Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
We Are the Radical Monarchs
Linda Goldstein Knowlton
2018 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Morgan Neville
2017 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Dolores
Peter Bratt
2016 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Gleason
Clay Tweel
2015 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Romeo Is Bleeding
Jason Zeldes
2014 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Keep on Keepin’ On
Alan Hicks
2013 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
20 Feet from Stardom
Morgan Neville
2012 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
The Invisible War
Kirby Dick
2010 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
A Not So Still Life
Karen Stanton
2010 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Marwencol
Jeff Malmberg
2010 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Waste Land
Lucy Walker
2009 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
The Cove
Louie Psihoyos
2007 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Doubletime
Stephanie Johnes
2006 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Ricki Stern
2005 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Murderball
Henry Alex Rubin
2004 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids
Zana Briski
2003 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
A Great Wonder: Lost Children of Sudan
Kim Shelton
2003 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Kim Bartley
2002 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House
Deborah Dickson
2001 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
The Endurance
George Butler
2000 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Trade Off
Shaya Mercer
1999 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Buena Vista Social Club
Wim Wenders
1998 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Frank Lloyd Wright
Ken Burns
1997 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Licensed to Kill
Arthur Dong
1996 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Hype!
Doug Pray
1995 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Crumb
Terry Zwigoff
1994 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Ray Müller
1994 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Ray Müller
1993 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
Road Scholar
Roger Weisberg
1992 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
A Brief History of Time
Errol Morris
1991 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Documentary
