The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that eight Documentary Short Subject will be considered for the 80th Academy Awards. Three to five of those films will earn Oscar nominations.
Voters from the Academy's Documentary Branch viewed this year's 23 eligible contenders and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The eight films are listed below in alphabetical order:
Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy
Freeheld
If It Happens
La Corona / The Crown
Ochberg's Orphans
Portraits of a Lady
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother (top photo)
The 80th Academy Award nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
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