Documentary Emmys: HBO’s ‘Prime Minister’ Lands Top Prize; Nat Geo and Netflix Lead Winners List
Prime Minister, the HBO/CNN original documentary about popular New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern, was named best documentary at Thursday’s Documentary Emmy Awards. The doc, directed by Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz, had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary.
News & Documentary Emmy Awards: Doc Winners Include ‘Prime Minister’, ‘Underdogs’ & ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’
The 47th News & Documentary Emmy Awards has concluded, with Madison Wells’ Prime Minister winning Best Documentary.
2026 News and Documentary Emmy Awards Nominations Nominees List
In the best documentary category, the nominees are Black Snow, Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time, Life After, Love + War, 2000 Meters to Andriivka, Prime Minister, Turning Point: The Vietnam War and Union.
How ‘Prime Minister’ Landed with Madison Wells
Founder Gigi Pritzker and film and TV head Rachel Shane recall wooing former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and taking the film to Sundance: "There were people coming up to us afterward crying."
Jacinda Ardern Documentary ‘Prime Minister’ Gets November Premiere on CNN
A roundtable discussion hosted by Abby Phillip will stream exclusively on CNN after the film’s debut.
"This Seems Important" - Why Jacinda Ardern's Husband Documented Her Five Years As Prime Minister
Clarke Gayford, the husband of New Zealand's former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, picked up his camera after his wife was elected and captured incredible footage of moments big and small throughout her time in office. The resulting documentary, "Prime Minister," is in theaters June 13th and Ardern's memoir, "A Different Kind of Power," is available now.
Oprah and Jacinda Ardern: A Different Kind of Power
The Right Honorable Dame Jacinda Ardern, former prime minister of New Zealand, joins The Oprah Podcast to discuss her new memoir, A Different Kind of Power which is available on June 3rd, 2025.
T&C Exclusive: Watch the Trailer for Prime Minister
A new documentary offers an intimate look at Jacinda Ardern's life during her five years as New Zealand's prime minister.
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Docu ‘Prime Minister’ Acquired By Magnolia, HBO Docu Films & CNN Films After Prize-Winning Sundance Bow
The documentary about former New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern that electrified in its Sundance Film Festival debut has found a home.
THR Critics Pick the 15 Best Films of Sundance 2025
Directors Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe’s doc about Jacinda Ardern is a timely and bracingly intimate portrait of a woman in power, examining the left-wing prime minister’s work and life choices during her five-year term as New Zealand’s galvanizing head of government.
Sundance 2025: The Dating Game, Prime Minister, How to Build a Library
Directors Michelle Walshe & Lindsay Utz’s film “Prime Minister” takes a fairly straightforward approach with a gentle touch. It’s a traditional kind of documentary, following Ardern’s journey into politics and her term as prime minister in mostly a chronological timeline.
This Week In Documentary
As we (finally) close out the first month of 2025, this year’s Sundance Film Festival is also winding down. We’ve covered some of the programmed documentaries…
Best Documentaries of Sundance 2025
We can't see all of this year's Sundance documentaries, but of those we've seen, this is our ranking.
2025 Sundance Film Festival announces award winners
The U.S. documentary audience award went to “André is an Idiot,” a life-affirming film about dying of colon cancer. Other audience picks were “Prime Minister,” about former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and “DJ Ahmet,” a coming-of-age film about a 15-year-old boy in North Macedonia.
'Atropia' and 'Twinless' win top prizes at Sundance Film Festival
The U.S. documentary audience award went to “André is an Idiot,” a life-affirming film about dying of colon cancer. Other audience picks were “Prime Minister,” about former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and “DJ Ahmet,” a coming-of-age film about a 15-year-old boy in North Macedonia.
Sundance: ‘Atropia,’ ‘Seeds’ Win Top Festival Jury Prizes
Among the audience awards, Twinless won in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, and André Is an Idiot topped the U.S. Documentary Competition. DJ Ahmet collected the audience award for World Cinema Dramatic Competition, with Prime Minister prevailing for the World Cinema Documentary Competition.