Documentaries at the Oscars: A History of Breaking Out of Their Category — and What It Means for ‘You Can See Everything’

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One of the breakout hits of the awards season is A24 ’s insanely entertaining “ You Can See Everything ” from directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, which had a surprise world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in September and opened in theaters Oct. 16, grossing nearly $80 million at the domestic box office through its fourth weekend.

Many professional pundits and awards enthusiasts are predicting the film will make history as the first documentary feature to land a best picture nomination. So we looked at the history of nonfiction films at the Academy Awards to see which movies have been embraced by the various branches and categories (some now defunct) over the years and what that history says about the film’s chances.

Across 98 ceremonies, feature docs have earned a total of 33 nominations in categories other than documentary feature, according to the Academy’s own statistics. Three of them won statuettes.

Of the 14 nominations nonfiction films have collected outside their own race since 2013 (the 85th ceremony), 10 have come in best original song. The documentary feature category is decided by members of the Documentary Branch, which was formed in 2001 and, according to the Academy’s most recent figures, has 719 voting members, making it the third-largest branch behind Actors (1,202) and Executives (759).

Preliminary voting runs Dec. 7-11, narrowing the field to a 15-film shortlist that will be announced Dec.

Members of the branch will then vote from that list in January to determine the five nominees, which will be revealed Jan. The Academy has 19 branches, and each nominates within its own discipline.

At the same time, the entire voting membership chooses best picture nominees. Although Academy rules do not expressly prohibit documentaries from competing in other categories, nonfiction films rarely factor into races that presume fictional storytelling, including production design, costume design and acting.

This year, A24 is pushing “You Can See Everything” in 11 categories , including best picture, director, supporting actress and documentary feature. Its awards site initially listed the film in the artisan races of production design (Alex DiGerlando and Rebecca Meis), cinematography (David Bolen), costume design (Katina Danabassis), film editing (Adam Locke-Norton), makeup and hairstyling (Stephanie Pasicov and Kerrie Smith), sound (Paul Hsu and Richard Carlos) and original score (Ari Balouzian).

However, an updated version of the site no longer lists production design, costume design, makeup and hairstyling or sound. As Variety previously reported , Seyfried’s acting turn is eligible for the Oscars and Critics

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