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Oscar Nominations for Documentary Feature and Short Announced

January 22, 2008 12:50 PM, by Theresa

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning in Los Angeles. Here's the list for documentary film.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

NO END IN SIGHT
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE
Richard E. Robbins

SICKO
Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara

TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner

WAR/DANCE
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

FREEHELD
Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth

LA CORONA (THE CROWN)
Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega

SALIM BABA
Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello

SARI'S MOTHER
James Longley

This is the second nomination for filmmakers Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine — winner, 2002) and Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room — nominee, 2005), and the first Academy Award nomination for the rest of the documentary feature group.

Reaction to the nominations is trickling in from around the blogosphere. Most bloggers seem pretty happy with the list so far. IndieWire calls the doc line-up "a rather unsurprising group." Cinematical writer Kim Voyner predicts No End in Sight to win. Cinematical interviewed nominated filmmaker Alex Gibney a few weeks ago about Taxi to the Dark Side in San Francisco.

We'll post more good interviews from around the Web with nominees later today.

What are your thoughts on the nominee list and who do you think should win?

Tags: Academy Award, Charles Ferguson, Documentary News, Iraq War, Michael Moore, awards

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