The 15 documentaries that qualify for the Oscar this year in their respective category.
Among them we find this year's great favorite «T«, Winner of the award for best documentary at the Gotham Awards and nominated for the IDA Awards, awards given by the International Documentary Association.
Three more documentaries nominated for the IDA Awards appear in this shortlist for the Oscar, they are «Stories We Tell«, Recent winner of the award for best documentary at the New York Critics Awards,«Blackfish»And the Egyptian documentary«The Square«.
«Life According to Sam" Y "Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hertherington»Are the only two shortlisted candidates who also opt for the Producers Union Award.
Other favorites for the Oscar nomination are «The Crash Reel","Tim's vermeer" and "20 Feet from Stardom”, Although they have not been taken into account for any awards yet.
Documentaries shortlisted for the Oscar:
Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing"
Alex Gibney's "The Armstrong Lie"
"Blackfish" by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
"The Crash Reel" by Lucy Walker
"Cutie and the Boxer" by Zachary Heinzerling
Rick Rowley's "Dirty Wars"
"First Cousin Once Removed" by Alan Berliner
"God Loves Uganda" by Roger Ross Williams
"Life According to Sam" by Sean Fine and Andrea Ni
"Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer" by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin
"The Square" by Jehane Noujaim
"Stories We Tell" by Sarah Polley
"Tim's Vermeer" by Teller
Morgan Neville's “20 Feet from Stardom”
Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington ”by Sebastian Junger
More information - Documentaries nominated for the Producers Guild of America Awards