Tim Wardle‘s Three Identical Strangers, Chris Smith’s Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened and ITV2′s Love Island are among the documentary and unscripted projects nominated for the Grierson Trust’s 47th annual British Documentary Awards.
The Grierson Awards celebrate the best in documentary filmmaking from Britain and abroad that have made “a significant contribution to the genre and that demonstrate quality, integrity, creativity, originality and overall excellence.” This year’s list includes 52 films across 14 categories.
British pubcaster BBC leads all networks and streaming platforms with 21 nominations broadcast across its channels. Netflix, meanwhile, follows behind with 10 nods and Channel 4 has nine. ITV and the Guardian have one apiece.
Of the 52 films, only three have been nominated in multiple categories. They include Smith’s feature-length Netflix film Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, which appears on the Best Single International and Best Entertaining lists; Wardle’s Three Identical Strangers (pictured), which makes the cut in Best Entertaining and Best Cinema categories; and the BBC1′s Stabbed: Britain’s Knife Crime Crisis from Rogan Productions, which takes nominations for the Best Single Domestic and Best Presenter (Duwayne Brooks).
“This year’s Grierson shortlists show the versatility of the documentary form with nominations covering a wide variety of subjects and styles from many different broadcasters and platforms,” said Lorraine Heggessey, chair of The Grierson Trust, in a statement. “From global names to newcomers, the Grierson Awards will be celebrating the passion and tenacity of these talented film makers.”
The 47th annual British Documentary Awards ceremony will be hosted by TV presenter Rob Rinder, taking place on Nov. 14 at Queen Elizabeth Hall in Southbank, London.
The shortlisted programs are below with credits supplied by The Grierson Trust:
BEST SINGLE DOCUMENTARY – DOMESTIC
Grenfell
Director: Ben Anthony, Minnow Films for BBC1
Gun No. 6
Director: James Newton, The Garden Productions for BBC2
Married to a Paedophile
Director: Colette Camden, Brinkworth Films for Channel 4
Stabbed: Britain’s Knife Crime Crisis
Director: Toby Trackman, Rogan Productions in association with On the Corner for BBC1
BEST SINGLE DOCUMENTARY – INTERNATIONAL
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
Director: Chris Smith, Jerry Media, Library Films, Matte Projects & Vice Studios for Netflix
Knock Down the House
Director: Rachel Lears, Knock Down the House LLC for Netflix
Storyville – The Trial of Ratko Mladic
Director/Producers: Henry Singer & Rob Miller, Sandpaper Films for BBC4
Storyville – Under the Wire
Director: Chris Martin, Arrow Media, General theatrical release
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY
Escape from Dubai: The Mystery of the Missing Princess
Director: Jane McMullen, BBC TV Current Affairs for BBC2
The Hunt for Jihadi John
Director: Anthony Wonke, Nutopia for Channel 4
Iraq: A State of Mind
Director: Namak Khoshnaw, BBC Arabic for BBC Arabic
1 Day in Gaza
Director: Olly Lambert, BBC TV Current Affairs for BBC2
BEST ARTS OR MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
Angela Carter: Of Wolves and Women
Director/Producer: Jude Ho, BBC Studios for BBC2
The Football Club: Artist in Residence
Director: Marcus Plowright, Story Vault for Channel 4
Quincy
Directors: Alan Hicks & Rashida J1s, Le Train Train, Bob’s Your Uncle, Tribeca Production for Netflix
Super Kids: Breaking Away from Care
Director: Guy King, Expectation Entertainment for Channel 4
BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
A Dangerous Dynasty: House of Assad
Director: The Production Team, 72 Films for BBC2
The Last Survivors
Director: Arthur Cary, Minnow Films for BBC2
Thatcher: A Very British Revolution
Director: The Production Team, BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit for BBC2
The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story
Director: Liza Williams, Wall to Wall Media for BBC4
BEST SCIENCE DOCUMENTARY
The Bleeding Edge
Directors: Kirby Dick, Shark Island Institute for Netflix
The Parkinson’s Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure?
