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15 finalists for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature announced

December 8, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Earlier in the week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the list of twenty films in contention for the nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 89th Academy Awards in February, and now we have word on the fifteen films vying for a nod in the Best Documentary Feature category.

Cameraperson
Command and Control
The Eagle Huntress
Fire at Sea
Gleason
Hooligan Sparrow
I Am Not Your Negro
The Ivory Game
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
13th
Tower
Weiner
The Witness
Zero Days

The Academy will narrow the above down to five films when the nominations are announced on January 24th, ahead of the Oscar ceremony on Sunday, February 26th.

Originally published December 8, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Academy Awards

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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