Documentary (Short Subject) — Every Winner and Nominee
Every film recognised in the Oscars Documentary (Short Subject) category in CineRoll's records: 365 films across 79 years, 79 of them winners.
The most recent winner is The Queen of Basketball (2022); the earliest on record is Churchill's Island (1942).
The last three winners were The Queen of Basketball (2022), Colette (2021) and Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) (2020).
The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.
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Open Heart(2012)
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The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement(2011)Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin

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The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein(1992)Richard Elson and Sally Bochner, Producers

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Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment(1991)WinnerDebra Chasnoff, Producer

Birdnesters of Thailand (Birdnesters of Thailand (aka "Shadow Hunters"))(1991)Eric Valli and Alain Majani, Producers


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Winner- In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?(1983)
Vivienne Verdon-Roe and Eric Thiermann, Producers



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Benjy(1951)WinnerMade by Fred Zinnemann with the cooperation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital
One Who Came Back(1952)Owen Crump, Producer. (Film sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans, in cooperation with the United States Department of Defense and the Association of Motion Picture Producers)

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Hymn of the Nations (Arturo Toscanini)(1944)United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau


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Bomber: A Defense Report on Film (Bomber)(1941)United States Office for Emergency Management Film Unit






