- Winners
- References
The Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film is an annual award given by the International Press Academy. Winners| Year (ceremony) | Winner | Director(s) |
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| 1997 (2nd) | 4 Little Girls | Spike Lee | | 1998 (3rd) | A Sense of Life | Michael Paxton | | 1999 (4th) | Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders | | 2000 (5th) | Reckless Indifference | William Gazecki | | 2001 (6th) | In Cane for Life (A Vida em Cana) | Jorge W. Atalla | | 2002 (7th) | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen | | 2003 (8th) | A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | Lee Hirsch | | 2004 (9th) | Super Size Me | Morgan Spurlock | | 2005 (10th) | Mad Hot Ballroom | Marilyn Agrelo | | 2006 (11th) | Deliver Us from Evil | Amy Berg | | 2007 (12th) | Sicko | Michael Moore | | 2008 (13th) | The Life of a Jazz Singer (tied) | Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden | | Man on Wire (tied) | James Marsh | | 2009 (14th) | Every Little Step | James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo | | 2010 (15th) | Restrepo | Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington | | 2011 (16th) | Senna | Asif Kapadia | | 2012 (17th) | Chasing Ice | Jeff Orlowski | | 2013 (18th) | Blackfish | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | | 2014 (19th) | Citizenfour | Laura Poitras | | 2015 (20th)[1] | Amy (tied) | Asif Kapadia | | The Look of Silence (tied) | Joshua Oppenheimer | | 2016 (21st) | 13TH | Ava DuVernay | | 2017 (22nd) | Chasing Coral | Jeff Orlowski | | 2018 (23rd) | Minding the Gap | Bing Liu |
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2015/|work=International Press Academy|at=pressacademy.com|title=Satellite Awards (2015)|publisher=IPA|accessdate=December 2, 2015|date=December 2, 2015}}
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