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Voters in the Academy\u2019s Documentary Branch will have 167 feature films and 114 shorts to consider for this year\u2019s Oscars, according to emails sent to the branch over the past four months.<\/p>\n
That number is 23 more than last year\u2019s total of 144 eligible documentaries, but well short of the record total of 238 set in 2020, when the eligibility rules were loosened because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
The list below is of all the films that were made available to the branch in the Academy Screening Room and assigned as required viewing to members of the branch. It is not the Academy\u2019s official list of eligible films in the Best Documentary Feature category, which will be released before shortlist voting begins in mid December. That list is generally identical to this one, though it\u2019s possible that films on this list might fail to meet eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n
The list does not include the top-grossing nonfiction film of the year, \u201cTaylor Swift: The Eras Tour,\u201d which was ineligible because of an Academy rule that disqualifies \u201cworks that are essentially unfiltered records of performances.\u201d However, the list does include a different film about a concert by a performer named Taylor, \u201cTaylor Mac\u2019s 24-Decade History of Popular Music.\u201d<\/p>\n
Curiously, so did two films with essentially the same title: \u201cBella,\u201d a documentary about choreographer Bella Lewitzky that was made available to voters on Nov. 10, and \u201cBella!,\u201d a doc about politician Bella Abzug that appeared in the screening room one week later.<\/p>\n
Nine different batches of nonfiction films and eight groups of short films were placed into a members-only screening room accessible to voters, with each member of the branch assigned 10% of the titles as required viewing.<\/p>\n
Voters are free to see as many films as they\u2019d like outside their required lists, which are in place to ensure that each eligible film is viewed by a minimum number of voters. With the branch standing at 648 members during the last Oscar season, that means every qualifying film was assigned to between 60 and 70 voters, though it\u2019s unknown how many branch members watch all their required-viewing films and participate in the first round of voting. <\/p>\n
The eligible films were made available to voters on nine different Fridays, beginning on August 10 with an initial 10 films. The second batch of 19 titles was added on Sept. 1, along with the first group of 34 short docs. Nine more features were added later in September, with October bringing groups of 11, 18 and 16 films. November brought a three week barrage: 30 new films on Nov. 3, 31 more on Nov. 10 and a final batch of 24 on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n
Those groups of films added up to 168 documentaries, but \u201cKiss the Future,\u201d a film about the rock group U2\u2019s 1997 performance in Sarajevo, was later withdrawn and is no longer available in the screening room.<\/p>\n
The 167 films include virtually all of the highest-profile nonfiction films of 2023, including \u201cAmerican Symphony,\u201d \u201c20 Days in Mariupol,\u201d \u201cStill: A Michael J. Fox Movie,\u201d \u201cThe Eternal Memory,\u201d \u201cFour Daughters,\u201d \u201cGoing to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project,\u201d \u201cKokomo City,\u201d \u201cThe Mother of All Lies\u201d and \u201cStamped From the Beginning.\u201d IDA Documentary Award nominees \u201cMilisuthando\u201d and \u201cQ\u201d are not on the list, and neither are \u201cJudy Blume Forever,\u201d \u201cBlack Ice,\u201d \u201cCopa 71\u201d and a number of other films listed as contenders on other websites.<\/p>\n
First-round voting will take place from Dec. 14 through Dec. 18. On Dec. 21, shortlists of 15 documentary features and 15 doc shorts will be announced, with a second round of voting taking place Jan. 11-16 to narrow the 15 semi-finalists down to five nominees. <\/p>\n
Here is the full list of all the films placed in the screening room and assigned to voters. According to a Nov. 17 email, no additional films will be added to this list.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter Sherman\u201d
\n\u201cAgainst the Tide\u201d
\n\u201cAKA Mr. Chow\u201d
\n\u201cAlexander\u201d
\n\u201cAmerican: An Odyssey to 1947\u201d
\n\u201cAmerican Symphony\u201d
\n\u201cAmericonned\u201d
\n\u201cAnd Miles to Go Before I Sleep\u201d
\n\u201cAnhell69\u201d
\n\u201cAnonymous Sister\u201d
\n\u201cAnother Body\u201d
\n\u201cAnselm\u201d
\n\u201cApache Blues: Welcome Home\u201d
\n\u201cApolonia, Apolonia\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBad Press\u201d
\n\u201cBatata\u201d
\n\u201cBella\u201d
\n\u201cBella!\u201d
\n\u201cBeyond Utopia\u201d
\n\u201cBobi Wine: The People\u2019s President\u201d
\n\u201cBye Bye Tiberias\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCanary\u201d
\n\u201cCarlos\u201d
\n\u201cCarterland\u201d
\n\u201cClose to Vermeer\u201d
\n\u201cCommon Ground\u201d
\n\u201cA Compassionate Spy\u201d
\n\u201cCup of Salvation\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDe Humani Corporis Fabrica\u201d
\n\u201cDeep Rising\u201d
\n\u201cThe Deepest Breath\u201d
\n\u201cDeserters\u201d
\n\u201cDesperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy\u201d
\n\u201cThe Disappearance of Shere Hite\u201d
