2021 Oscar Shorts: Documentary

The Oscars 2021 Short Film (Documentary) nominations have been announced! The nominees for Short Film (Documentary) are: COLETTE, A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION, DO NOT SPLIT, HUNGER WARD, A LOVE SONG FOR LATASH.


COLETTE
Nazi occupied France. Resistance took courage. Seventy-five years later, Facing one's ghosts may take even more.
Director(s): Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
USA
(NR, 24 min.)

A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION
A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Director(s): Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
USA
(NR, 13 min.)

DO NOT SPLIT
In 2019 Hong Kong was rocked by the largest protests since Britain handed back the area to China in 1997. This is the story of the protests, told through a series of demonstrations by local protesters that escalate into conflict when highly armed police appear on the scene.
Director(s): Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
Norway/USA
(NR, 35 min.)

HUNGER WARD
Filmed from inside two of the most active therapeutic feeding centers in Yemen, HUNGER WARD documents two female health care workers fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war. The film provides an unflinching portrait of Dr. Aida Alsadeeq and Nurse Mekkia Mahdi as they try to save the lives of hunger-stricken children within a population on the brink of famine.
Director(s): Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman
USA
(NR, 40 min.)

A LOVE SONG FOR LATASH
The injustice surrounding the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins at a South Central Los Angeles store became a flashpoint for the city’s 1992 civil uprising.
Director(s): Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan
(NR, 19 min.)
USA