Iran Unveiled: Taking on the Ayatollahs
Hardcash Productions for ITV
Knock Down The House
Knock Down The House LLC for Netflix
Letter from Masanjia
Flying Cloud Productions Inc. for Cambridge Film Festival
Storyville – Under the Wire
Arrow Media for General theatrical release
The Trial of Ratko Mladic
Sandpaper Films for BBC4
The UN Sex Abuse Scandal
Ronachan Films for Channel 4
Best Current Affairs Documentary
Escape from Dubai: The Mystery of the Missing Princess
BBC TV Current Affairs for BBC2
Fashion’s Dirty Secrets: Stacey Dooley Investigates
Hello Halo Productions for BBC1
The Hunt for Jihadi John
Nutopia for Channel 4
Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network
Firecrest Films for Channel 4
Iraq: A State of Mind
Namak Khoshnaw for BBC Arabic
One Day In Gaza
BBC TV Current Affairs for BBC2
The UN Sex Abuse Scandal
Ronachan Films for Channel 4
Undercover Hospital Abuse Exposed
BBC Panorama for BBC1
Best Arts or Music Documentary
Angela Carter: Of Wolves and Women
BBC Studios for BBC2
Black Hollywood: ‘They’ve Gotta Have Us’ – Episode 1
AFL Films for BBC2
The Football Club: Artist in Residence
Story Vault for Channel 4
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
Parkwood Entertainment for Netflix
The Price of Everything
Nathaniel Kahn for General theatrical release
Quincy
Le Train Train, Bob’s Your Uncle & Tribeca Production for Netflix
Super Kids: Breaking Away from Care
Expectation Entertainment for Channel 4
World’s Tiniest Masterpieces
Yeti Television for Channel 4
Best Historical Documentary
Before Grenfell: A Hidden History
Blast! Films for BBC2
A Dangerous Dynasty: House of Assad
72 Films for BBC2
The Last Survivors
Minnow Films for BBC2
Massacre at Ballymurphy
Awen Media for Channel 4
The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On
Vice Studios for BBC2
Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley
Brook Lapping for BBC1
Thatcher: A Very British Revolution
BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit for BBC2
The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story
Wall to Wall Media for BBC4
Best Science Documentary
Alastair Campbell: Depression and Me
Silverfish Films for BBC2
The Bleeding Edge
Shark Island Institute for Netflix
Climate Change: The Facts
BBC Studios The Science Unit & IWC Media for BBC1
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe’s Greatest Mystery
Windfall Films for BBC4
Nadiya: Anxiety and Me
Raw TV for BBC1
The Parkinson’s Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure?
Passionate Productions for BBC2
The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History
Tern Television Productions for BBC4
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
Dragonfly Film and Television for BBC2
Best Natural History Documentary
Australia: Earth’s Magical Kingdom
Oxford Scientific Films & Northern Pictures for BBC2
Cities: Nature’s New Wild
BBC Studios for BBC2
Drowning in Plastic
Raw TV for BBC1
Dynasties: Chimp
Natural History Unit/BBC Studios for BBC1
Earth From Space
BBC Studios for BBC & PBS in partnership with The Open University for BBC1
Natural World – Pangolins: The World’s Most Wanted Animal
BBC Studios for BBC2
Nature’s Turtle Nursery: Inside The Nest
Renegade Pictures (UK) for BBC4
Our Planet: Episode 2 – Frozen Worlds
Silverback Films for Netflix
Best Entertaining Documentary
24 Hours in Police Custody – The Detective and The Surgeon
The Garden Productions for Channel 4
Bros: After the Screaming Stops
Fullwell 73 for BBC4
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
Jerry Media, Library Films, Matte Projects & Vice Studios for Netflix
Harry’s Heroes: The Full English
Talkback for ITV
The Legend of Cocaine Island
A Sidestilt Production in Association with Dreamco Pictures for Netflix
Princess Margaret: The Royal Rebel
BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit for BBC2
Three Identical Strangers
Raw for General theatrical release
Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls: Making America Proud Again?
Expectation Entertainment for BBC2
Best Documentary Series
Black Lives
RT for RT
Leaving Neverland
Amos Pictures for Channel 4
Losers
Topic Studios for Netflix
Michael Palin in North Korea
ITN for Channel 5
Pistorius
Western Edge Pictures for Amazon Prime
Prison
Spring Films for Channel 4
Storyville – Reporting Trump’s First Year: The Fourth Estate
Radical Media for BBC2
Why Slavery?
The Why Foundation for BBC4
Best Constructed Documentary Series
The 1900 Island
Wildflame Productions for BBC1
60 Days on the Street
Boundless for Channel 4
The Choir: Our School by the Tower
Twenty Twenty Television for BBC2
First Dates Hotel
Twenty Twenty Television for Channel 4
The Great British School Swap
Top Hat Productions for Channel 4
Love Island
ITV Studios for ITV2
Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure
Curve Media for BBC1
Race Across the World
Studio Lambert for BBC2
Best Cinema Documentary
Children of the Snow Land
Picture on the Wall Productions & Mayfly TV for General theatrical release
Last Breath
Richard da Costa & Alex Parkinson for General theatrical release
Maiden
Alex Holmes for General theatrical release
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.
Steve Loveridge for General theatrical release
Minding The Gap
Bing Liu for General theatrical release
Shirkers
A Netflix Documentary in association with Cinereach for General theatrical release
They Shall Not Grow Old
WingNut Films for General theatrical release
Three Identical Strangers
Raw for General theatrical release
Best Documentary Short
Black Sheep
Lightbox for Sheffield Doc/Fest
Hear My Voice
Fine Point Films for BBC1 NI
La Reina
Merman for Nowness
Lessons from a School Shooting: Notes from Dunblane
K.A. Snyder Productions & Cuomo Cole Productions in association with Artemis Rising & Transform Films for Netflix
Little Miss Sumo
Walks of Life Films for London Film Festival
The Mess
Independent for Open City Doc Festival
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Supercar, Superfam – Episode 2
Transparent Television for BBC3
Zion
Bindery Films for Netflix
Best Student Documentary
Broken Skin
Lidija Burcak, Goldsmiths University of London
City of Children
Arantxa Hernández Barthe, National Film and Television School
Miu
Yaël Lotem, National Film and Television School
Ravens
Karl Forchhammer, National Film and Television School
Siân: Portrait of a Photographer
Dylan Friese-Greene, Kingston University
Street 66
Ayo Akingbade, London College of Communication
Unearthed
Banuta Kalns-Timans, University College London
Women Uprooted
Dominique De Villiers, Falmouth University
Best Documentary Presenter
AKRAM KHAN for Akram Khan: Curry House Kid
Swan Films for Channel 4
AMAR LATIF & SARA PASCOE for Travelling Blind
Spun Gold TV for BBC2
DAVID OLUSOGA for A House Through Time
Twenty Twenty Television for BBC2
DUWAYNE BROOKS for Stabbed: Britain’s Knife Crime Crisis
Rogan Productions for BBC1
LIZ BONNIN for Drowning in Plastic
Raw TV for BBC1
LOUIS THEROUX for Louis Theroux: Altered States
BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit for BBC2
NADIYA HUSSAIN for Nadiya: Anxiety and Me
Raw for BBC1
VICKY McCLURE for Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure
Curve Media for BBC1
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