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The 15th Vail Film Festival will run from Thursday, April 5, to Sunday, April 8, 2018; the festival will celebrate women filmmakers and screen a diverse slate of almost 50 films. Films include the world premiere of Diane Bell’s narrative feature, Of Dust and Bones; the Sundance hit
Leave No Trace, directed by Debra Granik;
Mary Goes Round, written and directed by Molly McGlynn, starring Aya Cash;
Write When You Get Work written and directed by Stacy Cohran; and the U.S. premiere of Kerry David’s documentary Bill Coors: The Will to Live.
VAIL FILM FESTIVAL NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION:
‘Alaska is a Drag’ – Shaz Bennett (Colorado premier)
‘Heaven’s Floor’ – Lori Stoll (Colorado premier)
‘Leave No Trace’ – Debra Granik
‘Mary Goes Round’ – Molly McGlynn (Colorado premier)
‘Of Dust and Bones’ – Diane Bell (Colorado premier)
‘Sun Dogs’ – Jennifer Morrison (Colorado premier)
‘The Long Dumb Road’ – Hannah Fidell
‘Write When You Get Work’ – Stacy Cochran (Colorado premier)
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION:
‘Bill Coors: The Will to Live’ – Kerry David (U.S. premiere)
‘De Colores’ – Luz Marina Zamora (Colorado premier)
‘Dragtivists’ – Savannah Rodgers, Alex Robinson (Colorado premier)
‘Love Wins’ – Robin Camp (Colorado premier)
‘My Tourette’s’ – Alessandro Molatore (Colorado premier)
‘Strike a Rock’ – Aliki Saragas (Colorado premier)
‘Surviving Home’ – Jillian Moul, Matthew Moul (Colorado premier)
‘The Faces of PHACS’ – Claire Berman, Megan Reznick, Staffan Hildebrand (world premier)
‘Top Row’ – Karin Argoud
‘Tribal Justice’ – Anne Makepeace
‘To a More Perfect Union: US v. Windsor’ – Donna Zaccaro (Colorado premier)
SHORTS COMPETITION:
‘Bedtime Story’ – Kevin Alejandro (Colorado premier)
‘Bigfoot’s Love Slave’ – Heather Tom (Colorado premier)
‘Cuddle Buddy’ – Max Barbakow (Colorado premier)
‘Fevah’ – Randall Dottin
‘Game’ – Jeannie Donohoe (Colorado premier)
‘Girl of the Sky’ – Ariel Martin (Colorado premier)
‘In Wonderland’ – Christopher Haydon (World premier)
‘Internet Gangsters’ – Sam Friedlander (Colorado premier)
‘Love on the Line’ – Nicole McKinnon (Colorado premier)
‘Night Dancing’ – Barney Cokeliss
‘Ovum, Luciano Blotta’ (Colorado premier)
‘Pushing Night Away’ – Jade Hærem Aksnes (Colorado premier)
Santa Claus’ – Jeff Man (Colorado premier)
‘The Duel’ – Amanda Barnes, David Speck (Colorado premier)
‘The Invaders’ – Mateo Márquez (World premier)
‘The Killing Game’ – Andrej iliev (Colorado premier)
‘The Language of Ball’ – Ramón Rodríguez
‘The Obituary’ – Jonathan Thompson (Colorado premier)
‘The Real Thing’ – Brandon Kelley (Colorado premier)
‘Uncle Silas’ – Sayra Player, Rebecca Billhart (Colorado premier)
‘Unnatural Selection’ – Geneviève Delouche (Colorado premier)
‘Who Decides’ – Mylissa Fitzsimmons (Colorado premier)
STUDENT FILM COMPETITION:
‘Aaron’ – Aviva Neuman (Colorado premier)
‘Bier & Calippo’ – Paul Ploberger (U.S. premier)
‘Night Call’ – Amanda Renee Knox
‘Phototaxis’ – Melissa Ferrari (Colorado premier)
‘Snowplow’ – Mia Niebruegge (Colorado premier)
‘Sputnik: The Shock of the Century’ – Summer Royal (world premier)
‘Vows’ – Mark McKinsey (Colorado premier)
SCREENPLAY COMPETITION, 1ST PLACE WINNERS:
Animated:
‘Doodle’ – Jonathan Medici
Comedy:
‘New Reality’ – Carolyn Kras
Drama:
‘News Gals’– David Dalessandro
Faith: ‘
Showdown at Damascus’ – Don Driscoll
Science Fiction:
‘Pull’ – Marc Messenger
Thriller:
‘Phantom’ – Andrea Gibson
TV Series:
‘The Biggest Little’ – Craig Page
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One hundred sixty-six features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 91st Academy Awards®. Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules in order to advance in the voting process. This year, for the first time, films that have won a qualifying award at a competitive film festival or have been submitted in the Foreign Language Film category as their country’s official selection, are also eligible in the category. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced on December 17.
Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture.
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
The 91st Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Above and Beyond: NASA’S Journey to Tomorrow”
“Active Measures”
“Amazing Grace”
“American Chaos”
“Andy Irons: Kissed by God”
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“Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco”
“Avicii: True Stories”
“Bali: Beats of Paradise”
“Bathtubs over Broadway”
“Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché”
“Believer”
“Better Angels”
“Bill Coors: The Will to Live”
“Bisbee ’17”
“The Bleeding Edge”
“Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat”
“Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine”
“Call Her Ganda”
“Charm City”
“Chef Flynn”
“The China Hustle”
“Christian Audigier The Vif”
“The Cleaners”
“Communion”
“Crime + Punishment”
“Dark Money”
“Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders”
“The Dawn Wall”
“The Distant Barking of Dogs”
“Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes”
“Drug$”
“Eating Animals”
“Eldorado”
“Fahrenheit 11/9”
“Fail State”
“Family in Transition”
“Far from the Tree”
“Filmworker”
“The First Patient”
“Foreign Land”
“40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie”
“Free Solo”
“Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable”
“Generation Wealth”
“Ghost Hunting”
“Ghosthunter”
“The Gilligan Manifesto”
“The Gospel According to André”
“Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami”
“Graves without a Name”
“The Great Buster: A Celebration”
“Hal”
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
“Half the Picture”
“The Heart of Nuba”
“Hillbilly”
“The Homeless Chorus Speaks”
“Hondros”
“Howard”
“In Search of Greatness”
“In the Land of Pomegranates”
“Inventing Tomorrow”
“Invisible Hands”
“Itzhak”
“Jane Fonda in Five Acts”
“John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection”
“The Judge”
“Kangaroo: A Love Hate Story”
“Killer Bees”
“The King”
“King in the Wilderness”
“Kusama – Infinity”
“The Last Race”
“Leaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy”
“Letter from Masanjia”
“Licu, a Romanian Story”
“Living in the Future’s Past”
“Liyana”
“Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle”
“Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story”
“Love, Cecil”
“Love, Gilda”
“Love Is Tolerance – Tolerance Is Love – Make Tolerance Great Again!”
“Making The Five Heartbeats”
“Maria by Callas”
“Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.”
“McQueen”
“Minding the Gap”
“Monrovia, Indiana”
“The Most Unknown”
“New Moon”
“93Queen”
“Nossa Chape”
“Of Fathers and Sons”
“Of Love & Law”
“On Her Shoulders”
“Opera about Poland”
“The Opera House”
“The Oslo Diaries”
“The Other Side of Everything”
“The Panama Papers”
“Path of Blood”
“People’s Republic of Desire”
“Philosopher King – Lee Teng-hui’s Dialogue”
“Pick of the Litter”
“Piripkura”
“Police Killing”
“Pope Francis – A Man of His Word”
“The Price of Everything”
“The Price of Free”
“Qiu (Inmates)”
“Quincy”
“RBG”
“The Rachel Divide”
“The Raft”
“Recovery Boys”
“Restoring Tomorrow”
“Reversing Roe”
“The Road Movie”
“Robin Williams: Come inside My Mind”
“Ruben Blades Is Not My Name”
“Samouni Road”
“Saving Brinton”
“Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland”
“Science Fair”
“Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood”
“Searching for Ingmar Bergman”
“Seeing Allred”
“The Sentence”
“Shirkers”
“Shot in the Dark”
“The Silence of Others”
“Sisters of the Wilderness”
“A Son of Man”
“Songwriter”
“Stan”
“Studio 54”
“Summer in the Forest”
“Tea with the Dames”
“That Summer”
“That Way Madness Lies…”
“They Fight”
“They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead”
“This Is Congo”
“This Is Home: A Refugee Story”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“To Be Continued”
“Transformer”
“Travel Ban”
“The Trial”
“Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace”
“Trust Machine”
“Under the Wire”
“United Skates”
“Unknown Distance”
“Up Down and Sideways”
“The Waldheim Waltz”
“We Could Be Heroes”
“Weed the People”
“What Haunts Us”
“What Lies Upstream”
“Whitney”
“Wonderful Losers: A Different World”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
“Yellow Is Forbidden”
“Yellowing”