Deluxe 142 Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme - Domestic

Dispatches: Britain’s Sex Gangs
Anna Hall for True Vision Productions; first shown: Channel 4
The Four Year Plan
Mat Hodgson for Ad Hoc Films; first shown: General theatrical release
My Child the Rioter
Olly Lambert; first shown: BBC Two
Panorama: Undercover Care - The Abuse Exposed
Joe Plomin for BBC Productions; first shown: BBC One
Protecting Our Children: Damned if they do, damned if they don’t
Sacha Mirzoeff for BBC Bristol; first shown: BBC Two
Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die
Charlie Russell for Keo North; first shown: BBC Two
Transplant
Nic Blower for Lion TV; first shown: BBC One
We Need to Talk About Dad
Elizabeth Stopford for Rare Day; first shown: Channel 4

Shell Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme - International

Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark
May Ying Welsh for Al Jazeera English; first shown: Al Jazeera English
A Cry from the Rainforest
Phil Agland for River Films; first shown: BBC Two
Children of the Tsunami
Dan Reed for Renegade Pictures (UK) Ltd; first shown: BBC Two
Crime After Crime
Yoav Potash for Life Sentence Films; first shown: Jewish Film Festival, London
For Neda
Antony Thomas for Mentorn Media in association with Antony Thomas PR; first shown: More 4
Hell and Back Again
Danfung Dennis for Roast Beef Productions; first shown: More 4
The Life and Loss of Karen Woo
Ursula Macfarlane for Century Films; first shown: ITV1
Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields
Callum McRae for ITN; first shown: Channel 4

The Open University Best Arts Documentary

Beyond the Notes
Dick Fontaine for BeBop Productions; first shown: BBC Four
The Camera That Changed the World
Mandy Chang for Lambent Productions; first shown: BBC Four
Crucifixion
Srik Narayanan for The Garden Productions; first shown: Channel 4
Jeremy Deller: Middle Class Hero – A Culture Show Special
Jack Cocker for BBC Scotland; first shown: BBC Two
Graffiti Wars
Jane Preston for Twofour; first shown: Channel 4
Lucian Freud: Painted Life
Randall Wright for Blakeway Productions; first shown: BBC Two
Queen: Days of Our Lives
Matt O’Casey for Globe Productions; first shown: BBC Two
Rostropovich: The Genius of the Cello
John Bridcut for ITN Productions; first shown: BBC Four

ITN Source Best Historical Documentary

9/11: Day that Changed the World
Leslie Woodhead for Brook Lapping Productions; first shown: ITV1
Britain’s Greatest Codebreaker
Clare Beavan, Nic Stacy for Furnace Productions & Story Center Productions, Story Centre Productions; first shown: Channel 4
Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story
Stephen Walker for Walker George Films; first shown: BBC Two
Fight to Save the World: Sergio
Greg Barker for Passion Pictures, Silverbridge; first shown: BBC Four
The King and the Playwright: A Jacobean History - Equivocation
Steven Clarke for Green Bay Media; first shown: BBC Four
The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story
Sam Hobkinson for Oxford Film and Television; first shown: BBC Four
The Plot to Bring Down Britain’s Planes
Ben Chanan for Raw; first shown: Channel 4
World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel
Russell Barnes for Barnes Hassid Productions; first shown: BBC Four

Best Science Documentary

After Life: The Strange Science of Decay
Fred Hepburn, Dani Carlaw for BBC Scotland; first shown: BBC Four
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space Odyssey
Jonathan Sahula, Graham Judd, Sabin Streeter; first shown: National Geographic
Earthflight - North America
Rob Pilley for John Downer Productions; first shown: BBC One
Frontline Medicine: Survival
Paul Overton for BBC Scotland; first shown: BBC Two
Frozen Planet: On Thin Ice
Vanessa Berlowitz for BBC Natural History Unit; first shown: BBC One
Inside Nature’s Giants - Sperm Wale
Tom Mustill for Windfall Films; first shown: Channel 4
Mummifying Alan
Kenny Scott for Blink FIlms in association with Media Lab ; first shown: Channel 4
My Life as a Turkey
David Allen for Passion Pictures; first shown: BBC Two

