The Shortlist is announced for Grierson 2011: The British Documentary Awards. All the films listed below will go through to the next round of judging in September when four nominations in each category will be decided. The winners will be announced at the annual awards ceremony.

Deluxe 142 Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme - Domestic

23 Week Babies: The Price of Life
Adam Wishart for BBC Bristol Factual; first shown: BBC Two
Battle for Barking
Laura Fairrie for Dartmouth Films Ltd; first shown: More 4
Between Life and Death
Nick Holt for BBC Wales; first shown: BBC One
Scenes from a Teenage Killing
Morgan Matthews for Minnow Films; first shown: BBC Four
Sectioned
Ben Anthony for Maverick Television; first shown: BBC Four
Shed Your Tears and Walk Away
Jez Lewis for Bungalow Town Productions; first shown: General theatrical release
Toryboy The Movie
John Walsh for Walsh Bros Ltd; first shown: Soho Hotel and Soho Screening Rooms, London
Wormwood Scrubs - Episode 1
Jamie Berry for Wild Pictures; first shown: ITV1

Shell Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme - International

Dispatches: Lost Girls of South Africa
Deborah Shipley for True Vision Productions; first shown: Channel 4
Donor Unknown
Jerry Rothwell for Met Film, Redbird, More4, Arte GEIE; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Famous, Rich and Living in Slums - Episode 1
Elliot Reed & Richard McKerrow for Love Productions; first shown: BBC One
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
Andy Wells for BBC Factual; first shown: BBC Two
Marathon Boy
Gemma Atwal for One Horse Town, Renegade Pictures (UK) Ltd; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Secret Iraq - The Insurgency
Sam Collyns, James Jones for Quicksilver Media Limited; first shown: BBC Two
Tunisia - Death of Fear
Damian Clarke for Al Jazeera English; first shown: Al Jazeera English
The War You Don’t See
John Pilger, Alan Lowery for Dartmouth Films Ltd; first shown: Picture House Cinemas

Bridgeman Art Library Best Documentary on the Arts

Agony & Ecstasy: A Year with English National Ballet (episode 1)
Rob Farquhar for Tiger Aspect Productions; first shown: BBC Four
Alan Bennett’s Habit of Art
Adam Low for A Lone Star/National Theatre Production; first shown: More 4
Art of Cornwall
Spike Geilinger for Aenon & Fresh One; first shown: BBC Four
Bird on a Wire
Tony Palmer for Isolde Films & The Machat Company; first shown: BBC Four
Elgar - The Man Behind the Mask
John Bridcut for Crux Productions & Prospect Pictures; first shown: BBC Four
The Godmother of Rock ‘n Roll - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Mick Csaky for Antelope South Productions; first shown: BBC Four
Renaissance Revolution: Bosch
Randall Wright for Blakeway Productions; first shown: BBC Two
The Trouble with Tolstoy
Rupert Edwards for Matchlight; first shown: BBC One

ITN Source Best Historical Documentary

The Day John Lennon Died
Michael Waldman for Finestripe Productions; first shown: ITV1
Fire in Babylon
Stevan Riley for E & G Productions, H & H Productions, Cowboy Films & Passion Pictures; first shown: London Film Festival
First Light
Matthew Whiteman for Lion Television; first shown: BBC Two
If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home – The Bathroom
Hugo MacGregor for Silver River Productions; first shown: BBC Four
Mental: A History of the Madhouse
Chris Boulding for Blakeway Productions; first shown: BBC Four
My Perestroika
Robin Hessman for Red Square Productions & Bungalow Town Productions; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Operation Mincemeat
Russell England for Walker George Films Ltd; first shown: BBC Two
Pompeii - Life and Death in a Roman Town
Paul Elston for Lion Television & Brave New Media; first shown: BBC Two

Televisual Best Science Documentary

E Numbers: An Edible Adventure - Episode 1
Toni Williamson for Plum Pictures; first shown: BBC Two
Elephant: Life After Death
Dick Colthurst for Tigress Productions; first shown: Channel 4
Genius of Britain – The First FIve
Rachel Bell, Jonathan Rudd, Tim Usborne for IWC Media; first shown: Channel 4
Human Planet: Jungles - People of the Trees
Tom Hugh Jones for BBC, Discovery & France Television; first shown: BBC One
The Joy of Stats
Dan Hillman for Wingspan Productions; first shown: BBC Four
Nothing
Nic Stacey for Furnace Ltd; first shown: BBC Four
Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice
John Downer for John Downer Productions; first shown: BBC One
Wonders of the Universe - Destiny
Stephen Cooter for BBC Factual Productions; first shown: BBC Two

