Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film
| Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| First award | February 26, 1942 (for films released in 1941) |
| Most recent winner | Molly O'Brien, Lisa Remington The Only Girl in the Orchestra (2024) |
| Website | oscars |
This is a list of films by year that have received an Academy Award together with the other nominations for best documentary short film. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year. Copies of every winning film (along with copies of most nominees) are held by the Academy Film Archive. Fifteen films are shortlisted before nominations are announced.