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“Killing,”“Square,”“20 Feet” among 2014 Oscar nominees
The Act of Killing, Cutie and the Boxer, The Square, Dirty Wars and 20 Feet from Stardom will battle it out for the Best Documentary Feature prize at the 86th Academy Awards on March 2.Read More
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Netflix buys “The Lady in Number 6″
Netflix has bagged exclusive rights for its second Oscar-nominated documentary, acquiring The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (pictured) a day after the film's centenarian subject passed...
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Oscars viewpoint: Short docs and death on screen
With the Academy Awards taking place on Sunday (March 2), Emmy-winning director Pamela Mason Wagner (pictured) reflects on the Best Doc Short category and the decisions by two nominated films to show...
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“20 Feet from Stardom” takes Oscar crown
Morgan Neville's 20 Feet From Stardom (pictured) picked up the Best Documentary Feature prize at the 86th Academy Awards in Los Angeles tonight (March 2).Read More
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“Lion’s Mouth,”“Kehinde Wiley,” make doc short Oscar shortlist
J. Christian Jensen's White Earth and Lucy Walker's The Lion's Mouth Opens are among the eight non-fiction films shortlisted for the Documentary Short Subject prize at the 87th Academy Awards.Read More
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“Citizenfour,”“Virunga,”“Life Itself” make Oscar shortlist
Life Itself, Virunga, Citizenfour, The Overnighters, The Case Against 8 and The Salt of the Earth are among the 15 docs shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Read More
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“Citizenfour,”“Virunga,”“Vivian Maier” earn Oscar nominations
Citizenfour, Last Days in Vietnam, Finding Vivian Maier, The Salt of the Earth and Virunga will battle it out for the Best Documentary Feature prize at the 87th Academy Awards on February 22.Read More
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Oscars viewpoint: How much is too much?
With the Oscars on the way for this Sunday, Emmy-winning director Pamela Mason Wagner discusses the subject matter of this year's short documentary nominees, and asks where the line can, or should, be...
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“Citizenfour” takes best feature doc Oscar
Laura Poitras' doc on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden took the Best Documentary Feature prize at the 87th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles last night. Read More
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Oscars expand doc short shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved a set of proposed changes to the Best Documentary Short Subject category, expanding the number of shortlisted films to 10 and setting a...
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Oscars ’16: “Amy,”“Where to Invade Next” make shortlist
Asif Kapadia's Amy, Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence and Michael Moore's Where to Invade Next are among the 15 docs shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Read More
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“Long way to go” in diversifying Academy: Williams
Now part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' board of governors, doc director Roger Ross Williams (pictured), tells realscreen about his hopes for inspiring change in the industry.Read...
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Academy names documentary short contenders
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released a list of the top 10 Oscar contenders in the field of Documentary Short Subject. Of those named, five projects ...Read More
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“I Am Not Your Negro”, “13th” nominated for Oscars
Raoul Peck and Velvet Film’s I Am Not Your Negro (pictured) and Ezra Edelman, Laylow Films and ESPN Films’ O.J., Made in America are officially in the running for an Oscar in the Best Documentary...
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Academy changes eligibility rules for docs
The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences Board of Governors has approved a change to the documentary category in the Academy Awards that deems multi-part or limited series not eligible ...Read More
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170 feature docs submitted for Oscars consideration
Evgeny Afineevsky’s Cries From Syria, Matthew Heineman’s City of Ghosts and Greg Barker’s The Final Year are among the feature-length documentaries submitted for consideration for the 90th Academy...
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166 docs submitted for Oscar consideration
MIPCOM Picks best in show winner Free Solo (pictured) is among the 166 feature-length documentary films submitted for consideration for the 91st Academy Awards. Other titles include last summer’s...
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“RBG”, “Free Solo”, “Minding the Gap” take 2019 Oscar noms
The 91st Academy Award nominees were unveiled this morning, including non-fiction titles RBG, Free Solo, Minding the Gap and more. RBG (pictured), about the life and career of Supreme Court Justice and...
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Academy Awards race heats up with 159 documentary titles in consideration
Todd Douglas Miller’s Apollo 11, Asif Kapadia‘s Diego Maradona (pictured), Nanfu Wang and Lynn Zhang’s One Child Nation and Lauren Greenfield’s The Kingmaker are among the projects submitted in the...
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“The Cave”, “Knock Down The House” shortlisted for Academy Awards
Feras Fayyad’s The Cave, Rachel Lears’ Knock Down The House and Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ For Sama are among the documentary features shortlisted for the 92nd annual Oscars. The 15 films...
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