Banksy, 'Superman' up for documentary Oscar

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has unveiled the longlist for next year's 'Best Documentary' Oscar.

Graffiti artist Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop, Charles Ferguson's financial doc Inside Job, Davis Guggenheim's Waiting For Superman and Afghanistan war film Restrepo are all in the running for the Academy Award.

The longlist of 15 titles will be trimmed down to five for the nomination announcement on January 25 next year. The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on February 27.

Last year The Cove took home the documentary Oscar. Recent winners include Man On Wire, Guggenheim's An Inconvenient Truth and Bowling For Columbine.

The 'Best Documentary' longlist in full:

• Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer (Alex Gibney)
  
• Enemies Of The People (Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath)
  
• Exit Through The Gift Shop (Banksy)
  
• Gasland (Josh Fox)
  
• Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould (Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont)
  
• Inside Job (Charles Ferguson)
  
• The Lottery (Madeleine Sackler)
  
• Precious Life (Shlomi Eldar)
  
• Quest For Honour (Mary Ann Smothers Bruni)
  
• Restrepo (Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger)
  
• This Way Of Life (Thomas Burstyn)
  
• The Tillman Story (Amir Bar-Lev)
  
• Waiting For Superman (Davis Guggenheim)
  
• Waste Land (Lucy Walker)
  
• William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe (Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler)