You Can See Everything sweeps Critics Choice Documentary Awards

You Can See Everything, the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, won Best Documentary Feature and every one of the five awards it was nominated for at the 11th Critics Choice Documentary Awards in New York on Sunday, 8 November 2026. Alongside the top prize, the film took Best Director, Best Cinematography for David Bolen, Best Editing for Adam Locke-Norton and Best Score for Ari Balouzian. The ceremony was held at the Edison Ballroom in Manhattan. Once Upon a Time in Harlem was the other big winner with three awards, including Best First Documentary Feature for David Greaves.

The Critics Choice Documentary Awards are voted by film critics and are now in their 11th edition. A clean sweep, winning every category a film was nominated in, is the strongest result a film can have on the night.

You Can See Everything has already had an unusual year. A documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood-testing company Theranos, it earlier became the first documentary since 2004 to top the US box office, a rare feat for a non-fiction film. Winning all five of its nominations at the critics' awards adds critical recognition to that commercial success.

The craft awards are also worth noting. Wins for cinematography, editing and score show that critics rewarded how the film is made, not only its subject.

The wider list shows the range of non-fiction that critics are watching: a history of Harlem, a portrait of Elon Musk, an Elvis Presley concert film, a nature documentary about a bear, and a mountaineering film about Everest. For Indian viewers, many of these titles are likely to reach streaming platforms in the coming months, and the awards are a useful guide to which ones critics rate most highly.

Peepals calculation: You Can See Everything converted all five of its nominations into wins, a 100% strike rate (5 / 5). Between them, it and Once Upon a Time in Harlem took eight awards (5 + 3). The other five films named above won one award each, bringing those seven films to 13 awards in all (8 + 5), not counting the two honorary prizes. Our calculation from the reported figures.

Short-term: You Can See Everything heads into the rest of awards season as one of the most decorated documentaries of the year, with renewed attention from audiences who missed it in cinemas.

Long-term: The sweep strengthens the film's standing as it competes for further documentary honours over the coming months.

Who is affected: The filmmakers Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim and their crew, the other nominees, distributors and streaming services that carry these films, and documentary audiences.

Questions and Answers