Five feature docs and five short docs have advanced to the final round of Oscar voting. The winners will be announced March 10 during 96th Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood.
Within the feature doc category, the originating countries of the nominees are diverse: Bobi Wine: The People’s President (UK/Uganda/US), The Eternal Memory (Chile), Four Daughters (France/Tunisia/Germany/Saudi Arabia/Cyprus), To Kill a Tiger (Canada), 20 Days in Mariupol (Ukraine).
Four of the nominations within the short doc category are from the US. These are The ABCs of Book Banning; The Barber of Little Rock, The Last Repair Shop and Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó. S. Leo Chiang’s The Island In Between is Taiwanese.
Documentary Feature Film Shortlist
- Bobi Wine: The People’s President by Christopher Sharp/Moses Bwayo
- The Eternal Memory by Maite Alberdi
- Four Daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania
- To Kill a Tiger by Nisha Pahuja
- 20 Days in Mariupol by Mstyslav Chernov
Documentary Short Film Shortlist
- The ABCs of Book Banning by Sheila Nevins
- The Barber of Little Rock by John Hoffman, Christine Turner
- The Island In Between by S. Leo Chiang
- The Last Repair Shop by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
- Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó by Sean Wang
Academy members can cast their votes February 22-27 ahead of the March 10 Oscar ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
Update features and interviews to run in Business Doc Europe through to end of voting.
