If you want to ace your Oscar pool, you musn’t ignore the three short film categories — animation, live-action and documentary. But what cinephile would, anyway? The 15 nominees here have already won ...

HOLLYWOOD -- The Oscar nominated short subject documentary film "A Concerto is a Conversation" is rooted in Los Angeles history. The film tells the story of Mr. Horace Bowers Sr. and his journey to ...

The Academy selects one of its strongest crops of nonfiction films in years, nominating meaningful entries that don't short-change artistry to make their political case. Produced by The New Yorker, ...

As the years pass and the line between professional filmmakers and indie creators continues to blur, documentaries have become all the more fascinating. Here is a genre of film where preconceived ...

Shorter is sweeter, as this selection of compact nonfiction films covers a range of fascinating subjects, from a racist’s redemption to human attempts to spare endangered wildlife. Working in a more ...

Now that the shortlists have been unveiled for the impending 97th Academy Awards, it’s time to start figuring out which movies will actually be nominated. Nowhere is this more difficult than in the ...

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’re reviewing every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Follow here this week. Below are the Best Documentary Short nominees: Four ...

I believe the most obscure of the Oscar categories is the best documentary short category. There isn’t a lot of glitz and glamor associated with documentary filmmaking, and that is even more true when ...

Laura Poitras' portrait of artist Nan Goldin and her campaign against the Sackler pharmaceutical dynasty took the best film honor in Venice. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Laura Poitras’ ...