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14th Annual Showcase of Academy Award–Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects
- Date: Thursday, March 01, 2018 - Sunday, March 04, 2018
- Time: 12:00 am
- Location: William G. McGowan Theater, Washington, DC
The National Archives hosts the 14th annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film.
Documentary Feature Nominees
Wednesday, February 28, 7:00 p.m.
Faces Places
Agnès Varda, JR, and Rosalie Varda
(89 minutes, rated PG)
Thursday, March 1, 7:00 p.m.
Icarus
Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
(121 minutes, unrated)
Friday, March 2, 7:00 p.m.
Last Men in Aleppo
Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, and Søren Steen Johannessen
(104 minutes, unrated)
Saturday, March 3, 7:00 p.m.
Strong Island
Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes
(107 minutes, unrated)
Sunday, March 4, 4:00 p.m.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Steve James, Mark Mitten, and Julie Goldman
(88 minutes, unrated)
Saturday, March 3, noon
Live Action Short Film Nominees
DeKalb Elementary
Reed Van Dyk
The Eleven O’Clock
Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
My Nephew Emmett
Kevin Wilson, Jr.
The Silent Child
Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton
Watu Wote/All of Us
Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen
Total Running time: 94 minutes.
Saturday, March 3, 3:30 p.m.
Animated Short Film Nominees
Dear Basketball
Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
Garden Party
Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
Lou
Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
Negative Space
Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
Revolting Rhymes
Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer
Total Running Time: 53 minutes.
Sunday, March 4, 11:00 a.m.
Documentary Short Subject Nominees
Edith+Eddie
Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Frank Stiefel
Heroin(e)
Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
Knife Skills
Thomas Lennon
Traffic Stop
Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
Total Running Time: 180 minutes.
The screenings are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in partnership with the National Archives Foundation.