The BAFTA Award for Best Documentary is a film award presented annually by the

British Academy of Film and Television Arts The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ...

(BAFTA) at the

British Academy Film Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs or BAFTA Awards, is an annual film award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to f ...

. It was formerly known as the Robert Flaherty Documentary Award. In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.

History

is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film,

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(and formerly also for children's film and television). A theatrical documentary award was presented by the Academy between 1948 and 1990. Documentaries have continued to be honoured with

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since then and have been eligible in all relevant categories at the Film Awards. In 2012, the Academy re-introduced this category in recognition of the number of high-quality theatrical documentaries released in cinemas in the UK each year.Documentary category added to Orange British Academy Film Awards
, BAFTA.org. Retrieved March 13, 2012.

Winners and nominees

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

BAFTA official site
{{BAFTA Film Awards Chron British Academy Film Awards British documentary film awards