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93rd Oscars doc shortlists announced

The Mole Agent by Maite Alberdi

Maite Alberdi’s The Mole Agent

 

After conclusion of voting February 5, fifteen films now advance to the next round of voting in the Academy Awards Documentary Feature category. In the Documentary Short category ten films will advance. 

 

The next round of voting will be undertaken between 5-10 March by members of the Academy’s Documentary Branch to determine the five nominations within the doc categories. The nominated films will be announced March 15. 

Final voting is restricted to active and life members of the Academy who have viewed all of the nominated documentaries. 

The ceremony is scheduled to take place April 25 and aired across 225 countries and territories worldwide. 

Documentary Feature short-listed films Alexander Nanau’s Collective and Maite Alberdi’s The Mole Agent are also shortlisted in International Feature category.

Documentary Feature shortlist:

76 Days (MTV Documentary Films) – directed by Weixi Chen, Hao Wu, Anonymous

All In: The Fight for Democracy (Amazon Studios) – directed by Lisa Cortes, Liz Garbus

Boys State (Apple TV Plus) – directed by Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss

Collective (Magnolia Pictures and Participant) – directed by Alexander Nanau 

Crip Camp (Netflix) – directed by James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham

Dick Johnson Is Dead (Netflix) – directed by Kirsten Johnson 

Gunda (Neon) – directed by Victor Kossakovsky 

MLK/FBI (IFC Films) – directed by Sam Pollard 

The Mole Agent (Gravitas Ventures) – directed by Maite Alberdi 

My Octopus Teacher (Netflix) – directed by Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed 

Notturno (Neon) – directed by Gianfranco Rosi 

The Painter and the Thief (Neon) – directed by Benjamin Ree 

Time (Amazon Studios) – directed by Garrett Bradley

The Truffle Hunters (Sony Pictures Classics) – directed by Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw 

Welcome to Chechnya (HBO) – directed by David France 

Documentary Short Subject shortlist:

Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa by Janet Goldwater, Mike Attie, Barbara Attie

Call Center Blues by Geeta Gandbhir

Colette by Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard

A Concerto Is a Conversation by Kris Bowers, Ben Proudfoot

Do Not Split by Anders Hammer

Hunger Ward by Skye Fitzgerald

Hysterical Girl by Kate Novack

A Love Song for Latasha by Sophia Nahli Allison

The Speed Cubers by Sue Kim

What Would Sophia Loren Do? by Ross Kauffman