OSCAR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

January 24, 2025

DOC NYC Official Selections Shine in Academy Award Nominations

The 97th Oscar® Nominations are here, and we’re thrilled to see DOC NYC selections do incredibly well! We are ecstatic to announce that for the first time in DOC NYC history, all nominations in this year’s Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Oscar categories have gone to Official Selections from our festival! This unprecedented achievement is a testament to the exceptional storytelling and artistic vision showcased at the 2024 festival, and we couldn’t be prouder of these remarkable titles. The full list of nominees is as follows:

Nominated Features: 

“Black Box Diaries”

“No Other Land”

“Porcelain War”

“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” 

“Sugarcane” 

Nominated Shorts

“Death by Numbers” 

“I Am Ready, Warden”  

“Incident” 

“Instruments of a Beating Heart” 

“The Only Girl in the Orchestra” (2023 world premiere, 2024 shortlist)

A massive congratulations to all of these talented filmmaking teams!