With days getting shorter and the crisp feel of autumn swirling in the air, we know that the year-end celebrations are right around the corner. Even today we’ve already got a lot to celebrate with our Sundance family because the Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations were announced and 19 films we have supported were honored. Past Festival favorites including Beyond Utopia and Judy Blume Forever, as well as Documentary Film Program–supported projects like Bad Press and Lakota Nation vs. United States nabbed nominations in their respective categories.

Two powerful pieces of nonfiction — 20 Days in Mariupol and Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie — racked up five nominations each including Best Documentary Feature. Out of the 10 films nominated for the top prize at the 8th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards, seven of them were supported by Sundance Institute. Within the Best First Documentary Feature category, 50 percent of the nominated films premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

Below find the complete list of Sundance Institute–supported Critics Choice Documentary Award nominees. And make sure to cheer these projects on when the winners are announced on November 12!