Oscar Documentary Nominees 2025
Here are the five films that were nominated to compete for the Documentary Oscar:
Black Box Diaries – Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
No Other Land – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat- Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
Sugarcane – Nominees to be determined
Chosen by the Documentary Branch of the Academy from the shortlist that was published in December:
“The Bibi Files”
“Black Box Diaries”
“Dahomey”
“Daughters”
“Eno”
“Frida”
“Hollywoodgate”
“No Other Land”
“Porcelain War”
“Queendom”
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“Sugarcane”
“Union”
“Will & Harper”
I have seen two of the nominated films – “No Other Land” and “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” – plus trailers from the other three, but impossible to judge from these promotional clips. However, strong personal stories, except for “Porcelain War”, that communicates poetry with the war in Ukraine as background.
From the 15 shortlisted I was surprised that otherwise praised all over “Dahomey” was not chosen and I would have loved to see “Queendom” nominated. Amazing film.