Director/Producer: Jemima Harrison, Passionate Productions for BBC2
The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History
Director: Craig Collinson, Tern Television Productions for BBC4
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
Director: The Production Team, Dragonfly Film and Television for BBC2
BEST NATURAL HISTORY DOCUMENTARY
Drowning in Plastic
Director: Tom Watt-Smith, Raw TV for BBC1
Dynasties: Chimp
Director: Rosie Thomas, Natural History Unit, BBC Studios for BBC1
Natural World – Pangolins: The World’s Most Wanted Animal
Director/Producer: Victoria Bromley, BBC Studios for BBC2
Our Planet: Episode 2 – Frozen Worlds
Director: The Production Team, Silverback Films for Netflix
BEST ENTERTAINING DOCUMENTARY
Bros: After the Screaming Stops
Director: David Soutar , Fullwell 73 for BBC4
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
Director: Chris Smith, Jerry Media, Library Films, Matte Projects & Vice Studios for Netflix
The Legend of Cocaine Island
Director: Theo Love, Sidestilt Production in association with Dreamco Pictures for Netflix
Three Identical Strangers
Director: Tim Wardle, Raw for General theatrical release
BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Leaving Neverland
Director: The Production Team, Amos Pictures for Channel 4
Prison
Director: The Production Team, Spring Films for Channel 4
Storyville – Reporting Trump’s First Year: The 4th Estate
Directors: Liz Garbus & Jenny Carchman, Radical Media for BBC2
Why Slavery?
Director: The Production Team, The Why Foundation for BBC4
BEST CONSTRUCTED DOCUMENTARY SERIES
60 Days on the Streets
Director: The Production Team, Boundless & Motion Content Group for Channel 4
First Dates Hotel
Director: The Production Team, Twenty Twenty Television for Channel 4
The Great British School Swap
Director: The Production Team, Top Hat Productions for Channel 4
Love Island
Director: The Production Team, ITV Studios & Motion Content Group for ITV2
BEST CINEMA DOCUMENTARY
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
Director: Steve Loveridge, General theatrical release
Minding the Gap
Director: Bing Liu, General theatrical release
They Shall Not Grow Old
Director: Peter Jackson, WingNut Films for General theatrical release
Three Identical Strangers
Director: Tim Wardle, Raw for General theatrical release
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Black Sheep
Director: Ed Perkins, Lightbox for the Guardian
Lessons from a School Shooting: Notes from Dunblane
Director: Kim A. Snyder, K.A. Snyder Productions and Cuomo Cole Productions in association with Artemis Rising and Transform Films for Netflix
Period. End of Sentence.
Director: Rayka Zehtabchi, The Pad Project in partnership with Action India, Girls Learn International, The Feminist Majority Foundation, Oakwood School & Sikhya Entertainment for Netflix
Zion
Director: Floyd Russ, Bindery Films for Netflix
BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY
Broken Skin
Director/Producer: Lidija Burcak, Goldsmiths University of London
City of Children
Director: Arantxa Hernández Barthe, National Film and Television School
Ravens
Director: Karl Forchhammer, National Film and Television School
Siân: Portrait of a Photographer
Director/Producer: Dylan Friese-Greene, Kingston University
BEST DOCUMENTARY PRESENTER
Akram Khan for Akram Khan: Curry House Kid
Director: Nick Poyntz, Swan Films for Channel 4
Duwayne Brooks for Stabbed: Britain’s Knife Crime Crisis
Director: Toby Trackman, Rogan Productions for BBC1
Louis Theroux for Louis Theroux: Altered States
Directors: Arron Fellows, Wesley Pollitt, BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit for BBC2
Nadiya Hussain for Nadiya: Anxiety and Me
Director: Rob Farquhar, Raw TV for BBC1