Perennial nominee Meryl Streep made history with her 20th nomination for Florence Foster Jenkins, and director Ava DuVernay, overlooked by Oscar for Selma a year ago, was recognized this time around in the Best
Documentary category for 13th.
Editor Jim Scott picked up best editing honours in the World Cinema
Documentary category for his work on the Greenpeace doc How to Change the World, and The Witch, a Canada - US co-production about a family dealing with an eerie force in 1630s New England won U.S - based Robert Eggers the prize for best direction in the domestic dramatic category.
One of us, Richard Ladkani, has just been nominated for the German Television Prize's
documentary category for producing a feature about children fleeing from Tibet.
After the recent announcements of the submitted Feature and Shorts in
the Documentary categories for the Academy Awards, the International Documentary Association has revealed their nominations today.
Not exact matches
Netflix triumphed in the
documentary short - subject
category for 40 - minute film «The White Helmets,» a look at rescue workers in war - torn Syria.
In addition to being a health researcher and real foods advocate, she's also a novelist (her book Karma, a psychological thriller set in the disturbing world of sex trafficking, was an award - winning finalist in the «Best New Fiction
category of the National Best Book Awards 2009) and a
documentary maker (she's currently planning a trip to India which will be documented in the travelogue Searching
For The Buddha).
Example: «this year
for Distinguished Feature and Short
Documentary — will be selected by IDA's members through a process in which members who wish to participate will view all of the nominated films in these
categories through a secure, password - protected online system.
This week we field queries concerning «Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,»
documentary features aimed at the Best Picture
category, «Black Swan»» s Oscar potential and Lesley Manville's lead actress campaign
for «Another Year.»
Eliza Hittman and the BEACH RATS team, nominated yesterday
for TWO 2018 Independent Spirit Awards, including a rare nomination
for a woman cinematographer; Greta Gerwig and the LADY BIRD team, nominated
for FOUR 2018 Independent Spirit Awards; Ingrid Jungermann and the WOMEN WHO KILL team; Emily V. Gordon and THE BIG SICK team, nominated
for TWO 2018 Independent Spirit Awards; Agnès Varda and FACES PLACES team, nominated in Best
Documentary category; Lana Wilson and THE DEPARTURE team, nominated in the Best Documentary category; Chloé Zhao and THE RIDER team, nominated for FOUR 2018 Independent Spirit Awards; Ramona Diaz, nominated for her documentary
Documentary category; Lana Wilson and THE DEPARTURE team, nominated in the Best
Documentary category; Chloé Zhao and THE RIDER team, nominated for FOUR 2018 Independent Spirit Awards; Ramona Diaz, nominated for her documentary
Documentary category; Chloé Zhao and THE RIDER team, nominated
for FOUR 2018 Independent Spirit Awards; Ramona Diaz, nominated
for her
documentary documentary MOTHERLAND.
LOS ANGELES, CA — One hundred forty - five features have been submitted
for consideration in the
Documentary Feature
category for the 89th Academy Awards ®.
The Oscar nominated short films in the live action, animation and
documentary categories can all be streamed
for free on Shorts.tv.
The WGA awarded the year's best writing in TV,
documentary, radio, video games and advertising in 28 total
categories, along with honorary awards on both coasts
for the likes of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, James L. Brooks, Alison Cross, Dustin Lance Black and the screenwriters behind this year's The Post.
In addition to presenting year end awards during the annual movie awards season, AWFJ partners with select film festivals throughout the year to present EDA Awards
for best female directed films in the
documentary, narrative feature, and short
categories.
The festival nominated female - directed films
for the EDA Awards in three
categories: Best Female - Directed Narrative, Best Female - Directed
Documentary and Best Female - Directed Short.
Voting is open until December 12 at 11:59 p.m.
Categories include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Foreign Language Film, Best
Documentary, Best Animated Film, Best Cinematography, Best Musical Score, and the Russell Smith Award (
for best low - budget or cutting - edge independent film).
DGA President Thomas Schlamme announced the nominees in nine
categories honoring outstanding directorial achievement in television, commercials and
documentary for 2017.
Therefore, the BEST
DOCUMENTARY category, which last year was separated into Theatrical Releases and TV / Streaming releases, has been merged into a single
category, and the same is also true
for the BEST DIRECTOR and BEST FIRST
DOCUMENTARY categories.»
co-director Agnes Varda is nominated
for best
documentary and co-writer Joelle Touma is recognized in the foreign feature
category.
The invite to the Baftas came about because of Laura Poitras's Citizenfour, which won the best
documentary category and is on the shortlist
for an Oscar on Sunday.
This
documentary doesn't quite fit into the
category of the likes of «20 Feet From Stardom» or «Searching
for Sugarman» simply because it isn't trying to save the world, but it is a stark contrast to the other 4 nominated films.
Although Amy Berg was snubbed
for her stellar year in the
documentary category, filmmaker Liz Garbus was a welcome addition to the Best Documentary Feature category forWhat Happened, M
documentary category, filmmaker Liz Garbus was a welcome addition to the Best
Documentary Feature category forWhat Happened, M
Documentary Feature
category forWhat Happened, Miss Simone?
As an Academy ® Qualifier, the Jury Award winners
for the Narrative Short,
Documentary Short, and Animated Short
categories are eligible to be nominated
for an Academy Award.
The festival showcases feature narratives, feature
documentaries, a slew of short
categories and even episodic, but I mostly love to go
for the
documentaries.
Nominated
for an Academy Award in the Best
Documentary category, the film focuses primarily on the coach and on three youngsters whose fortunes he took a particular interest in: Chavis, Money and O.C..