Current Most Entertaining Documentary

Bodysnatchers of New York
Toby Dye for Bearkatt Productions; first shown: More 4
High Society Brides
Hannah Berryman for KEO Films; first shown: BBC Two
An Idiot Abroad - China
Krishnendu Majumdar for Mentorn Media; first shown: Sky 1 HD
Jamie’s Dream School - Programme 2
Claire Lasko for Fresh One; first shown: Channel 4
Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice
John Downer for John Downer Productions; first shown: BBC One
Rich Hall’s The Dirty South
Chris Cottam, Rich Hall for Open Mike Productions; first shown: BBC Four
Sync or Swim (Men Who Swim)
Dylan Williams for Amp Film, Met Film Production; first shown: BBC Four
True Stories: Guilty Pleasures
Julie Moggan for Bungalow Town Productions; first shown: More 4

ENVY Best Documentary Series

Agony & Ecstasy: A Year with English National Ballet
Rob Farquhar for Tiger Aspect Productions; first shown: BBC Four
The Big School Lottery
Amanda Blue for Blast Films; first shown: BBC Two
Coppers
Ben Rumney, Anthony Philipson, Tim Wardle for Blast! Films; first shown: Channel 4
Girls Behind Bars
Michelle Friel, Julian Kean for Friel Kean Films; first shown: BBC One
Hugh’s Fish Fight
Will Anderson for KEO Films; first shown: Channel 4
Human Planet
Mark Flowers, Nicolas Brown, Tom Hugh Jones, Tuppence Stone for BBC, Discovery & France Television; first shown: BBC One
The Hunt for Britain’s Sex Traffickers
Amelia Hann, Marta Shaw and Matt Haan for October Films; first shown: Channel 4
Wormwood Scrubs
James Cohen, Paul Hamann for Wild Pictures; first shown: ITV1

DocHouse and The Bertha Foundation Best Cinema Documentary

The Arbor
Clio Barnard for Artangel; first shown: London Film Festival
Donor Unknown
Jerry Rothwell for Met Film, Redbird, More4, Arte GEIE; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Fire in Babylon
Stevan Riley for E & G Productions, H & H Productions, Cowboy Films & Passion Pictures; first shown: London Film Festival
Marathon Boy
Gemma Atwal for One Horse Town, Renegade Pictures (UK) Ltd; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Restrepo
Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger for Outpost Films; first shown: Curzon Soho, London
Senna
Asif Kapadia for Working Title Films; first shown: Press Screening in London
TT3D: Closer to the Edge
Richard de Aragues for CinemaNX; first shown: Belfast Movie House
The War You Don’t See
John Pilger, Alan Lowery for Dartmouth Films Ltd; first shown: Picture House Cinemas

CTVC Best Newcomer Documentary

Britain’s Weird and Wonderful Political Parties
Tom Barbor-Might for Current TV; first shown: Current TV
Budrus
Julia Bacha for Just Vision Inc; first shown: Empire Cinema Leicester Square, London
Innocent! Paco & the Struggle for Justice
Michael Collins for Thoughtful Robot Productions; first shown: BBC Four
My Brother the Islamist
Robb Leech for Grace Productions; first shown: BBC Three
Planning Outlaws
Melody Howse for KEO Films; first shown: Channel 4
Shed Your Tears and Walk Away
Jez Lewis for Bungalow Town Productions; first shown: General theatrical release
Storyville: Afghan Cricket Club: Out of the Ashes
Timothy Albone, Lucy Martens for Shabash Productions & Bungalow Town Productions; first shown: BBC Four
We are Poets
Daniel Lucchesi, Alex Ramseyer Bache for Independent; first shown: Leeds Metropolitan University

Sky Arts Best Student Documentary

Caring for Calum
Lou McLoughlan, Edinburgh College of Art; first shown: Glasgow Film Festival
Dylan
Ania Winiarska, National Film & Television School; first shown: BFI Southbank
Maria’s Way
Anne Milne, Edinburgh College of Art; first shown: Edinburgh International Film Festival
No Easy Time
Will Woodward, National Film & Television School; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Noctuaries
Olivia Humphreys, Goldsmiths, University of London; first shown: Roxy Bar and Screen, London
The Prisoner List
Danny Roberts, Kate Owen, Newport Film School; first shown: Newport Film School
Small Protests
Zillah Bowes, National Film & Television School; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Vince and Cherry’s Greatest Hits
Lucy Liddell, Sam Smith-Higgins,Ezra Byrne, Newport Film School: first shown: Newport Film School
Words that Echo
Alana McVerry, London College of Communication, University of Arts; first shown: Barbican