“Prime Minister,” HBO’s unique documentary about widespread New Zealand chief Jacinda Ardern, was named finest documentary at Thursday’s Documentary Emmy Awards. The documentary, directed by Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz, made its world premiere on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant, the place it gained the Viewers Award for World Cinema Documentary.
Magnolia Photos, HBO Documentary Movies, CNN Movies and Madison Wells are behind “Prime Minister,” which additionally comes from Darkish Doris and Divergent Photos. The win got here on the third evening of an epic week of Emmy occasions in New York hosted by the Nationwide Academy of Tv Arts & Sciences.
“Have I Received Information For You” star Michael Ian Black will host the documentary classes on the Information & Documentary Emmys on Thursday, whereas his colleague Amber Ruffin will host the information classes on Wednesday. Ruffin and Black’s “Have I Received Information For You” colleague Roy Wooden Jr. hosted the Sports activities Emmys on Tuesday. All three evenings occurred on the Frederick P. Rose Corridor at Jazz at Lincoln Heart in New York.
On Thursday, Nat Geo and Netflix tied for probably the most wins, with six every, adopted by PBS with 5. Different huge winners included Excellent Historic Documentary for “Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years Later,” Excellent Arts and Tradition Documentary for “Tiler Peck: Suspending Time,” and Nationwide Geographic’s “Secrets and techniques of the Penguins,” which gained Excellent Nature Documentary.
Presenters included Serena Davies (Nationwide Geographic, NASA), producer Stephanie Jenkins, Cynthia Lopez (CEO of New York Girls in Movie & Tv), Tiler Peck (NYC Ballet, “Tiler Peck: Suspending Time”) and Simon Schama (“Simon Schama’s Story of Us”). Christina Ruffini (Bloomberg “This Weekend”) moderated discussions with nominees about documentary filmmaking all through the ceremony.
“All through historical past, some have banded collectively to maintain the doorways closed. To maintain authorities and policymaking out of the general public eye.” mentioned Adam Sharp, President and CEO of NATAS. “However there are additionally those that come collectively to open doorways. Who ask powerful questions and convey individuals in. Tonight, we rejoice their tenacity and dedication.”
Additionally in the course of the night, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Sam Pollard obtained the Lifetime Achievement Award, offered by filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir.
Listed here are Thursday’s winners:
Finest Documentary
- Black Snow (American documentary | POV [Nordland Pictures | Prettier in the Dark Productions])
- Hurricane Katrina: race towards time (Lightbox [Proximity Media | National Geographic])
- Life after (Multitude Movies [ITVS])
- Love + Struggle (Little Monsters Films) [National Geographic])
- 2000 meters to Andriivka (entrance line | PBS [Associated Press])
- WINNER: Prime Minister (Madison Wells [HBO Documentary Films | CNN Films | Dark Doris | Divergent Pictures])
- A turning level: the Vietnam Struggle (Netflix [Luminant Media | Netflix])
- Union (American documentary | POV [Level Ground Productions])
Distinctive brief documentary
- Chasing Time — Brief POV (American documentary | POV [Exposure Labs])
- Give me shelter (The Guardian)
- Heist (Heist the documentary LLC [Pale Blue Dot Films])
- Final Days on Trinity Lake – New Yorker Documentary (Ark Media [The New Yorker])
- WINNER: Protest Screening (Scripps Information [Clement Cinema])
- The Quilters (Netflix [Netflix])
Distinctive present affairs documentary
- Antidote (Frontline | PBS [Passion Pictures | Bellingcat | Impact Partners | Channel 4 | M4 Studios])
- The Afterlife – Unbiased Goal (Multitude Movies [ITVS | Straw House Production])
- WINNER: Misplaced within the Jungle (Little Monster Movies [National Geographic])
- 2000 meters to Andriivka (entrance line | PBS [Associated Press])
- Ideas and Prayers (HBO Documentary Movies [Tony Tina])
Excellent documentary on politics and authorities
