Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film

The BMO Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film is an annual award given by the Toronto Film Critics Association to a film judged by the members of that body to be the year's best documentary film.

Winners edit

2000s edit

Year	Winner	Director(s)	Ref
2002	Bowling for Columbine	Michael Moore	^[1]
	Gambling, Gods and LSD	Peter Mettler
	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Paul Justman
2003	Capturing the Friedmans	Andrew Jarecki	^[2]
2004	The Fog of War	Errol Morris	^[3]
2005	Grizzly Man	Werner Herzog	^[4]
2006	Manufactured Landscapes	Jennifer Baichwal	^[5]
	Deliver Us from Evil	Amy J. Berg
	An Inconvenient Truth	Davis Guggenheim
2007	No End in Sight	Charles Ferguson	^[6]
	Iraq in Fragments	James Longley
	My Kid Could Paint That	Amir Bar-Lev
2008	Man on Wire	James Marsh	^[7]
	Standard Operating Procedure	Errol Morris
	Up the Yangtze	Yung Chang
2009	The Cove	Louie Psihoyos	^[8]
	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Sacha Gervasi
	The Beaches of Agnès	Agnès Varda

2010s edit

Year	Winner	Director(s)	Ref
2010	Exit Through the Gift Shop	Banksy	^[9]
	Inside Job	Charles Ferguson
	Marwencol	Jeff Malmberg
2011	Nostalgia for the Light	Patricio Guzmán	^[10]
	Into the Abyss	Werner Herzog
	Project Nim	James Marsh
2012	Stories We Tell	Sarah Polley	^[11]
	The Queen of Versailles	Lauren Greenfield
	Searching for Sugar Man	Malik Bendjelloul
2013	The Act of Killing	Joshua Oppenheimer	^[12]
	Leviathan	Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel
	Tim's Vermeer	Teller
2014	The Overnighters	Jesse Moss	^[13]
	Citizenfour	Laura Poitras
	Manakamana	Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez
2015	The Look of Silence	Joshua Oppenheimer	^[14]
	Amy	Asif Kapadia
	Listen to Me Marlon	Stevan Riley
2016	Cameraperson	Kirsten Johnson	^[15]
	Fire at Sea	Gianfranco Rosi
	The Stairs	Hugh Gibson
2017	Faces Places	Agnès Varda, JR	^[16]
	Jane	Brett Morgen
	Kedi	Ceyda Torun
2018	Won't You Be My Neighbor?	Morgan Neville	^[17]
	Anthropocene: The Human Epoch	Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky
	Free Solo	Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
2019	American Factory	Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert	^[18]
	Apollo 11	Todd Douglas Miller
	The Cave	Feras Fayyad

2020s edit

Year	Winner	Director(s)	Ref
2020	Collective	Alexander Nanau	^[19]
	American Utopia	Spike Lee
	Crip Camp	Nicole Newnham, James LeBrecht
	Time	Garrett Bradley
2021	Summer of Soul	Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson	^[20]
	Flee	Jonas Poher Rasmussen
	The Velvet Underground	Todd Haynes
2022	All the Beauty and the Bloodshed	Laura Poitras	^[21]
	Fire of Love	Sara Dosa
	Moonage Daydream	Brett Morgen
2023	20 Days in Mariupol	Mstyslav Chernov	^[22]
	The Eternal Memory	Maite Alberdi
	Four Daughters	Kaouther Ben Hania
	Swan Song	Chelsea McMullan

