Film Awards By Year

1996 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerWhen We Were KingsLeon GastA documentary of the 1974 heavyweight championship bout in Zaire, "The Rumble in the Jungle," between champion George Foreman and underdog challenger Muhammad Ali.Amazon1996 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesParadise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood HillsJoe BerlingerAmazon

1997 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerRiding the RailsLexy LovellRiding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautionary legacy of the Great Depression. From 'middle class gentility to scrabble-ass poor,' ...Amazon1997 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesSick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, SupermasochistKirby DickAmazon

1998 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerThe Farm: Angola, USAJonathan StackDocumentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a life sentence who is about to die.Amazon1998 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesPublic HousingFrederick WisemanAmazon

1999 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerBuena Vista Social ClubWim WendersAging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extrAmazon1999 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesMr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.Errol MorrisAmazon

2000 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerDark DaysMarc SingerA cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.Amazon2000 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesThe Life and Times of Hank GreenbergAviva KempnerAmazon

2001 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerThe Gleaners & IAgnès VardaVarda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.Amazon2001 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesStartup.comChris HegedusAmazon

2002 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerThe CockettesDavid WeissmanDocumentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.Amazon2002 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesBowling for ColumbineMichael MooreAmazon

2003 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerThe Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamaraErrol MorrisThe story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Robert McNamara.Amazon2003 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesCapturing the FriedmansAndrew JareckiAmazon

2004 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerBorn Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light KidsZana BriskiTwo documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.Amazon2004 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesFahrenheit 9/11Michael MooreAmazon

2005 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerGrizzly ManWerner HerzogA devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.Amazon2005 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesEnron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomAlex GibneyAmazon