- Bodyguard of Lies (See It Now Studios) [Jigsaw Productions | Amblin Entertainment Documentaries])
- The Darkish Cash Recreation (HBO Documentary Movies [Jigsaw Productions])
- Hollywoodgate (Rolling Tales [Cottage M | RaeFilm Studios | Jouzour Film Production])
- The Creation of a Japanese – Doc World (Cineric Inventive [NHK | ZED | Pystymetsa Oy])
- WINNER: Prime Minister (Madison Wells [HBO Documentary Films | CNN Films | Dark Doris | Divergent Pictures])
Excellent documentary on a social problem
- Born poor (Frontline | PBS)
- Enigma (HBO Documentary Movies [Pacific Films | Five All in the Fifth Entertainment | Story Syndicate])
- Katrina: Lengthy Dwell Hell and Excessive Water (Netflix [Netflix | Message Pictures])
- WINNER: The Journey Forward (American documentary | PBS [LikeRightNow Films])
- Discovering Amani — Doc World (We Are the Land LLC [Gromlet Productions | Backroad Pictures | Random Good Films | Tiger Tales Media | Museum & Crane])
Distinctive investigative documentary
- Cowl-up (Netflix [Plan B | Netflix | Praxis Films])
- WINNER: Important Incident: A Loss of life on the Border (HBO Documentary Movies [Midnight Films | crazyrose | Film 45])
- Predators (Candy Aid [MTV Documentary Films | Rosewater Pictures])
- The Stringer (Netflix [LinLay Productions | XRM Media | VII Foundation | Netflix])
- Syrian detainee information (Frontline | PBS [BBC])
Distinctive historic documentary
- Turning into Katharine Graham (Lifestories.org)
- Turning into Thurgood: America’s Social Architect (Maryland Public Tv [The Aggrey Company])
- The Disappearance of Miss Scott – American Masters (4th Act Factual LLC [Storyline Entertainment])
- Hurricane Katrina: race towards time (Lightbox [Proximity Media | National Geographic])
- WINNER: Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years Later (Oxford Movie and Tv/PBS [BBC | The WNET Group])
- A turning level: the Vietnam Struggle (Netflix [Luminant Media | Netflix])
- Vietnam: The Struggle That Modified America (Apple TV [Apple | 72 Films])
Excellent documentary on arts and tradition
- Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (Amblin Documentaries [Nedland Films | National Geographic])
- The Retailers of Pleasure (Dial Tone Movies) [Amazon MGM Studios | Dial Tone Films | Artists Equity | Boat Rocker Studios | Matador Content | Epic Magazine])
- The New Yorker at 100 (Netflix [Netflix | Marshall Curry | Apatow])
- Songs from the Gap (Netflix [Cocomotion Pictures | Question Culture | Impact Partners | Artemis Rising Foundation | Netflix])
- Sunday Finest: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan (Delirio Movies [MPS LEGACY PRODUCTIONS | SOFA Entertainment | Mass Appeal | Diamond Docs | MRC])
- WINNER: Tiler Peck: Suspending Time – Glorious Efficiency (Late Autumn Productions LLC/PBS [Thirteen Productions LLC])
- We would like funk! — Unbiased Lens (Firelight Movies [ITVS])
Excellent science and know-how documentary
- Important Situation: Well being in Black America (Nova | GBH [A Nova Production | Firelight Films])
- WINNER: The Reminiscence of Darkness, Mild and Ice (Metamorph Movies LLC)
- Operation House Station (Nova | GBH [A Nova Production | Blink Films | France Télévisions])
- Sally (Muck Media) [Story Syndicate | National Geographic Documentary Films])
- Titan: The Oceangate Submersible Catastrophe (Netflix [Netflix | Diamond Docs | Story Syndicate])
Distinctive nature documentary
- Katavi: Africa’s fallen paradise – Nature (PBS [The WNET Group | Terra Mater Studios | Shibumi Films | ARTE | WDR])
- The Final Rhinos: A New Hope (Sixty-Six Media Inc. [ABC News Studios | Lincoln Square Productions | National Geographic])
- WINNER: Secrets and techniques of the Penguins (Talesmith [National Geographic])
- Shark Whisperer (Netflix [Netflix | Boardwalk Pictures | Underdog Films])
- Willow: Diary of a Mountain Lion – Nature (PBS [Rhythm Productions LLC | The WNET Group])
Excellent enterprise and financial documentary
- Bribe, Inc. (1441 Productions [Global Reporting Centre | Stan])
- WINNER: I Cannot Look Away: The Case In opposition to Social Media (Bloomberg Originals [DCTV])