\n\u201cDosed: The Trip of a Lifetime\u201d
\n\u201cDownwind\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEat Bitter\u201d
\n\u201cThe Echo\u201d
\n\u201cEl Juicio\u201d
\n\u201cElis & Tom \u2013 It Had to Be You\u201d
\n\u201cThe Eternal Memory\u201d
\n\u201cEvery Body\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFantastic Machine\u201d
\n\u201cFinding Her Beat\u201d
\n\u201cFioretta\u201d
\n\u201cFor the Animals\u201d
\n\u201cFour Daughters\u201d
\n\u201cFull Circle\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGoing to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project\u201d
\n\u201cGrandpa Was an Emperor\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHave You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd\u201d
\n\u201cHere. Is. Better.\u201d
\n\u201cHigh & Low \u2013 John Galliano\u201d
\n\u201cThe Holly\u201d
\n\u201cHoly Frit\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI Got a Monster\u201d
\n\u201cIf You Let Me Go\u201d
\n\u201cImagining the Indian\u201d
\n\u201cImmediate Family\u201d
\n\u201cIn the Company of Rose\u201d
\n\u201cIn the Rearview\u201d
\n\u201cIn the Shadow of Beirut\u201d
\n\u201cIn Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis\u201d
\n\u201cIncompatible With Life\u201d
\n\u201cInto the Spotlight\u201d
\n\u201cThe Invention of the Other\u201d
\n\u201cInvisible Beauty\u201d
\n\u201cThe Issues with Tissue: A Boreal Love Story\u201d
\n\u201cIt Ain\u2019t Over\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJoan Baez: I Am a Noise\u201d
\n\u201cJoonam\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKing Coal\u201d
\n\u201cKnights of Santiago\u201d
\n\u201cKokomo City\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Lady Bird Diaries\u201d
\n\u201cLakota Nation vs. United States\u201d
\n\u201cLand of My Dreams\u201d
\n\u201cThe Last Rider\u201d
\n\u201cThe League\u201d
\n\u201cLift\u201d
\n\u201cLittle Richard: I Am Everything\u201d
\n\u201cThe Lost Weekend: A Love Story\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons\u201d
\n\u201cMenus-Plaisirs \u2013 Les Troisgros\u201d
\n\u201cThe Mission\u201d
\n\u201cMission Peace: The Staunch Moderates Documentary\u201d
\n\u201cThe Mother of All Lies\u201d
\n\u201cMotherland\u201d
\n\u201cThe Mountains\u201d
\n\u201cMourning in Lod\u201d
\n\u201cMr. Jimmy\u201d
\n\u201cMusic Is My Life \u2013 Dr. Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo\u201d
\n\u201cMy Name Is Happy\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV\u201d
\n\u201c1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture\u201d
\n\u201cNorth Circular\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOccupied City\u201d
\n\u201cOrlando, My Political Biography\u201d
\n\u201cOur Body\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPacific Mother\u201d
\n\u201cThe Padilla Affair\u201d
\n\u201cThe Painting\u201d
\n\u201cPay or Die\u201d
\n\u201cPeriodical\u201d
\n\u201cPhotophobia\u201d
\n\u201cPianoforte\u201d
\n\u201cPictures of Ghosts\u201d
\n\u201cThe Pigeon Tunnel\u201d
\n\u201cPlan C\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRadical Wolfe\u201d
\n\u201cRazing Liberty Square\u201d
\n\u201cReality Winner\u201d
\n\u201cRefuge\u201d
\n\u201cA Revolution on Canvas\u201d
\n\u201cRewind & Play\u201d
\n\u201cA Rising Fury\u201d
\n\u201cRobert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling\u201d
\n\u201cRojek\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cSam Now\u201d
\n\u201cSamuel and the Light\u201d
\n\u201cThe Secret Cities of Mark Kistler\u201d
\n\u201cShot in the Arm\u201d
\n\u201cShow Her the Money\u201d
\n\u201cSilver Dollar Road\u201d
\n\u201cSly\u201d
\n\u201cThe Smell of Money\u201d
\n\u201cSmoke Sauna Sisterhood\u201d
\n\u201cA Song Film by Kishi Bashi \u2013 \u2018Omoiyari\u2019\u201d
\n\u201cSongs of Earth\u201d
\n\u201cSound of the Police\u201d
\n\u201cSplice Here: A Projected Odyssey\u201d
\n\u201cStamped From the Beginning\u201d
\n\u201cState of the Unity\u201d
\n\u201cStephen Curry: Underrated\u201d
\n\u201cA Still Small Voice\u201d
\n\u201cStill: A Michael J. Fox Movie\u201d
\n\u201cA Storm Foretold\u201d
\n\u201cSubject\u201d
\n\u201cSymphony of the Holocaust\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTaylor Mac\u2019s 24-Decade History of Popular Music\u201d
\n\u201c32 Sounds\u201d
\n\u201cThis Much We Know\u201d
\n\u201cThey Shot the Piano Player\u201d
\n\u201cThy Neighbors\u201d
\n\u201cTito, Margot and Me\u201d
\n\u201cTo Kill a Tiger\u201d
\n\u201cTotal Trust\u201d
\n\u201c20 Days in Mariupol\u201d
\n\u201c26.2 to Life\u201d
\n\u201cTwice Colonized\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUmberto Eco: A Library of the World\u201d
\n\u201cUncharitable\u201d
\n\u201cUnconditional\u201d
\n\u201cUnder the Sky of Damascus\u201d
\n\u201cUnfinished Business\u201d
\n\u201cUnseen\u201d
\n\u201cUnzipped: An Autopsy of American Inequality\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVictim\/Suspect\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe Dare to Dream\u201d
\n\u201cWhat the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat and Tears?\u201d
\n\u201cWhile the Green Grass Grows\u201d
\n\u201cWhile We Watched\u201d
\n\u201cWho I Am Not\u201d
\n\u201cWild Beauty: Mustang, Spirit of the West\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYoshiki Under the Sky\u201d
\n\u201cYou Were My First Boyfriend\u201d
\n\u201cYour Fat Friend\u201d<\/p>\n
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