«Edith + Eddie» was named on Dec. 5 to the AMPAS shortlist of 10 titles selected
for the Academy Award short subject
documentary category.
Best Picture Will Win: The Artist Deserves to Win: The Artist Overlooked: Bridesmaids Best Director Will Win: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Deserves to Win: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Overlooked: David Fincher (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Best Actor Will Win: George Clooney (The Descendants) Deserves to Win: Jean Dujardin (The Artist) Overlooked: Ryan Gosling (Drive) Best Actress Will Win: Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) Deserves to Win: Viola Davis (The Help) Overlooked: Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) Best Supporting Actor Will Win: Christopher Plummer (Beginners) Deserves to Win: Max von Sydow (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) Overlooked: Albert Brooks (Drive) Best Supporting Actress Will Win: Octavia Spencer (The Help) Deserves to Win: Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) Overlooked: Carey Mulligan (Drive) Best Original Screenplay: Will Win: Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) Deserves to Win: Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo (Bridesmaids) Overlooked: Lars von Trier (Melancholia) Best Adapted Screenplay: Will Win: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants) Deserves to Win: Steve Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin (Moneyball) Overlooked: Tate Tatlor and Kathryn Stockett (The Help) Predictions
for Secondary
Categories Animated Feature: Rango Art Direction: Hugo Foreign Language Film: A Separation Cinematography: The Tree of Life Costume Design: The Artist
Documentary Feature: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Film Editing: The Artist Makeup: The Iron Lady Original Score: The Artist Original Song: «Man or Muppet» (The Muppets) Sound Editing: Hugo Sound Mixing: Hugo Visual Effects: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The nominations and specialty
category winners were announced today
for the 31st International
Documentary Association Awards.
The great Agnès Varda, eight days Ivory's senior and also nominated this year,
for Faces Places in the
documentary category.
It was also a Special Mention in the
category of Golden Eye
for Best International
Documentary Film, alongside Joshua Oppenheimer's «The Look of Silence» (the follow - up to his Oscar nominee, «The Act of Killing»), at the Zurich Film Festival.
Having been announced as a jury member in the U.S.
Documentary category late last year, Wilmore was in Park City
for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and will be a presenter at the Jessica Williams hosted awards ceremony tonight.
The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in January and is in contention
for an Oscar ® in the Best
Documentary Feature
category.
Promised Land Film Review by Kam Williams Gas Company Downplays Downside of Fracking in Timely Eco-Drama In 2011, a disturbing
documentary called Gasland was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentar
documentary called Gasland was nominated
for an Academy Award in the Best
DocumentaryDocumentary category.
Plus, we've added the below - the - line predictions in all
categories save
Documentary Feature and Foreign Language Film
for now.
Netflix Netflix won its first Oscar last year in the
documentary short
category for «The White Helmets.»
Ron Howard is nominated in the Best Director of a
Documentary Feature
category for «The Beatles: Eight Days a Week», and Morgan Spurlock is nominated
for the equivalent Best Director of a TV / Streaming Doc
for «Rats» from the Discovery Channel.
• News: Birdman and Budapest tie
for first place • Gallery and full list of nominations • #OscarsSoWhite mocks Academy snub of actors of colour • Edward Snowden film Citizenfour leads pack in Oscar
documentary category • All the online reaction
Four of five films vying
for Best
Documentary were made by black filmmakers, including the poignant 13th from Ava DuVernay, the first black woman to be nominated in this
category.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 15 films (out of the 145 films submitted) in the
Documentary Feature
category will advance in the voting process
for the 89th Academy Awards ®.
* This figure of $ 168 million represents the Irish expenditure
for all projects which went into production this year in the
categories of independent film, TV drama, animation and feature
documentary only.
The Philadelphia Film Festival's «PFF On Us» program continues in 2014 with free tickets available
for all the films featured in the «American Independents» and «
Documentary Showcase» film
categories.
As previously announced, award winning filmmaker Nancy Meyers will receive the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award presented to her by long - time friend and frequent collaborator, Steve Martin, and winners
for best editing will be announced in ten
categories of film, television and
documentaries.
In February, we host our Annual Oscar Shorts Festival — these are the fifteen short films nominated
for Academy Awards in the
categories of Best Animation, Best Live - Action and Best
Documentary.
In the
category for Best Hawaii Film, the nominees are «Moana» and the locally made
documentary «Shorebreak: The Clark Little Story.»
The Sundance winning
documentary that wowed cinema audiences last November and December is also up
for another IFTA as Crowded House musician Nick Seymour has been nominated in the Best Original Score
category for his work on the film.
LIFE ITSELF: Steve James» look at the life and last days of Roger Ebert, based on Ebert's autobiography of the same name, seemed like a shoo - in
for the
documentary feature
category.
Yesterday the 2013 Sundance Film Festival announced the lineup
for films competing in the Dramatic and
Documentary categories, and today they've unveiled the films that will screen in the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier programs.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced a few changes in rules
for the 2015 Academy Awards on Wednesday, beefing up the shortlists
for the visual effects and
documentary short
categories.
There has been talk over the years of taking the Live Action Short Film — along with the Animated Short and
Documentary Short Subject — out of the Academy Awards equation, but the outcry was too great
for the Academy to even consider getting rid of those
categories.
GALECA's take on the awards season includes nominations
for television,
documentaries and some
categories that are uniquely their own, like the Dorian Awards
for Campy Film of the Year, Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) as well as a Timeless Star to be revealed later.
Now I actually thought that this is the way it whas been
for years but apparently just yesterday The Academy announced it would now be sending Oscar Voters DVDs
for the following
categories: Foreign Language Film,
Documentary Feature,
Documentary Short Subject, Animated Short Film and Live Action Short Film.