{"id":400218,"date":"2026-01-11T01:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/400218\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T01:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:37:11","slug":"golden-globes-presents-documentary-awards-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/400218\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Globes Presents Documentary Awards For First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHistorically, the Golden Globes<\/a> doesn\u2019t feature a category for Best Documentary Film, and you won\u2019t see one announced in Sunday night\u2019s ceremony. But that doesn\u2019t mean two prominent nonfiction filmmakers can\u2019t call themselves Golden Globes winners.<\/p>\n

\n\tLeading up to the telecast, directors Eugene Jarecki<\/a> and Ross McElwee<\/a> received bespoke trophies as recipients of the recently created Golden Globes Prize for Documentary, presented by Artemis Rising Foundation.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Prize is a landmark collaboration between the Golden Globes and Artemis Rising Foundation, which underscores a shared commitment to the cultural and artistic impact of documentary storytelling,\u201d notes a release. \u201cIt honors a non-fiction film or filmmaker whose work demonstrates both exceptional creative merit and keen potential to inspire positive social change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Julian<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tJulian Assange in \u2018The Six Billion Dollar Man\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWatermelon Pictures\/Charlotte Street<\/p>\n

\n\tJarecki earned the inaugural edition of the prize at the Cannes Film Festival last May for The Six Billion Dollar Man<\/a>, his documentary that reexamines the work \u2013 and the incarceration \u2013 of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. At the Venice Film Festival last September, the prize was awarded to McElwee\u2019s documentary Remake, \u201ca deeply personal film exploring his journey as a filmmaker alongside the life of his son, Adrian, who was tragically lost to substance abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn recognition of their achievements, Jarecki and McElwee were presented with a specially created statuette, bearing an Artemis Rising Foundation inscription, at a cocktail reception in Los Angeles on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDirector Ross McElwee attends the photocall for \u2018Remake\u2019 at the Venice Film Festival on September 3, 2025.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTIZIANA FABI\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere is an urgent need for non-fiction stories to be made, recognized and seen,\u201d commented Artemis Rising Foundation Founder and CEO Regina K. Scully. \u201cThis Prize is an extension of the work Artemis Rising Foundation has engaged in for decades to champion powerful stories about some of the most challenging social justice issues of our time; I hope it helps to push these incredible creative works further into the spotlight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThink-Film Impact Production, an international film impact producer with a mission \u201cto ensure powerful independent films resonate widely to change society for the better,\u201d \u00a0also played a pivotal role in launching the documentary prize and spotlighting the honor at the Cannes and Venice film festivals.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Globes will present awards in 28 competitive categories Sunday night. There are indications that a documentary category may be added in the future.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Globes is proud to take the lead with this initiative to uplift documentary filmmaking,\u201d, Golden Globes President Helen Hoehne<\/a> said at the Thursday night reception, \u201cwhich I hope will lead to wider industry recognition of the crucial documentary genre.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tFor good measure, a release announcing the presentation of the award added, \u201cAs the Globes prepares for its main ceremony this weekend, which includes a new podcast award, many in the industry are now asking when a documentary category will be included.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Historically, the Golden Globes doesn\u2019t feature a category for Best Documentary Film, and you won\u2019t see one announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,167824,90117,193194,206,193195],"class_list":{"0":"post-400218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-eugene-jarecki","10":"tag-golden-globes","11":"tag-helen-hoehne","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-ross-mcelwee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}