2009 Oscar Nominations
For Best Documentary

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Congratulations to all the filmmakers! Here are the 2009 Oscar nominations for Best Documentary and Best Documentary Short. 

Best Documentaries for 2009

• Man on Wire - James Marsh, Simon Chinn
(WINNER!) 

• The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) - Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath


• Encounters at the End of the World - Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser


• The Garden - Scott Hamilton Kennedy


• Trouble the Water - Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

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Best Documentary Short 2009

• Smile Pinki - Megan Mylan
(WINNER!) 

• The Conscience of Nhem En – Steven Okazaki


• The Final Inch – Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant


• The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 - Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde

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