- Driver (American documentary | POV [Goldfish Films Inc. | Driver Film LLC])
- Made in Ethiopia (American documentary | POV [Hard Truth Films | Dogwoof | Gobez Media])
- Slumlord Millionaire — Voces (After Spring LLC [Latino Public Broadcasting | Firelight Media | The Center for Asian American Media])
Excellent documentary on crime and justice
- Aileen: Queen of Serial Killers (Netflix [Netflix | BBC Studios | NBC News Studios])
- A Lethal American Marriage (Netflix [Netflix | Sandpaper Films])
- The Fox Hole Murders: A Serial Killer’s Playground (ABC Information Studios)
- No justice, simply kill (BBC Choose)
- Oklahoma Metropolis Bombing: American Terror (Netflix [Netflix | Original Productions])
- WINNER: The Strike – Unbiased Lens (Latino Public Broadcasting/PBS)
Excellent Writing: Documentary
- Take Them House / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya (Thunderheart Movies [WETA-TV])
- 2000 meters to Andriivka (entrance line | PBS [Associated Press])
- Songs from the Gap (Netflix [Cocomotion Pictures | Question Culture | Impact Partners | Artemis Rising Foundation | Netflix])
- The Stringer (Netflix [An XRM Media | VII Foundation Production | LinLay Productions | Netflix])
- WINNER: Outsiders (Wildstar Movies [Maximum Effort | National Geographic])
Excellent analysis: documentary
- The American Revolution (Florentine Movies [WETA-TV])
- Hurricane Katrina: race towards time (Lightbox [Proximity Media | National Geographic])
- Oklahoma Metropolis Bombing: A Day in America (72 movies [National Geographic])
- The strike (UPHSF LLC)
- The Stringer (Netflix [LinLay Productions | VII Foundation | XRM Media | Netflix])
- Syrian detainee information (Frontline | PBS [BBC])
- WINNER: Turning Level: The Vietnam Struggle (Netflix [Luminant Media | Netflix])
- The White Home Impact (Actual Films) [The Department of Motion Pictures])
Excellent achievement: Documentary
- Apocalypse within the Tropics (Netflix [Peri Productions | Busca Vida Filmes | Impact Partners | Play/Action Pictures | Luminate | Plan B | KM Films | Netflix])
- Katrina: Lengthy Dwell Hell and Excessive Water (Netflix [Message Pictures | Netflix])
- Life after (Multitude Movies [ITVS])
- WINNER: 2000 meters to Andriivka (Frontline Options | PBS [Associated Press])
- Music Field: It is By no means Over, Jeff Buckley (Subject Studios [HBO Documentary Films | Fremantle | Plan B Entertainment | Disarming Films])
- Sally (Muck Media) [Story Syndicate | National Geographic Documentary Films])
- The Stringer (Netflix [LinLay Productions | VII Foundation | XRM Media | Netflix])
- Vietnam: The Struggle That Modified America (Apple TV [Apple | 72 Films])
Excellent Cinematography: Documentary
- Air Drive Elite: Thunderbirds (Netflix [Blue Ox | Supper Club | Higher Ground Productions | Netflix])
- WINNER: Coronary heart of Emperors – Secrets and techniques of the Penguins (Talesmith [National Geographic])
- 2000 meters to Andriivka (entrance line | PBS [Associated Press])
- Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey (Netflix [Dog Star Films | Water Creature | Anonymous Content | Netflix])
- Surviving Black Hawk Down (Netflix [RSA | Netflix])
- The Outsiders (Wildstar Movies [Maximum Effort | National Geographic])
Distinctive enhancing: documentary
- WINNER: Concealment (Netflix [Plan B | Netflix | Praxis Films])
- Folktales (Loki Movies [Fifth Season | Impact Partners | Topic Studios])
- Katrina: Lengthy Dwell Hell and Excessive Water (Netflix [Message Pictures | Netflix])
- Life after (Multitude Movies [ITVS])
- Love + Struggle (Little Monsters Films) [National Geographic])
- 2000 meters to Andriivka (FRONTLINE | PBS [Associated Press])
- Ideas and Prayers (HBO Documentary Movies [Tony Tina])
- The White Home Impact (Actual Films) [The Department of Motion Pictures])
Excellent Graphic Design: Documentary
- Antidote/Record of Victims (Ardour Photos [Bellingcat])
- The Gilgo Seashore Killer: Home of Secrets and techniques (Texas Crew Productions [Peacock Original | New York Post Entertainment | G Unit Film & Television, Inc.])
