A House Made of Splinters by Simon Lereng Wilmont
Fifteen documentary features will advance to the next round of Oscar nomination voting, running January 12-17 2023. This year, 144 documentary features were eligible for consideration.
Fifteen short docs will also advance to the next round of voting. Ninety-eight shorts were eligible for consideration.
After the votes are collated following the January 12-17 poll, the five Documentary Feature and five Short nominations will be announced January 24 2023.
Documentary Feature Film Shortlist
- All That Breathes by Shaunak Sen
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras
- Bad Axe by David Siev
- Children of the Mist by Ha Le Diem
- Descendant by Margaret Brown
- Fire of Love by Sara Dosa
- Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song by Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine
- Hidden Letters by Violet Du Feng and Qing Zhao
- A House Made of Splinters by Simon Lereng Wilmont
- The Janes by Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes
- Last Flight Home by Ondi Timoner
- Moonage Daydream by Brett Morgen
- Navalny by Daniel Roher
- Retrograde by Matthew Heineman
- The Territory by Alex Pritz
Documentary Short Film Shortlist
- American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton by Andrew Abrahams
- Anastasia by Sarah McCarthy
- Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison by Cinque Northern
- As Far as They Can Run by Tanaz Eshaghian
- The Elephant Whisperers by Kartiki Gonsalves
- The Flagmakers by Sharon Liese and Cynthia Wade
- Happiness Is £4 Million Weixi ChenKai Wei
- Haulout by Maxim Arbugaev and Evgenia Arbugaeva
- Holding Moses by Rivkah Beth Medow and Jen Rainin (co-director)
- How Do You Measure a Year? by Jay Rosenblatt
- The Martha Mitchell Effect by Anne Alvergue and Debra McClutchy (co-director)
- Nuisance Bear by Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman
- Shut Up and Paint by Titus Kaphar and Alex Mallis
- Stranger at the Gate by Joshua Seftel
- 38 at the Garden Frank Chi
The 95th Academy Awards will be presented March 12 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Updates to follow.
