88th Academy Awards

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 88th Academy Awards®.  One hundred twenty-four films were originally submitted in the category.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 88th Academy Awards®.  Sixty pictures had originally qualified in the category.The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: “Bear Story (Historia De Un Oso),” Gabriel Osorio, director, and Pato Escala, producer (Punkrobot Animation Studio)“Carface (Autos Portraits),” Claude Cloutier, director (National Film Board of Canada)“If I Was God…,” Cordell Barker, director (National Film Board of Canada)“Love...

Wednesday, December 2, is the deadline to submit Official Screen Credits (OSC) forms to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 88th Academy Awards® consideration. 

Eighty-one countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 88th Academy Awards®.  Paraguay is a first-time entrant.The 2015 submissions are:Afghanistan, "Utopia," Hassan Nazer, director;Albania, "Bota," Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors;Algeria, "Twilight of Shadows," Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director;Argentina, "The Clan," Pablo Trapero, director;Australia, "Arrows of the Thunder Dragon," Greg Sneddon, director;Austria, "Goodnight Mommy," Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, directors;Bangladesh, "Jalal’s Story," Abu Shahed Emon, director;...