Submissions for Best Documentary Short Academy Award

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Finalists for Best Documentary (Short Subject) are selected by the Documentary Branch based on a preliminary ballot. A second preferential ballot determines the five nominees. [1] These are the additional films that were shortlisted.

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List of shortlisted films

YearFinalists
2007Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy, If It Happens, Ochberg's Orphans, Portraits of a Lady [2]
2008David McCullough: Painting With Words, Downstream, Tongzhi in Love , Viva La Causa [3]
2009Lt. Watada, Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak , Woman Rebel [4] [5]
2010Born Sweet, Living for 32, One Thousand Pictures: RFK’s Last Journey [6]
2011In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution, Pipe Dreams, Witness [7]
2012The Education of Mohammad Hussein, ParaÍso, The Perfect Fit [8]
2013Jujitsu-ing Reality, Recollections, SLOMO [9]
2014Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace, The Lion's Mouth Opens , One Child [10]
2015 50 Feet from Syria , Minerita , ’My Enemy, My Brother , Starting Point , The Testimony [11]
2016 Brillo Box (3 ¢ Off) , Close Ties, ’Frame 394 , The Mute's House , The Other Side of Home [12]
2017Alone, Kayayo – The Living Shopping Baskets, ’116 Cameras, Ram Dass, Going Home , Ten Meter Tower [13]
2018Los Comandos, My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes , ’63 Boycott, Women of the Gulag , Zion [14]
2019 After Maria , Ghosts of Sugar Land , Fire in Paradise , The Nightcrawlers, Stay Close [15]
2020Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa; Call Center Blues; Hysterical Girl; The Speed Cubers ; What Would Sophia Loren Do? [16]
2021Águilas, A Broken House, Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis, Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker, Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol , The Facility, Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day, Sophie & the Baron, Takeover, Terror Contagion [17]
2022American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton, Anastasia, Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison, As Far as They Can Run, The Flagmakers , Happiness Is £4 Million, Holding Moses, Nuisance Bear , Shut Up and Paint, 38 at the Garden [18]
2023Bear, Between Earth & Sky, Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games, Camp Courage, Deciding Vote, How We Get Free, If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis, Last Song from Kabul, Oasis, Wings of Dust [19]

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  2. ↑ "8 Doc Shorts Shortlisted For 2009 Oscars®" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 11, 2007. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  3. ↑ Mike Goodridge (9 October 2008). "Eight films shortlisted for documentary short subject Oscar". Screen Daily.
  4. ↑ Deol’s Film On Oscar Shortlist | News | The Harvard Crimson
  5. ↑ Tamara Krinsky (October 10, 2009). "8 Doc Shorts Shortlisted For 2009 Oscars®". International Documentary Association.
  6. ↑ 8 Documentary Short Subject Contenders For The 83rd Academy Awards® - We Are Movie Geeks
  7. ↑ Michelle Hannett (October 13, 2011). "8 Doc Shorts on Oscar's 2011 Shortlist". We Are Movie Geeks.
  8. ↑ "Oscars Pick 8 Documentary Shorts for 2012 Shortlist". The Hollywood Reporter . October 11, 2012.
  9. ↑ "8 Doc Shorts On Oscar's 2013 Shortlist". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 10, 2013.
  10. ↑ "8 Doc Shorts On Oscar's 2014 Shortlist". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 20, 2014.
  11. ↑ "10 DOC SHORTS ON OSCAR'S 2015 SHORTLIST". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 26, 2015.
  12. ↑ "10 DOC SHORTS ON OSCAR'S 2016 SHORTLIST". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 26, 2016.
  13. ↑ "10 DOCUMENTARY SHORTS ON 2017 OSCARS SHORTLIST". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. December 5, 2017.
  14. ↑ "91st Oscar Shortlists". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  15. ↑ "92nd Oscar Shortlists". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  16. ↑ "93rd Oscars Shortlists". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  17. ↑ Oscar Shortlists 2022: Documentary, International, Shorts... - Deadline
  18. ↑ "95th Oscars Shortlists Announced for 10 Categories". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  19. ↑ "96th Oscars Shortlists Announced for 10 Categories". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
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