In addition to the
Oscars,
Independent Spirit Awards,
Gotham Awards and
Cinema Eye Honors, there are dozens of professional associations and film critics groups that present annual awards for best documentary feature and/or for excellence in the various skills and crafts associated with documentary filmmaking. Here, in alphabetical order, is a list of the awards presented for documentaries that were released during 2011:
- Alliance of Women Film Journalists - Buck
- Austin Film Critics Association - Best Documentary: Senna
- Black Film Critics Circle - Best Documentary: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
- Boston Film Critics - Best Documentary: Project Nim - Directed by James Marsh
- British Independent Film Awards - Best Documentary: Senna - Directed by Asif Kapadia
- Broadcast Film Critics Association - Critics Choice Movie Award For Best Documentary: George Harrison: Living in the Material World - Directed by Martin Scorsese
- Chicago Film Critics Awards - Best Documentary: The Interrupters - Directed by Steve James
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association - Best Documentary: Cave of Forgotten Dreams - Directed by Werner Herzog
- Detroit Film Critics - Not yet announced
- Dublin Film Critics - Best Documentary: Senna - Directed by Asif Kapadia
- European Film Awards - European Film Academy Documentary: Pina - Directed by Wim Wenders
- Florida Film Critics Awards - Best Documentary: Project Nim - Directed by James Marsh
- Houston Film Critics - Best Documentary: Project Nim - Directed by James Marsh
- Indiana Film Critics Awards - Best Documentary: Project Nim - Directed by James Marsh
- IDA Awards - Best Feature: Nostalgia For The Light - Directed by Patricio Guzman (see the complete list)
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Documentary: Project Nim - Directed by James Marsh
- London Film Critics Awards - Not yet announced
- Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Documentary/Nonfiction: Cave of Forgotten Dreams - Runner-Up: The Arbor - Directed by Clio Bernard
- National Board of Review - Best Documentary: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory - Directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
- National Film Critics Society - Best Nonfiction: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- New York Film Critics Circle - Best Nonfiction: Cave of Forgotten Dreams - Directed by Werner Herzog
- New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) - Best Documentary: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- Oklahoma Film Critics Circle - Best Documentary: Page One: Inside the New York Times
- Online Film Critics Society - Best Documentary: Cave of Dreams
- Phoenix Film Critics Awards - Page One: Inside The New York Times
- San Diego Film Critics Awards - Best Documentary: Project Nim - Directed by James Marsh
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Documentary: Tabloid - Directed by Errol Morris
- St. Louis Film Critics Awards - Best Documentary: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
- Satellite Award - Best Documentary Senna - Directed by Asif Kapadia
- Southeastern Film Critics Awards - Best Documentary: Project Nim - Directed by James Marsh
- Toronto Film Critics Awards - Nostalgia For The Light - Directed by Patricio Guzman
- Utah Film Critics Awards - Best Documentary: Senna - Directed by Asif Kapadia
- Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Best Documentary: Cave of Forgotten Dreams - Directed by Werner Herzog
Tally of Wins by Film
