Oscars 2019 Nominations For Best Short Films and Documentaries Announced

Actor-comedian and Oscar-nominated writer Kumail Nanjiani and actress–producer–director Tracee Ellis Ross announced the 91st Oscars nominations today (January 22), live from the Academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, the Academy’s digital platforms, a satellite feed and broadcast media.

Nanjiani and Ross announced the nominees in 9 categories at 5:20 a.m. PT, and the remaining 15 categories at 5:30 a.m. PT.

Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 24 categories beginning Tuesday, February 12, through Tuesday, February 19.

Best live action short film

• “Detainment” Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon
• “Fauve” Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon
• “Marguerite” Marianne Farley and Marie-Hélène Panisset
• “Mother” Rodrigo Sorogoyen and María del Puy Alvarado
• “Skin” Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman

Best animated short film

• “Animal Behaviour” Alison Snowden and David Fine
• “Bao” Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb
• “Late Afternoon” Louise Bagnall and Nuria González Blanco
• “One Small Step” Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas
• “Weekends” Trevor Jimenez

Best documentary short subject

• “Black Sheep” Ed Perkins and Jonathan Chinn
• “End Game” Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
• “Lifeboat” Skye Fitzgerald and Bryn Mooser
• “A Night at The Garden” Marshall Curry
• “Period. End of Sentence.” Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton

Best documentary feature

• “Free Solo” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill
• “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim
• “Minding the Gap” Bing Liu and Diane Quon
• “Of Fathers and Sons” Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert
• “RBG” Betsy West and Julie Cohen

The 91st Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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