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Academy Announces Nominees in Documentary Categories

By Tom White


And away we go!

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the Academy Award® nominees for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject this morning. The Academy Awards will be presented Sunday, March 2.

Here's the lineup:

Best Documentary Feature

The Act of Killing—Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
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Cutie and the Boxer —Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
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Dirty Wars  —Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
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The Square—Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
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20 Feet from Stardom—Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers
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Best Documentary Short Subject

CaveDigger—Jeffrey Karoff

Facing Fear —Jason Cohen

Karama Has No Walls —Sara Ishaq

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life—Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed

Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall—Edgar Barens
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Save the date! You can see all the Oscar-nominated docs at IDA's annual DocuDay of on Saturday, March 1. Stay tuned for more details.