A quick recap of the 15 films shortlisted for the Best Documentary Oscar, nominations of which will be released (not announced) tomorrow:
After Innocence
Directed by Jessica Sanders
The Boys of Baraka
Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Darwin's Nightmare
Directed by Hubert Sauper
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig
Indiewire has the full list of nominations for this years Independent Spirit Awards. The Squid and the Whale leads with six nominations and will compete in the Best Feature category with Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. Aside from Estrada, the four nominees seem to stand an equally good chance of being nominated for Best Picture when the Academy announces its contenders in January.
In the documentary category, the nominated films included Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Grizzly Man, La Sierra, Romantico and Sir! No Sir!. Of the nominees, only Enron made the Academy short list, continuing a trend of the Spirit Awards to recognize films that the Academy has overlooked (last year's winner was Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, which also failed to make the Academy short list).
While I was in Aberdeen shooting, the Academy announced its shortlist for the Documentary Feature Oscar. Every year, qualified documentaries are screened by the Documentary Branch, with top scorers continuing on for the chance to actually be nominated for an Academy Award. This year, 15 films made the cut:
After Innocence
Directed by Jessica Sanders
The dramatic and compelling story of the exonerated - innocent men wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA evidence proved their innocence.
American Film Foundation/Showtime Independent/New Yorker Films
Winner - Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival
The Boys of Baraka
Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Twenty "at risk" 12-year-old boys from the tough streets of inner-city Baltimore leave home to attend the 7th and 8th grade at Baraka, an experimental boarding school located in Kenya, East Africa.
Loki Films/ITVS
Winner - Jury Award, SXSW; Audience Award, Silverdocs
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