2024 Oscar®-Nominated Woodstock Film Festival Films & Alumni

After weeks of eager anticipation, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has at last revealed the official roster of nominees for the 2024 Oscars this morning. Among the distinguished candidates are several films featured in the 2023 Woodstock Film Festival program and year-round special events. The 96th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 10th 2024, 8pm.  Click here for the full list of nominees.

WFF Alumni Films Nominated for 96th Oscars:

Best Picture
AMERICAN FICTION

Best Original Screenplay
PAST LIVES, Celine Song

Best Adapted Screenplay
AMERICAN FICTION, Cord Jefferson

Best Documentary Feature Film
THE ETERNAL MEMORY, Maite Alberdi

Best Original Song
“It Never Went Away” by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson from AMERICAN SYMPHONY

Best Original Score
AMERICAN FICTION, Laura Karpman

Best Actor in a Leading Role
AMERICAN FICTION, Jeffrey Wright

Best Supporting Actor
AMERICAN FICTION, Sterling K. Brown
POOR THINGS, Mark Ruffalo

Best Documentary Short Film
THE ABC'S OF BOOK BANNING, Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic
THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK, John Hoffman and Christine Turner

Best Animated Short
NINETY-FIVE SENSES, Directors Jared Hess & Jerusha Hess, starring Tim Blake Nelson
WAR IS OVER! INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF JOHN & YOKO, directed by Dave Mullins

Congratulations to Mark Ruffalo (2011 Meera Gandhi Giving Back award recipient),  Christine Vachon (2007 Honorary Maverick Award Recipient), producer of PAST LIVES and MAY DECEMBER, our friends at Neon, Searchlight, A24, HBO and Netflix, and to all of the filmmakers on their nominations.

Join our accomplished list of alumni filmmakers and submit your film to the 25th Annual Woodstock Film Festival, an Oscar®-qualifying festival in the short film categories - Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film, and Documentary Short Film. Submit by the Earlybird Deadline, March 8th.