A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December.
'Rocky Ros Muc' from Below the Radar (and directed by Michael Fanning, Emer Reynolds Voyager doc 'The Farthest', 'School Life' (Neasa Ní Chianáin & David Rane), 'Elián' (produced by Trevor Birney at Finepoint Films, executive produced by Alex Gibney and co-directed by Tim Golden and Ross McDonnell), and Finepoint's 'No Stone Unturned', directed by Alex Gibney, have been submitted for consideration for the feature documentary category.
According to the American Academy, several of the 170 films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules in order to advance in the voting process.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.