Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 81st Academy Awards®. A record 94 pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order:

“At the Death House Door”
“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)”
“Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh”
“Encounters at the End of the World”
“Fuel”
“The Garden”
“Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts”
“I.O.U.S.A.”
“In a Dream”
“Made in America”
“Man on Wire”
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell”
“Standard Operating Procedure”
“They Killed Sister Dorothy”
“Trouble the Water”

The Documentary Branch Screening Committee viewed all the eligible documentaries for the preliminary round of voting. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles on the shortlist.

The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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This entry was posted on Monday, November 17th, 2008 at 9:21 pm.
by Jean Brunet Categories: Current News.

2 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Jess

    Thanks for posting this. I always feel they pull the documentaries from out of nowhere (as I live in rural area, none ever make it to the screen) but there’s rarely more than one I’ve even heard of pre-Oscar nominations. This way I can at least read other opinions on them before making my guess!

    Nov 17th, 2008

  2. Jean Brunet

    I haven’t seen any of them, but heard great stuff about “Encounters at the End of the World” and “Man on Wire”. “Standard Operating Procedure” is currently available on DVD and is about the abuse and torture of terrorist suspects by the U.S. forces in Abu Ghraib prison.

    Nov 17th, 2008

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