This is a list of movies based on the year that has earned an Academy Award along with other nominees for the best short documentary subject. Following the Academy practice, the year listed for each movie is the year of release: the award is announced and presented at the beginning of the following year.
Video Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Rules and eligibility
In accordance with the latest rules of the Academy of Art and Moving Image Science (AMPAS), Documentary Short Documentary is defined as a nonfiction film "related creatively with cultural, artistic, historical, social, scientific, economic, or other subjects". These can be photographed in the actual event, or may be using partial reenactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact, rather than on fiction. It must have a running time of not more than 40 minutes and be released during a special eligibility period which may vary from year to year, but generally begins in September of the previous year and ends in August of the year award. (This eligibility differs from most other Academy Award categories that only include movies released between January and December of the award year). The documentary release should also take place within 2 years of the completion of the film, and there are also rules governing the formatting of audio and video used to produce and display the image.
In addition, to qualify for the film must meet one of the following criteria:
- finish commercial performances for at least 7 days in Los Angeles County, California or the Manhattan, New York area before being released to other non-theater venues such as DVDs or TVs; or,
- irrespective of public exhibitions or non-film film broadcasts, the film must win a qualifying award at a competitive film festival, as determined by the Academy; or
- win a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Medal in the Academy Student Academy Award Competition.
The film must be run every day for 7 days, open to the public for paid admission, and should be advertised on one of the main circulars of the city during the process. Movies must have a narrative or dialogue primarily in English or with English subtitles, and should be the original work. Some edits of the work and the larger episodes of the serial movie are not eligible.
The eligibility rules for the preceding years may differ from this.
The nomination process
The First Academy Academy Branch voted to select ten images for an initial nomination, after which a second round of voting was conducted to elect five documentary nominations. All members of the Academy will then choose one of these five awards for the Oscars. A maximum of two people involved with the production of a documentary film can be nominated for awards, one of which should be a credited movie director. One producer may also be nominated, but if more than one non-director producer is credited, the Academy Branch Documentary will inspect the producers to vote for which they believe is most involved in the filming.
Maps Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner and nomination
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Individuals with multiple wins
Individuals with multiple nominations
Note
References
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