Chlotrudis Awards / Best Documentary

Since 2002 the best documentary has been honored at the Chlotrudis Awards .

Excellent films

year	Movie	Director	Other nominees
2002	The collector	Agnes Varda	Keep the River On Your Right by David Shapiro and Laurie Gwen Shapiro Startup.com by Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim
2003	Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)	AJ Schnack	Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore The Cockettes by Bill Weber and David Weissman Daughter from Danang by Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco My Father, the Genius by Lucia Small
2004	Capturing the Friedmans	Andrew Jarecki	Lost in La Mancha by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe OT: Our Town by Scott Hamilton Kennedy Spellbound by Jeffrey Blitz Le Peuple migrateur by Jacques Perrin
2005	Tarnation	Jonathan Caouette	The Agronomist by Jonathan Demme Bright Leaves by Ross McElwee Control Room by Jehane Noujaim DiG! by Ondi Timoner The Fog of War by Errol Morris Huutajat - Screaming Men by Mika Ronkainen
2006	Born into Brothels and Murderball	Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro	Double Dare by Amanda Micheli Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog In the Realms of the Unreal by Jessica Yu
2007	This Film Is Not Yet Rated	Kirby Dick	10 e chambre, instants Statistics by Raymond Depardon 49 Up by Michael Apted Jesus Camp by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady Shut Up & Sing by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck Sisters in Law by Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto Street Fight by Marshall Curry
2008	protagonist	Jessica Yu	Helvetica by Gary Hustwit The King of Kong by Seth Gordon Kurt Cobain About a Son by AJ Schnack Lake of Fire by Tony Kaye No End In Sight - Invasion of the Amateurs? by Charles H. Ferguson
2009	Man on Wire	James Marsh	Chris & Don. A Love Story by Tina Mascara and Guido Santi Encounters at the End of the World by Werner Herzog My Winnipeg by Guy Maddin Surfwise by Doug Pray
2010	The Beaches of Agnès and Herb and Dorothy	Agnès Varda and Megumi Sasaki	La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet by Frederick Wiseman Good Hair by Jeff Stilson Theater of War by John Walter Unmistaken Child by Nati Baratz
2011	Marwencol	Jeff Malmberg	The Art of the Steal by Don Argott Exit Through the Gift Shop by Banksy Inside Job by Charles H. Ferguson Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work by Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg Prodigal Sons by Kimberly Reed
2012	Bill Cunningham New York and Buck	Richard Press and Cindy Meehl	Into the Abyss by Werner Herzog Pina by Wim Wenders Senna by Asif Kapadia The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls by Leanne Pooley
2013	How to Survive a Plague	David France	The Central Park Five by Ken Burns , David McMahon and Sarah Burns Detropia by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady First Position by Bess Kargman The Queen of Versailles by Lauren Greenfield
2014	The Act of Killing	Joshua Oppenheimer	20 Feet from Stardom by Morgan Neville 56 Up by Michael Apted and Paul Almond The Punk Singer by Sini Anderson Stories We Tell by Sarah Polley
2015	Finding Vivian Maier	John Maloof and Charlie Siskel	Jodorowsky's Dune by Frank Pavich Life Itself by Steve James Particle Fever by Mark Levinson Tim's Vermeer by Penn Jillette and Teller To Be Takei by Jennifer M. Kroot
2016	Amy: The Girl Behind the Name and Call Me Lucky	Asif Kapadia Bobcat Goldthwait	Best of Enemies by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville Red Army - Legends on the Ice by Gabe Polsky What Happened, Miss Simone? by Liz Garbus Stray Dog by Debra Granik
2017	The 13th	Ava DuVernay	City of Gold by Laura Gabbert Miss Sharon Jones! by Barbara Kopple Tickled by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve Where to Invade Next by Michael Moore Weiner by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
2018	Kedi - Of cats and people	Ceyda Torun	Abacus: Small Enough to Jail by Steve James Moments: Faces of a Journey by JR and Agnès Varda City of Ghosts by Matthew Heineman I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck
2019	Anatomy of a Male Ballet Dancer	David Barba and Jamie Pellerito	Minding the Gap by Bing Liu Rodents of Unusual Size by Quinn Costello , Chris Metzler and Jeff Springe Three Identical Strangers by Tim Wardle Won't You Be My Neighbor? by Morgan Neville