Oscars 2021 Shortlisted Documentaries Announced !
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced shortlists in nine categories for the 93rd Oscars including Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject !
We’re extremely excited to see so many of our favourite films from the past year included in this record-breaking tally of documentaries. For every one that we’ve covered you’ll find a link to our review, including a trailer and a link to watch the film for yourself.
Congratulations to all the films that have made it this far and best of luck for the rest of the competition !
The final nominations for the 2021 Oscars will be announced on Monday, March 15 and The Oscars will take place on April 25th.
Documentary Feature
15 films will advance in the Documentary Feature category for the 93rd Academy Awards. An impressive 230 films were eligible in the category this year.
76 Days (MTV Documentary Films) – directed by Weixi Chen, Hao Wu, Anonymous
All In: The Fight for Democracy (Amazon Studios) – directed by Lisa Cortes, Liz Garbus
Boys State (Apple TV Plus) – directed by Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
Collective (Magnolia Pictures and Participant) – directed by Alexander Nanau
Crip Camp (Netflix) – directed by James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham
Dick Johnson Is Dead (Netflix) – directed by Kirsten Johnson
Gunda (Neon) – directed by Viktor Kosakovskiy
MLK/FBI (IFC Films) – directed by Sam Pollard
The Mole Agent (Gravitas Ventures) – directed by Maite Alberdi
My Octopus Teacher (Netflix) – directed by Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed
Notturno (Neon) – directed by Gianfranco Rosi
The Painter and the Thief (Neon) – directed by Benjamin Ree
Time (Amazon Studios) – directed by Garrett Bradley
The Truffle Hunters (Sony Pictures Classics) – directed by Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
Welcome to Chechnya (HBO) – directed by David France
Documentary Short Subject
Ten films will advance in the documentary short subject category for the 93rd Academy Awards out of 114 films that qualified.
Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa - directed by Janet Goldwater, Mike Attie, Barbara Attie
Call Center Blues - directed by Geeta Gandbhir
Colette - directed by Anthony Giacchino
A Concerto Is a Conversation - directed by Kris Bowers, Ben Proudfoot
Do Not Split - directed by Anders Hammer
Hunger Ward - directed by Skye Fitzgerald
Hysterical Girl - directed by Kate Novack
A Love Song for Latasha - directed by Sophia Nahli Allison
The Speed Cubers - directed by Sue Kim
What Would Sophia Loren Do? - directed by Ross Kauffman