- The Journey Ahead (LikeRightNow Movies)
- Titanic: The Digital Resurrection (Atlantic Productions [National Geographic])
- The Outsiders (Wildstar Movies [Maximum Effort | National Geographic])
- WINNER: In Waves and Struggle (AKA Studio [Netflix/Actual Films])
Excellent musical composition: documentary
- Take Them House / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya (Thunderheart Movies [WETA-TV])
- Chasing Time — Brief POV (Publicity Labs) [American Documentary | POV])
- The ultimate copy by Ilon Specht (Breakwater Studios | Traverse32)
- The Final Rhinos: A New Hope (Sixty-Six Media Inc. [ABC News Studios | Lincoln Square Productions | National Geographic])
- WINNER: Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey (Netflix [Dog Star Films | Water Creature Film | Anonymous Content | Netflix])
- Songs from the Gap (Netflix [Cocomotion Pictures | Question Culture | Impact Partners | Artemis Rising Foundation | Netflix])
- Vietnam: The Struggle That Modified America (Apple TV [72 Films])
Distinctive sound: documentary
- Misplaced within the Jungle (Little Monster Movies) [National Geographic])
- Love + Struggle (Little Monsters Films) [National Geographic])
- The strike (UPHSF LLC)
- Survival of the Smartest – Secrets and techniques of the Penguins (Talesmith [National Geographic])
- A turning level: the Vietnam Struggle (Netflix [Luminant Media | Netflix])
- WINNER: Outsiders (Wildstar Movies [Maximum Effort | National Geographic])
- We would like funk! — Unbiased goal (PBS [Firelight Films])
Excellent Lighting Path: Documentary
- American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden (Netflix [The Cut | Tillerman Films | Ventureland | Netflix])
- WINNER: Chilly Case: The Tylenol Murders (Netflix [Third Eye Motion Picture Company | Radical Media | MA Productions | Silvio Films | Netflix])
- Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Rip-off (Movie Library) [Amazon MGM Studios | Library Films | Vice Studios | Article 19 Films])
- Lockerbie: The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (Mindhouse Manufacturing [Sky Studios | CNN Original Series])
- A turning level: the Vietnam Struggle (Netflix [Luminant Media | Netflix])
Excellent creative path / Set ornament / Scenic design: Documentary
- The Gilgo Seashore Killer: Home of Secrets and techniques (Texas Crew Productions [Peacock Original | New York Post Entertainment | G Unit Film & Television, Inc.])
- One Night time in Idaho: The Center Faculty Murders (Story Syndicate [Amazon MGM Studios | Story Syndicate])
- One after the other: John and Yoko (Plan B | KM Movies [HBO Documentary Films | Mercury Studios])
- Sally (Muck Media) [Story Syndicate | National Geographic Documentary Films])
- WINNER: Songs from the Gap (Netflix [Cocomotion Pictures | Question Culture | Impact Partners | Artemis Rising Foundation | Netflix])
Distinctive promotional announcement: documentary
- WINNER: Chris Hemsworth: An Unforgettable Street Journey (Nationwide Geographic [Mattock])
- LOVE+WAR Trailer — Love + Struggle (Nationwide Geographic [Mark Woollen & Associates])
- NATURE Season 44 Trailer – Nature (PBS [The WNET Group])
- Trailer for Race In opposition to Time — Hurricane Katrina: Race In opposition to Time (Nationwide Geographic [Buddha Jones])
- Trailer — Into the Waves and Struggle (precise movies [Participant | Chicago Media Project])
Excellent regional documentary
- 23 seconds: mass capturing in Louisville (WAVE Information)
- WINNER: Blue – The Life and Artwork of George Rodrigue (WLAE-TV)
- The right way to Sue the Klan (Reel South)
- Main Taylor: Race Champion (WTIU Public Tv)
- Rewritten Tales – Knoxville’s Homeless Disaster (Sonic Palette Productions)