'You Can See Everything' wins all 5 of its Critics Choice nominations

“You Can See Everything,” Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, won all five of its nominated categories Sunday at the 11th Critics Choice Documentary Awards in New York.

The A24 release collected the top prize, best documentary feature, while Fielder and Oppenheim shared the directing award. David Bolen took the cinematography prize, Adam Locke-Norton won for editing, and Ari Balouzian received the music score award.

The film follows Theranos founder Holmes as she prepares to begin an 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors. The project remained secret until about a month before its theatrical arrival.

Its world premiere came as a surprise at the Telluride Film Festival, followed by a New York Film Festival screening before its Oct. 16 theatrical release.

Variety projected that the nearly three-hour film is on pace to exceed $100 million domestically. After four weekends, its North American gross stands at about $80 million.

“It has defied box office gravity week after week and clearly captured the imagination of audiences,” Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak’s head of marketplace trends, told Variety.

Variety placed the film second among non-music documentaries at the North American box office, behind “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which earned $119 million. The Hollywood Reporter ranked it behind both “Fahrenheit 9/11” and “Everest.”

The film cost $7 million to produce and debuted with $15 million in mid-October. Among A24’s domestic releases, it ranks third behind “Backrooms” and “Marty Supreme.”

Variety said many moviegoers have returned for another viewing to process the film.

A staggered international rollout starts at the end of November.

Elsewhere at the awards, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s “NAZA” received best political documentary.

IndieWire reported that A24 is seeking Oscar nominations for “You Can See Everything” in both best documentary and best picture, while many awards-season pundits favor “NAZA” for best documentary. A best picture nod would make Fielder and Oppenheim’s film the first documentary nominated for that Oscar.

The Critics Choice top documentary winner has gone on to win the documentary Oscar only twice in the awards’ first 10 years, for “O.J.: Made in America” and “Summer of Soul.”

Ava DuVernay’s “14th” led the field with six nominations but went home without a win.

David Greaves’ “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” collected three prizes, for first documentary feature, historical documentary and archival documentary. The Hollywood Reporter said it received five nominations, matching the totals for “You Can See Everything” and “Nuisance Bear.”

“Nuisance Bear” took best science/nature documentary, while Alex Gibney’s four-hour Elon Musk portrait “Musk” won best biographical documentary. John Wilson earned the narration award for writing and performing “The History of Concrete.”

Baz Luhrmann’s “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” won best music documentary, and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s “Everest: The Other Side” took the sports prize. Netflix’s “The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare” tied with Investigation Discovery’s “Lost Women of Alaska” for best true crime documentary.

Ross Mathews hosted the ceremony at the Edison Ballroom. In a statement, Critics Choice Association vice president of documentary Christopher Campbell said “this year’s winners reflect the extraordinary creativity, ambition and innovation shaping documentary filmmaking today.”

Ron Howard received the Critics Choice Impact Award. Jehane Noujaim accepted the lifetime achievement Pennebaker Award from Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker’s widow and collaborator.