Most Entertaining Documentary

The Bengali Detective
Phil Cox for Native Voice Films; first shown: Cambridge Film Festival
The Choir 4: Military Wives - episode 1
Lucy Hillman for Twenty Twenty TV; first shown: BBC Two
Elizabeth Taylor - Auction of a Lifetime
Michael Waldman for Silver River Productions; first shown: Channel 4
A Hasidic Guide to Love, Marriage and Finding a Bride
Paddy Wivell; first shown: BBC Two
Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder
Christian Trumble for RDF Television; first shown: Channel 4
Perfume: Something Old, Something New
Ian Denyer for The Garden Productions; first shown: BBC Four
Rich Hall’s Continental Drifters
Chris Cottam, Rich Hall for Open Mike Productions; first shown: BBC Four
Timothy Spall: All at Sea - The Last Splash
Paul Crompton for Barge Pole Productions; first shown: BBC Four

Envy Best Documentary Series

Catholics
Richard Alwyn for Wingspan Productions; first shown: BBC Four
Earthflight
John Downer, Philip Dalton, Rob Pilley and Tilly Parker for John Downer Productions; first shown: BBC One
Educating Essex
David Clews for TwoFour Productions; first shown: Channel 4
Frozen Planet
Vanessa Berlowitz for BBC Natural History Unit; first shown: BBC One
Money
Vanessa Engle for BBC; first shown: BBC Two
Our War
Bruce Goodison, John Douglas, Stuart Bernard for BBC Productions; first shown: BBC Three
Protecting Our Children
Sacha Mirzoeff, Emma Burman for BBC Productions; first shown: BBC Two
Putin, Russia & The West
Paul Mitchell, Norma Percy for Brook Lapping Productions; first shown: BBC Two

DocHouse and The Bertha Foundation Best Cinema Documentary

Bobby Fischer Against the World
Liz Garbus for Moxie Firecracker Films; first shown: General theatrical release
Dreams of a Life
Carol Morley for Cannon and Morley Productions, Soho Moon Pictures; first shown: General theatrical release
Knuckle
Ian Palmer for Rise Films; first shown: General theatrical release
Marley
Kevin Macdonald for Shangri-La Ent. Tuff Gong Pictures, Cowboy Films; first shown: General theatrical release
Project Nim
James Marsh for Red Box Films, Passion Pictures, BBC Films; first shown: General theatrical release
Samsara
Ron Fricke for Magidson Productions; first shown: Bradford Film Festival
Tabloid
Errol Morris for Air Loom Enterprises; first shown: General theatrical release
You’ve Been Trumped
Anthony Baxter for Montrose Pictures; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest

CTVC Best Newcomer Documentary

Barbaric Genius
Paul Duane for Screenworks; first shown: Chapter & Verse Festival, The Bluecoat, Liverpool
Gypsy Blood
Leo Maguire for ClearStory; first shown: Channel 4
Holding the Line
Patrick Wells; first shown: Al Jazeera English
How to Start a Revolution
Ruaridh Arrow for Lion TV, The Big Indy; first shown: Current TV
Panorama: The Truth about Adoption
Clare Johns for Films of Record; first shown: BBC One
The Sinking of the Concordia: Caught on Camera
Vanessa Colosi for Dragonfly Film and Television Productions; first shown: Channel 4
Up in Smoke
Adam Wakeling for Notion Pictures; first shown: More 4
When I Die
Adrian Steirn; first shown: BBC One

Sky Arts Best Student Documentary

The Betrayal
Karen Winthe r for National Film & Television School; first shown: BFI Southbank, London
Kirkcaldy Man
Julian Schwanitz for Edinburgh College of Art; first shown: Glasgow International Short Film Festival
The Marble Village
Ioana Dorobantu for London College of Communication; first shown: London College of Communication
The Men in White Coats
Rob Harper for National Film & Television School; first shown: BFI Southbank, London
Missing Piece
Lucas Barr, George Ellis, Matt Hyland for Liverpool John Moores University; first shown: Liverpool John Moores University
Mostar
Sebastian Feehan, Josh Bamford for Newport Film School; first shown: Graduation Screening, Newport Film School
One More Kiss
Chris Christodoulou for National Film & Television School; first shown: BFI Southbank, London
Streets in the Sky
Leon Seth; first shown: Sheffield Institute of Arts