Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature

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Independent Spirit Award category film award

The Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature is an annual honor presented to recognize outstanding achievement in independent non-fiction filmmaking.

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Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature canonical	5
Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary	1

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Target entity: Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature
Context triple: [Citizenfour, awardReceived, Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature]

A. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature is a prestigious Oscar category honoring the most outstanding feature-length nonfiction films released each year.
B. Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film is an Oscar category honoring outstanding non-fiction films of short subject length.
C. Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography is an annual honor recognizing outstanding cinematographic achievement in independent filmmaking.
D. Golden Calf for Best Documentary
The Golden Calf for Best Documentary is a major Dutch film award presented at the Netherlands Film Festival to honor outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking.
E. Cinema Eye Honors Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Cinema Eye Honors Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking is a prestigious documentary film award recognizing excellence in feature-length nonfiction cinema.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature
Target entity description: The Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature is an annual honor presented to recognize outstanding achievement in independent non-fiction filmmaking.

A. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature is a prestigious Oscar category honoring the most outstanding feature-length nonfiction films released each year.
B. Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film is an Oscar category honoring outstanding non-fiction films of short subject length.
C. Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography is an annual honor recognizing outstanding cinematographic achievement in independent filmmaking.
D. Golden Calf for Best Documentary
The Golden Calf for Best Documentary is a major Dutch film award presented at the Netherlands Film Festival to honor outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking.
E. Cinema Eye Honors Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Cinema Eye Honors Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking is a prestigious documentary film award recognizing excellence in feature-length nonfiction cinema.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Independent Spirit Award category ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
awardCategoryType	film documentary category ⓘ
awardFor	best documentary feature ⓘ
ceremonyUsuallyHeldIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States Santa Monica ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleWorks	independent documentary features ⓘ
field	independent cinema ⓘ non-fiction filmmaking ⓘ
firstAwarded	2000 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	documentary film ⓘ
hasNotableWinner	20 Feet from Stardom ⓘ An Inconvenient Truth ⓘ Citizenfour ⓘ Faces Places ⓘ O.J.: Made in America ⓘ The Act of Killing ⓘ linked to: documentary film "The Act of Killing"
inception	2000 ⓘ
organizer	Film Independent ⓘ
partOf	Independent Spirit Awards ⓘ linked to: Independent Spirit Award
presentedBy	Film Independent ⓘ
relatedTo	Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary ⓘ
selectionCriteria	feature-length documentary ⓘ outstanding achievement in independent documentary filmmaking ⓘ
sponsorType	non-profit organization ⓘ
typicalLanguage	English ⓘ
website	https://www.filmindependent.org/spirit-awards/ ⓘ

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Citizenfour → awardReceived → Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ

Bowling for Columbine → awardReceived → Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ

Jeff Malmberg → awardReceived → Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ

Marwencol → awardReceived → Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ

subject linked to: Jeff Malmberg

Let’s Get Lost → awardReceived → Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary ⓘ

linked to: Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature

Let’s Get Lost → awardReceived → Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ

subject linked to: Let’s Get Lost (1988 documentary film)

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