Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

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Academy Award category film award

The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature is a prestigious Oscar category honoring the most outstanding feature-length nonfiction films released each year.

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surface form: Oscar for Best Documentary Feature
awardedForYearPriorToCeremony true ⓘ
awardFor best feature-length documentary film ⓘ
awardNameLanguage English ⓘ
categoryType feature-length documentary ⓘ
ceremonyLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibilityCriterion feature-length ⓘ
nonfiction content ⓘ
theatrically released ⓘ
field cinema ⓘ
firstAwardedForYear 1942 film year ⓘ
firstCeremonyNumber 15th Academy Awards ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre nonfiction film ⓘ
hasLanguageRequirement no specific language requirement ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.oscars.org ⓘ
hasPrestigeLevel major documentary film award ⓘ
hasRuntimeRequirement minimum 40 minutes ⓘ
hasSelectionStage final voting ⓘ
nominations ⓘ
shortlist ⓘ
inception 1942 ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
isNonFictionCategory true ⓘ
mediaType film ⓘ
notableWinner Amy ⓘ
An Inconvenient Truth ⓘ
Bowling for Columbine ⓘ
Citizenfour ⓘ
Free Solo ⓘ
Man on Wire ⓘ
March of the Penguins ⓘ
My Octopus Teacher ⓘ
O.J.: Made in America ⓘ
organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
partOf Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedCategory Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film ⓘ
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
relatedDiscipline documentary filmmaking ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
selectionProcess voting by Academy documentary branch and members ⓘ
shortName Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
typicalCeremonyVenue Dolby Theatre ⓘ

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Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Documentary Feature
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Albert Gore, Jr. → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
subject surface form: Albert Gore Jr.
Alex Gibney → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Alex Honnold → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (for film about his climb, as subject)
An Inconvenient Truth → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Bowling for Columbine → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Citizenfour → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Free Solo → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Jacques-Yves Cousteau → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
James Algar → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Man on Wire → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
March of the Penguins → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Michael Moore → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
My Octopus Teacher → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
O.J.: Made in America → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Taxi to the Dark Side → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Oscar → awardedFor → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Documentary Feature
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
15th Academy Awards → introducedCategory → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
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An Inconvenient Truth → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Ava DuVernay → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
I Am Not Your Negro → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room → oscarNomination → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film → relatedTo → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