The US film Icarus by Bryan Fogel about alleged Russian sports doping violations won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, organizers of the awarding ceremony said.

Icarus' competitors were the US film "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail," the Danish-Syrian film "Last Men in Aleppo," the French film "Faces Places" and the US-Danish film "Strong Island."

During the ceremony Fogel said he dedicated the film to Grigory Rodchenkov, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) informant and former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory.

The US film Icarus by Bryan Fogel about alleged Russian sports doping violations won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, organizers of the awarding ceremony said.

Icarus' competitors were the US film "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail," the Danish-Syrian film "Last Men in Aleppo," the French film "Faces Places" and the US-Danish film "Strong Island."

During the ceremony Fogel said he dedicated the film to Grigory Rodchenkov, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) informant and former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory.

Meanwhile, Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev's film "Loveless" has been nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film with a record number of countries participating in the competition this year, the organizers said earlier. "Loveless" has won last year the top prize at the BFI London Film Festival.
The world premiere of the "Loveless" was held ealier in the main competition program of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Jury Prize. 'Loveless' is a drama about a young couple in the middle of a divorce, who are occupied by their own problems, when one day their 12-year-old son Alyosha goes missing.

However, The Chilean movie "A Fantastic Woman" has won the Academy Award as the Best Foreign Language Film beating Zvyagintsev's nominee 'Loveless'.