The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 88th Academy Awards® has been narrowed to 10 films, of which five will earn Oscar® nominations.
Voters from the Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s 74 eligible entries and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“Body Team 12,” RYOT Films and Vulcan Productions (pictured above)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2eT2P1TfB8
“Chau, beyond the Lines,” Cynasty Films
“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah,” Jet Black Iris America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJPWP3udqE8
“50 Feet from Syria,” Spin Film
https://vimeo.com/141567000
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness,” SOC Films
“Last Day of Freedom,” Living Condition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5diBuNHV75U
“Minerita,” Kanaki Films
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY5mbbmN0V4
“My Enemy, My Brother,” Fathom Film Group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42YFUwCnWzE
“Starting Point,” Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAUTn6q2TVo
“The Testimony,” Atria Film in association with Escape Artists
The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 88th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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The Audience Award winners have been revealed for the 2016 Portland International Film Festival. Earning top audience accolades for Best Narrative Feature is A WAR (Denmark) directed by Tobias Lindholm. (pictured above)
SONITA (Iran) directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami and LANDFILL HARMONIC (United States) directed by Brad Allgood and Graham Townsley tied for the Best Documentary Feature award.
LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY (Hungary) director Károly Ujj Mészáros takes home the audience award for Best New Director Award. (pictured above)
This year’s Best Short Film Award goes to director Dawn Jones Redstone for her film SISTA IN THE BROTHERHOOD (Portland). Redstone’s film is also the recipient of the Oregon Short Film Award.
Narrative Features
1. A WAR / Denmark / Tobias Lindholm *best narrative feature
2. THE FENCER / Finland / Klaus Härö
3. LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY / Hungary / Károly Ujj Mészáros
4. RAMS / Iceland / Grímur Hákonarson
5. THE JUDGMENT / Bulgaria / Stephan Komandorev
6. LET THEM COME / Algeria / Salem Brahimi
7. LAST CAB TO DARWIN / Australia / Jeremy Sims
8. THE THIN YELLOW LINE / Mexico / Celso García
9. DHEEPAN / France / Jacques Audiard
10. MARSHLAND / Spain / Alberto Rodríguez
Documentary Features
1. SONITA / Iran / Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami
(tied with) LANDFILL HARMONIC / United States / Brad Allgood and Graham Townsley *best documentary feature
2. A GOOD AMERICAN / Austria, US / Friedrich Moser
2. OPEN YOUR EYES / Portland / Irene Taylor Brodsky
4. ROBERT BLY: A THOUSAND YEARS OF JOY / US / Haydn Reiss
5. 50 FEET FROM SYRIA / Portland / Skye Fitzgerald
6. FOR GRACE / US / Kevin Pang and Mark Helenowski
7. THE PEARL BUTTON / Chile / Patricio Guzmán
8. IRAQI ODYSSEY / Switzerland / Samir
9. THRU YOU PRINCESS / Israel / Ido Haar
Best New Directors
1. LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY / Hungary / Károly Ujj Mészáros *best new director
2. THE THIN YELLOW LINE / Mexico / Celso García
3. FOR GRACE / US / Kevin Pang and Mark Helenowski
Shorts
1. SISTA IN THE BROTHERHOOD / Portland / Dawn Jones Redstone *best short film
2. HOW I DIDN’T BECOME A PIANO PLAYER / UK / Tommaso Pitta
3. ROAD TRIP / Germany / Xaver Xylophon
Oregon Shorts
1. SISTA IN THE BROTHERHOOD / Portland / Dawn Jones Redstone *best Oregon short film
2. ONE WEEK / Portland / Rollyn Stafford
3. PEACE IN THE VALLEY / Portland / Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri