The nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards were announced this morning, and there are actually more documentaries nominated than usual. No, we didn’t see Amy recognized for editing nor is there another nonfiction film in the foreign language mix, and once again there’s no doc contending for Best Picture, but there are two docs up for Best Original Song, which I believe might be a first.
Here are the 12 Oscar nominations for documentary this year:
Best Documentary Feature
Amy (watch on Amazon)
Cartel Land (watch on Netflix)
The Look of Silence (watch on Amazon)
What Happened, Miss Simone? (watch on Netflix)
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom (watch on Netflix)
Best Documentary Short
Body Team 12 (debuts on HBO on March 14th)
Chau, Beyond The Lines (stream on Netflix)
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of The Shoah (debuts on HBO on May 2nd)
A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness (debuts on HBO March 7th)
Last Day Of Freedom (stream on Netflix)
Best Original Song
“Manta Ray” by J. Ralph and Antony Hegarty, from Racing Extinction (watch it on Amazon — currently for sale only)
“Til’ It Happens To You” by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga, from The Hunting Ground (watch it on Amazon)