References edit

^ Agnes Poirier, "Toronto critics hail Adaptation". Screen Daily, December 17, 2002.
^ "Toronto film critics find winner in Translation". The Globe and Mail, December 18, 2003.
^ "Toronto film critics side with Sideways". Toronto Star, December 16, 2004.
^ Chris Knight, "Toronto overcome with Violence". National Post, December 21, 2005.
^ Lee-Anne Goodman, "The Queen rules Toronto critics' awards". Hamilton Spectator, December 21, 2006.
^ Lee-Anne Goodman, "No Country, Away From Her Toronto critics' top '07 choices". Winnipeg Free Press, December 20, 2007.
^ Liam Lacey, "Toronto Film Critics choose indie over Hollywood". The Globe and Mail, December 17, 2008.
^ Chandra Menard, "Toronto Film Critics Announce 2009 Award Winners". BlogTO, December 16, 2009.
^ Peter Knegt, "“Social Network” Tops San Francisco and Toronto Film Critics’ Awards". IndieWire, December 14, 2010.
^ Brian D. Johnson, "Toronto critics name 'Tree of Life' Best Picture". Maclean's, December 14, 2011.
^ Cassandra Szklarski, "'The Master' rules with Toronto film critics, named best film, screenplay". Canadian Press, December 18, 2012.
^ "Toronto Film Critics Association awards for 2013". Toronto Star, December 17, 2013.
^ Norman Wilner, "Toronto film critics champion Boyhood". Now, December 16, 2014.
^ Jeremy Kay, "Toronto critics honour 'Carol'". Screen Daily, December 14, 2015.
^ Norman Wilner, "Toronto critics bask in the Moonlight". Now, December 12, 2016.
^ Jim Slotek, "Toronto film critics give best picture thumbs up to The Florida Project". Original Cin, December 10, 2017.
^ Corey Atad, "Toronto Film Critics Association Names ‘Roma’ Best Picture Of 2018". ET Canada, December 10, 2018.
^ Radheyan Simonpillai, "Toronto Film Critics Association names Parasite the year’s best movie". Now, December 9, 2019.
^ Pat Mullen, "Nomadland Leads Toronto Film Critics Association Award Winners". That Shelf, February 8, 2021.
^ Sarah Curran, "Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’ Wins Big At Toronto Film Critics Association Awards". ET Canada, January 16, 2022.
^ Pat Mullen, "Toronto Film Critics Name All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Top Doc". Point of View, January 8, 2023.
^ Erik Anderson, "Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Awards: ‘The Zone of Interest’ Wins Best Picture, Director". AwardsWatch, December 17, 2023.

External links edit

Toronto Film Critics Association - Past Award Winners

[1] Agnes Poirier, "Toronto critics hail Adaptation". Screen Daily, December 17, 2002.

[2] "Toronto film critics find winner in Translation". The Globe and Mail, December 18, 2003.

[3] "Toronto film critics side with Sideways". Toronto Star, December 16, 2004.

[4] Chris Knight, "Toronto overcome with Violence". National Post, December 21, 2005.

[5] Lee-Anne Goodman, "The Queen rules Toronto critics' awards". Hamilton Spectator, December 21, 2006.

[6] Lee-Anne Goodman, "No Country, Away From Her Toronto critics' top '07 choices". Winnipeg Free Press, December 20, 2007.

[7] Liam Lacey, "Toronto Film Critics choose indie over Hollywood". The Globe and Mail, December 17, 2008.

[8] Chandra Menard, "Toronto Film Critics Announce 2009 Award Winners". BlogTO, December 16, 2009.

[9] Peter Knegt, "“Social Network” Tops San Francisco and Toronto Film Critics’ Awards". IndieWire, December 14, 2010.

[10] Brian D. Johnson, "Toronto critics name 'Tree of Life' Best Picture". Maclean's, December 14, 2011.

[11] Cassandra Szklarski, "'The Master' rules with Toronto film critics, named best film, screenplay". Canadian Press, December 18, 2012.

[12] "Toronto Film Critics Association awards for 2013". Toronto Star, December 17, 2013.

[13] Norman Wilner, "Toronto film critics champion Boyhood". Now, December 16, 2014.

[14] Jeremy Kay, "Toronto critics honour 'Carol'". Screen Daily, December 14, 2015.

[15] Norman Wilner, "Toronto critics bask in the Moonlight". Now, December 12, 2016.

[16] Jim Slotek, "Toronto film critics give best picture thumbs up to The Florida Project". Original Cin, December 10, 2017.

[17] Corey Atad, "Toronto Film Critics Association Names ‘Roma’ Best Picture Of 2018". ET Canada, December 10, 2018.

[18] Radheyan Simonpillai, "Toronto Film Critics Association names Parasite the year’s best movie". Now, December 9, 2019.

[19] Pat Mullen, "Nomadland Leads Toronto Film Critics Association Award Winners". That Shelf, February 8, 2021.

[20] Sarah Curran, "Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’ Wins Big At Toronto Film Critics Association Awards". ET Canada, January 16, 2022.

[21] Pat Mullen, "Toronto Film Critics Name All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Top Doc". Point of View, January 8, 2023.

[22] Erik Anderson, "Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Awards: ‘The Zone of Interest’ Wins Best Picture, Director". AwardsWatch, December 17, 2023.

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