Oscar Shortlist for Best Documentary Revealed

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its list of documentaries that are eligible for nomination in the upcoming 2013 Oscars. If you’re like me and have a running bet with your friends on awards night, use this list to get caught up on the front runners this season. If this 15 film list seems extensive, it’s actually been narrowed down from 126 films to the 15 films below. Happy studying!

The 15 films are:

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Never Sorry LLC

Bully, The Bully Project LLC

Chasing Ice, Exposure

Detropia, Loki Films

Ethel, Moxie Firecracker Films

5 Broken Cameras, Guy DVD Films

The Gatekeepers, Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh

Productions, Cinephil

The House I Live In, Charlotte Street Films, LLC

How to Survive a Plague, How to Survive a Plague LLC

The Imposter, Imposter Pictures Ltd.

The Invisible War, Chain Camera Pictures

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Jigsaw Productions in association with Wider Film Projects and Below the Radar Films

Searching for Sugar Man, Red Box Films

This Is Not a Film, Wide Management

The Waiting Room, Open’hood, Inc.