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  • CAROL Leads Nominations for 2016 Spirit Awards

    Carol directed by Todd Haynes Carol directed by Todd Haynes lead nominations for the 2016 Spirit Awards with 6 nods including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Female Lead for both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, Best Sreenplay and Best Cinematography. The other nominees for Best Feature included Anomalisa, Beasts of No Nation, Spotlight and Tangerine. Spotlight was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. The Altman Award was created in 2008 in honor of legendary director Robert Altman who was known for creating extraordinary ensemble casts. “Spotlight is a remarkable film that excels on every level, but the Nominating Committee thought it was especially deserving of the Robert Altman Award,” said Welsh. “The film is beautifully cast with every member of the ensemble working together to tell the story of the Boston Globe investigating allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church.” Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, February 27, 2016. 2016 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.) Anomalisa Producers: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman, Dino Stamatopoulos, Rosa Tran Beasts of No Nation Producers: Daniel Crown, Idris Elba, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Amy Kaufman, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Riva Marker Carol Producers: Elizabeth Karlsen, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley Spotlight Producers: Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar Tangerine Producers: Sean Baker, Karrie Cox, Marcus Cox, Darren Dean, Shih-Ching Tsou BEST FIRST FEATURE – Award given to the director and producer. The Diary of a Teenage Girl Director: Marielle Heller Producers: Miranda Bailey, Anne Carey, Bert Hamelinck, Madeline Samit James White Director: Josh Mond Producers: Max Born, Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Melody Roscher, Eric Schultz Manos Sucias Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka Producers: Elena Greenlee, Márcia Nunes Mediterranea Director: Jonas Carpignano Producers: Jason Michael Berman, Chris Columbus, Jon Coplon, Christoph Daniel, Andrew Kortschak, John Lesher, Ryan Lough, Justin Nappi, Alain Peyrollaz, Gwyn Sannia, Marc Schmidheiny, Victor Shapiro, Ryan Zacarias Songs My Brothers Taught Me Director/Producer: Chloé Zhao Producers: Mollye Asher, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Angela C. Lee, Forest Whitaker JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – Given to the best feature made for under $500,000. Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded. Advantageous Writer/Director/Producer: Jennifer Phang Writer/Producer: Jacqueline Kim Producers: Robert Chang, Ken Jeong, Moon Molson, Theresa Navarro Christmas, Again Writer/Director/Producer: Charles Poekel Heaven Knows What Directors: Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie Writers: Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie Producers: Oscar Boyson, Sebastian Bear McClard Krisha Writer/Director/Producer: Trey Edward Shults Producers: Justin R. Chan, Chase Joliet, Wilson Smith Out of My Hand Writer/Director: Takeshi Fukunaga Writer/Producer: Donari Braxton Producer: Mike Fox BEST DIRECTOR Sean Baker; Tangerine Cary Joji Fukunaga; Beasts of No Nation Todd Haynes; Carol Duke Johnson & Charlie Kaufman; Anomalisa; Tom McCarthy Spotlight; David Robert Mitchell It Follows BEST SCREENPLAY Charlie Kaufman; Anomalisa Donald Margulies; The End of the Tour Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer; Spotlight Phyllis Nagy; Carol S. Craig Zahler; Bone Tomahawk BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Jesse Andrews; Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Jonas Carpignano; Mediterranea Emma Donoghue; Room Marielle Heller; The Diary of a Teenage Girl John Magary, Story by Russell Harbaugh and Myna Joseph; The Mend BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Cary Joji Fukunaga; Beasts of No Nation Michael Gioulakis; It Follows Ed Lachman; Carol Reed Morano; Meadowland Joshua James Richards; Songs My Brothers Taught Me BEST EDITING Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie; Heaven Knows What Tom McArdle; Spotlight Nathan Nugent; Room Julio C. Perez IV; It Follows Kristan Sprague; Manos Sucias BEST FEMALE LEAD Cate Blanchett; Carol Brie Larson; Room Rooney Mara; Carol Bel Powley; The Diary of a Teenage Girl Kitana Kiki Rodriguez; Tangerine BEST MALE LEAD Christopher Abbott; James White Abraham Attah; Beasts of No Nation Ben Mendelsohn; Mississippi Grind Jason Segel; The End of the Tour Koudous Seihon; Mediterranea BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Robin Bartlett; H. Marin Ireland; Glass Chin Jennifer Jason Leigh; Anomalisa Cynthia Nixon; James White Mya Taylor; Tangerine BEST SUPPORTING MALE Kevin Corrigan; Results Paul Dano; Love & Mercy Idris Elba; Beasts of No Nation Richard Jenkins; Bone Tomahawk Michael Shannon; 99 Homes ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. Spotlight Director: Tom McCarthy Casting Directors:Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee Ensemble Cast: Billy Crudup, Paul Guilfoyle, Neal Huff, Brian d’Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, Jamey Sheridan, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci BEST DOCUMENTARY – Award given to the director and producer. (T)ERROR Directors/Producers: Lyric R. Cabral & David Felix Sutcliffe Producer: Christopher St. John Best of Enemies Directors/Producers: Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville Heart of a Dog Director/Producer: Laurie Anderson Producer: Dan Janvey The Look of Silence Director:Joshua Oppenheimer Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen Meru Directors/Producers: Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Producer: Shannon Ethridge The Russian Woodpecker Director/Producer: Chad Gracia Producers: Ram Devineni, Mike Lerner BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM – Award given to the director. Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia); Director: Ciro Guerra Girlhood (France); Director: Céline Sciamma Mustang (France, Turkey); Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden); Director: Roy Andersson Son of Saul (Hungary); Director: László Nemes 19th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD – The 19th annual Producers Award, sponsored by Piaget, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget. Darren Dean Mel Eslyn Rebecca Green and Laura D. Smith 22nd ANNUAL KIEHL’S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The 22nd annual Someone to Watch Award, sponsored by Kiehl’s Since 1851, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Kiehl’s Since 1851. God Bless the Child; Directors: Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck King Jack; Director: Felix Thompson Songs My Brothers Taught Me; Director: Chloé Zhao 21st TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The 21st annual Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant. Among the Believers; Directors: Mohammed Ali Naqvi and Hemal Trivedi Incorruptible; Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi A Woman Like Me; Directors: Elizabeth Giamatti and Alex Sichel

