Join us for a conversation with this year’s Documentary Feature Film nominees.

Purchase Tickets @ Academy Museum, starting at $5: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/2025-documentary-feature-film-0193b221-8fa7-a539-563e-115b524d5984

Filmmakers will share the stories behind the making of their nominated  Documentary Feature Films in our David Geffen Theater.

This year’s program will be full of insights about the process of making powerful documentaries.

Seating in the David Geffen Theater will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. No seat saving will be permitted. 

Listed below are the 97th Oscars nominees who will be participating in this program. The list of participants is subject to change and will continuously be updated.

Introduction by Documentary Branch Governors, Jean Tsien, Chris Hegedus, and Simon Kilmurry

• Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari, and Hanna Aqvilin, Black Box Diaries

• Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska, and Paula DuPre' Pesmen, Porcelain War

• Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius, and Rémi Grellety, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

• Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, and Kellen Quinn, Sugarcane

Moderated by Academy Museum Director of Film Programs, K.J. Relth-Miller