9th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
The 9th Critics Choice Documentary Awards, presented by the Critics Choice Association, were held on November 10, 2024, at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, to honor finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television.
The ceremony was hosted by American actor and television presenter Erich Bergen and broadcast live on Facebook Live, YouTube and X.
Nominations were announced on October 14, 2024, with Sugarcane, directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, leading the nominations with eight, followed by Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story, Daughters, and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, with six nominations each.
American documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy was honored with the Pennebaker Award. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story received the most awards with six wins, including Best Documentary Feature which tied with Will & Harper, followed by The Last of the Sea Women, Simone Biles Rising and Sugarcane, two wins each.
Changes
The category for Best First Documentary Feature was renamed into Best New Documentary Filmmaker.Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on October 14, 2024. Winners are listed first and in bold.Pennebaker Award
- '''Rory Kennedy'''
Films with multiple wins and nominations
| Nominations | Film | Production company |
| 8 | Sugarcane | National Geographic |
| 6 | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, HBO Documentary Films, CNN Films |
| 6 | Daughters | Netflix |
| 6 | Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story | National Geographic |
| 5 | The Remarkable Life of Ibelin | Netflix |
| 5 | Jim Henson Idea Man | Disney+ |
| 4 | Will & Harper | Netflix |
| 4 | The Greatest Night in Pop | Netflix |
| 4 | Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger | Cohen Media Group |
| 4 | Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Kino Lorber |
| 3 | Bad River | 50 Eggs Films |
| 3 | The Last of the Sea Women | Apple TV+ |
| 2 | The Jinx – Part Two | HBO / Max |
| 2 | Stopping the Steal | HBO / Max |
| 2 | Dahomey | Mubi |
| 2 | Secrets of the Octopus | National Geographic |
| 2 | The Turnaround | Netflix |
| 2 | Mr. McMahon | Netflix |
| 2 | Simone Biles Rising | Netflix |
| 2 | I Am: Celine Dion | Amazon MGM Studios |
| 2 | Incident | The New Yorker |
| 2 | Porcelain War | Picturehouse |
| 2 | Frida | Amazon MGM Studios |
| 2 | Music by John Williams | Walt Disney Studios |
| 2 | Steve! A Documentary in 2 Pieces | Apple TV+ |
| 2 | Piece by Piece | Focus Features |
| 2 | Black Twitter: A People's History | Hulu / Onyx Collective |