Though I only watched one of the best picture nominees this year, I love reading all of your Oscar content and come out feeling like I'm far more cultured! This is fantastic work - thank you for all your analysis and work writing it.
“After a first round of voting narrows the field of 169 qualifying films to a 15-film shortlist, the 693 members of the Documentary Branch will pick their five favorites. If they all cast ballots, it’ll take 116 votes to be nominated, two more than last year.“ via here: https://www.thewrap.com/how-many-votes-to-get-an-oscar-nomination-2025/
I think the Doc branch has exercised an interesting level of restraint, they seem to really not go for the big splashy studio docs (see Will & Harper, Super Man from this year)
Though I only watched one of the best picture nominees this year, I love reading all of your Oscar content and come out feeling like I'm far more cultured! This is fantastic work - thank you for all your analysis and work writing it.
Curious how many votes a documentary needs to get nominated and whether you’re seeing a similar phenomenon in that field.
“After a first round of voting narrows the field of 169 qualifying films to a 15-film shortlist, the 693 members of the Documentary Branch will pick their five favorites. If they all cast ballots, it’ll take 116 votes to be nominated, two more than last year.“ via here: https://www.thewrap.com/how-many-votes-to-get-an-oscar-nomination-2025/
I think the Doc branch has exercised an interesting level of restraint, they seem to really not go for the big splashy studio docs (see Will & Harper, Super Man from this year)