Film Awards By Year

2006 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerAn Inconvenient TruthDavis GuggenheimFilmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.Amazon2006 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesDarwin's NightmareHubert SauperAmazon

2007 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerNo End in SightCharles FergusonA comprehensive look at the Bush Administration's conduct of the Iraq war and its occupation of the country.Amazon2007 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesSickoMichael MooreAmazon

2008 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerMan on WireJames MarshA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".Amazon2008 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesWaltz with BashirAri FolmanAmazon

2009 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerThe Beaches of AgnèsAgnès VardaAgnès Varda explores her memories, mostly chronologically, with photographs, film clips, interviews, reenactments, and droll, playful contemporary scenes of her narrating her story.AmazonThe CoveLouie PsihoyosUsing state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.Amazon

2011 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerCave of Forgotten DreamsWerner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.Amazon2011 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesThe ArborAmazon

2012 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerThe GatekeepersDror MorehA documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.Amazon2012 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesSearching for Sugar ManMalik BendjelloulAmazon

2013 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerStories We TellSarah PolleyA film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.Amazon2013 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesThe Act of KillingJoshua OppenheimerAmazon

2014 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerCitizenfourLaura PoitrasA documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.Amazon2014 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesLife ItselfSteve JamesAmazon

2015 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerAmyAsif KapadiaArchival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.Amazon2015 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesThe Look of SilenceJoshua OppenheimerAmazon