Oscar 2019: Documentaries–Academy’s Nine Semi-Finalists of Features and Shorts

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced shortlists of semi-finalists in nine separate categories.

Later on, the organization’s respective branches will determine the five final nominees, which will be announced along with all other Oscar categories next month.

This year marks the first year since 1979 that shortlists have been revealed in the music categories.

In the makeup-hairstyling and visual effects categories, branch members will vote at January “bake-off” events featuring reels demonstrating the work.

Nominations for the 91st annual Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.

Documentary Feature

“Charm City”
“Communion”
“Crime + Punishment”
“Dark Money”
“The Distant Barking of Dogs”
“Free Solo”
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
“Minding the Gap”
“Of Fathers and Sons”
“On Her Shoulders”
“RBG”
“Shirkers”
“The Silence of Others”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
“Black Sheep”
“End Game”
“Lifeboat”
“Los Comandos”
“My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes”
“A Night at the Garden”
“Period. End of Sentence.”
“’63 Boycott”
“Women of the Gulag”
“Zion”