DOC NYC Reveals Influential Awards Short List, from ‘Ascension’ to ‘Velvet Underground’
The DOC NYC shortlist often influences future awards for documentaries.
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Oscars 2022: Best Documentary Feature Predictions
A wide range of movies means that getting voters’ attention is going to be a high priority. (Constantly updated.)
IDA Awards Build Oscar Buzz with 2021 Shortlists for Best Documentary Feature and Short
The IDA is one of several awards groups that help create momentum for documentary Oscar contenders.
Animated Oscar Contender ‘Belle’ Spins a VR ‘Beauty and the Beast’
IndieWire talks to the director of the movie, which screens October 23 at Hollywood’s Animation Is Film festival before its later Oscar-qualifying GKids release.
Cinema Eye Honors Nominees: ‘American Utopia’ and ‘City So Real’ Top Broadcast Categories
“City So Real” and “American Utopia” lead the Cinema Eye Honors broadcast nominations list with three nods apiece.
From Alex Gibney to Steve James, 19 Documentarians Will Make You Ache for the Loss of Diane Weyermann
“She changed the face of the documentary.” After losing her battle with cancer, Weyermann’s champions sent IndieWire a flood of tributes. Read them here.
Denis Villeneuve Changed His Tune with ‘Dune’ — ‘I Wanted This Movie to Be My Best Pop Movie’
With Timothee Chalamet as his “hypersensitive” hero, the director wanted “Dune” to be more audience-friendly than his “Blade Runner 2049.”
‘Bergman Island’: How Mia Hansen-Løve Found Herself (And Her Work) in Her Most Personal Film Yet
Mia Hansen-Løve had long wanted to make an autofiction about married auteurs, but as she tells IndieWire, it didn’t quite click until Ingmar Bergman died.
‘Titane’ Wins Tight Race to Become France’s Official Oscar Submission
In a three-way contest, the French committee picked Julia Ducournau’s polarizing Cannes Palme d’Or winner to contend for Best International Feature Film.
Oscars 2022: Best International Feature Film Predictions
The international feature committee voters will have a short window for watching the contenders, in the second year they can watch at home. (Constantly updated.)
‘The First Wave’: Why Were Film Festivals Too Scared to Show Matthew Heineman’s Covid Doc?
The Hamptons stepped up to show audiences the Oscar nominee’s latest film, which makes viewers weep.
Oscars 2022: Best Supporting Actor Predictions
Oscar perennials vie against newcomers in a competitive race.
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