Oscars’ Documentary Short List Includes Amy Winehouse, Laurie Anderson, Nina Simone Films

Oscars’ Documentary Short List Includes Amy Winehouse, Laurie Anderson, Nina Simone Films

After a preliminary round of voting, The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has revealed a short list of 15 documentaries currently in the running for an Oscar nomination, Variety reports. The next round of voting will whittle those 15 down to the five actual nominees, which will be announced 1/14. Among the feature films on the short list are Asif Kapadia’s critically acclaimed Amy Winehouse documentary Amy, Netflix’s Nina Simone doc What Happened, Miss Simone?, and Laurie Anderson’s autobiographical Heart Of A Dog, a meditation on the death of her beloved rat terrier Lolabelle. (HBO’s Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck, which did have a limited theatrical release and is thus eligible for the Oscars, is not on there.) Check out the full list below.

Amy
Best Of Enemies
Cartel Land
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
He Named Me Malala
Heart Of A Dog
The Hunting Ground
Listen To Me Marlon
The Look Of Silence
Meru
3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets
We Come As Friends
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Where To Invade Next
Winter On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom

The 2016 Oscars ceremony will take place 2/28.

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