One hundred fifty-nine features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 92nd Academy Awards®. Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture.
Gunpowder & Sky acquired U.S. rights to filmmaker Neasa Hardiman’s critically-acclaimed Irish sci-fi/thriller Sea Fever following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Gunpowder & Sky will release the film theatrically in the U.S. in early 2020 through its sci-fi label, DUST.
The new documentary Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope follows Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn on a deeply personal journey examining some of the most crucial challenges facing Americans today. Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope directed by Viva Van Loock will have its World Premiere at DOC NYC.
Martha Shane’s Narrowsburg, a darkly comic story of a mystery couple with Hollywood dreams who turns a tiny upstate town upside down will have its New York Premiere at 2019 DOC NYC. The film is set to screen on November 10.
Universally recognized as the greatest female skier ever, Lindsey Vonn went on a remarkable journey that was defined by unexpected twists and turns and dramatic peaks and valleys in its final chapter. Produced in conjunction with Teton Gravity Research, HBO’s feature-length documentary Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season intimately recounts the iconic skier’s last competitive campaign while looking back on her transcendent career, from child prodigy to decorated Olympian to global superstar, when it debuts Tuesday, November 26 (10:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT) exclusively on HBO.
ArtMattan Films acquired Brazilian action drama Marighella, the directing debut from journalist, musician, and actor Wagner Moura (Elite Squad; Pablo Escobar in Narcos.)
The Guatemalan film Tremors (Temblores) by Jayro Bustamante which recently won the Grand Jury Prize at NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival will be released in the U.S. by Film Movement.
Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber will release Alison Reid’s acclaimed documentary The Woman Who Loves Giraffes in the U.S., with the film opening January 10, 2020 at Quad Cinema in New York and February 21 at Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles, with subsequent engagements nationwide.
The documentary Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine directed by Academy award winning documentarian Mark Jonathan Harris, tracks the war in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea all the way to the first revolution at Maidan square. It also covers the Russian propaganda machine and their faux-insurgent tactics to orchestrate a “civil war” on camera.
Oscar nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger’s released the trailer and ‘making of’ clip for his feature documentary The Longest Wave which will have its World Premiere at the upcoming DOC NYC 2019.
Award-winning filmmakers P.D. Ebersole and Todd Hughes (Mansfield 66/67) released the trailer for the film House of Cardin, an authorized feature documentary about the life and work of iconic designer Pierre Cardin.
Award-winning filmmaker Spencer McCall (The Institute) released a trailer clip from his documentary film In Bright Axiom which will have its NYC Premiere on November 7 at DOC NYC in section: INVESTIGATIONS.