“CaveDigger,” “SLOMO” named to Oscar doc short subject shortlist

Eight docs are named to the Academy Award Documentary Short Subject shortlist; three to five will nab Oscar nominations.

October 10, 2013

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has named eight docs to the Academy Award Documentary Short Subject shortlist; three to five will nab Oscar nominations.

The eight shortlisted doc shorts, selected by the Academy’s Documentary Branch, were chosen from 40 eligible titles. They are:

CaveDigger, Karoffilms

Facing Fear, Jason Cohen Productions

Jujitsu-ing Reality, Sobini Films

Karama Has No Walls, Hot Spot Films

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, Reed Entertainment

Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall, Prison Terminal

Recollections, Notrac Productions

SLOMO, Big Young Films and Runaway Films

This marks the first year that new rules regarding Documentary Shorts will be followed, whereby the entire AMPAS voter membership vote for the winner, versus past years where only the Academy’s Documentary Branch voters were eligible to vote.

In addition, short docs that screened at 24 major film festivals, including Sundance, IDFA and SXSW, became eligible to qualify.

The winner will be announced at the Oscar ceremony on March 2.

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Academy Awards 2014, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Best Documentary Shorts, CaveDigger, Facing Fear, Jujitsu-ing Reality, Karama Has No Walls, Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall, Recollections, Slomo, The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

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Barry Walsh is editor and content director for realscreen, and has served as editor of the publication since 2009. With a career in entertainment media that spans two decades, prior to realscreen, he held the associate editor post for now defunct sister publication Boards, which focused on the advertising and commercial production industries. Before Boards, he served as editor of Canadian Music Network, a weekly music industry trade, and as music editor for HMV.com. As content director, he also oversees the development of content for the brand's market-leading events, the Realscreen Summit and Realscreen West, as well as new content initiatives.

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