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  • CARTEL LAND, MERU Leads Nominations for 9th Cinema Eye Honors awards for Nonfiction Filmmaking

    Cartel Land Cartel Land, Matthew Heineman’s gripping account of violence and vigilantes on both sides of the US-Mexico border, led the nominations for 9th Cinema Eye Honors awards for Nonfiction Filmmaking, with five nominations, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature. It is joined in the top category by Asif Kapadia’s Amy, Camilla Neilsson’s Democrats, Stevan Riley’s Listen to Me Marlon, Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack and Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence. The latter, which received four nominations, and Cartel Land were the only films nominated for Outstanding Feature, Direction, Production and Cinematography. Other films that received multiple nominations include the mountain climbing thriller Meru (4 nominations); Amy, Heart of a Dog, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck and The Wolfpack (3 nominations); Best of Enemies, Democrats, Listen to Me Marlon, The Nightmare, Uncertain and Western (2 nominations). Winners of the 9th Annual Cinema Eye Honors will be announced Wednesday, January 13, 2016 in New York at the Museum of the Moving Image. The complete list of nominations for 9th Cinema Eye Honors Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking “Amy” Directed by Asif Kapadia Produced by James Gay-Rees “Cartel Land” Directed by Matthew Heineman Produced by Tom Yellin “Democrats” Directed by Camilla Nielsson Produced by Henrik Veileborg “Listen to Me Marlon” Directed by Stevan Riley Produced by John Battsek, George Chignell and R.J. Cutler “The Look of Silence” Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen “The Wolfpack” Directed by Crystal Moselle Produced by Crystal Moselle and Izabella Tzenkova Outstanding Achievement in Direction Matthew Heineman, “Cartel Land” Kim Longinotto, “Dreamcatcher” Laurie Anderson, “Heart of a Dog” Frederick Wiseman, “In Jackson Heights” Albert Maysles, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, David Usui & Ben Wu, “In Transit” Joshua Oppenheimer, “The Look of Silence” Outstanding Achievement in Editing Chris King, “Amy” Aaron Wickenden and Eileen Meyer, “Best of Enemies” James Scott, “How to Change the World”Brett Morgen and Joe Neshenkovsky, “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” Stevan Riley, “Listen to Me Marlon” Outstanding Achievement in Production Tom Yellin, “Cartel Land” Henrik Veileborg, “Democrats” Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright and Kristen Vaurio, “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief”Signe Byrge Sørensen, “The Look of Silence” Jimmy Chin, Chai Vasarhelyi and Shannon Etheridge, “Meru” Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Matthew Heineman and Matt Porwoll, “Cartel Land” Lars Skree, “The Look of Silence” Renan Ozturk, “Meru” Ewan McNicol, “Uncertain” Bill Ross and Turner Ross, “Western” Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Films Made for Television “Deep Web” Directed by Alex Winter Produced by Marc Schiller, Alex Winter and Glen Zipper For EPIX: Executive Producers Jill Burkhart and Ross Bernard “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” Directed by Alex Gibney Produced by Alex Gibney, Kristen Vaurio and Lawrence Wright For HBO Documentary Films: Supervising Producer Sara Bernstein and Executive Producer Sheila Nevins “Outbreak” Directed by Dan Edge Produced by Dan Edge and Sasha Joelle Achilli For Frontline/PBS: Coordinating Producer Carla Borras and Executive Producers Raney Aronson-Rath and David Fanning “Private Violence” Directed and Produced by Cynthia Hill For HBO Documentary Films: Senior Producer Nancy Abraham and Executive Producer Sheila Nevins “Whitey: The United States of America vs. James J. Bulger” Directed by Joe Berlinger Produced by Joe Berlinger and Caroline Suh For CNN Films: Supervising Producer Courtney Sexton and Executive Producers Vinnie Malhotra and Amy Entelis Audience Choice Prize “Amy” Directed by Asif Kapadia “Best of Enemies” Directed by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” Directed by Alex Gibney “The Hunting Ground” Directed by Kirby Dick “Iris” Directed by Albert Maysles “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” Directed by Brett Morgen “Meru” Directed by Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi “What Happened, Miss Simone?” Directed by Liz Garbus “Where to Invade Next” Directed by Michael Moore “The Wolfpack” Directed by Crystal Moselle Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film “Kings of Nowhere” Directed by Betzabé Garcia “Peace Officer” Directed by Brad Barber and Scott Christopherson “Pervert Park” Directed by Frida Barkfors and Lasse Barkfors “The Russian Woodpecker” Directed by Chad Gracia “Uncertain” Directed by Ewan McNicol and Anna Sandilands “The Wolfpack” Directed by Crystal Moselle Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score Jackson Greenberg and Scott Salinas, “Cartel Land” Laurie Anderson, “Heart of a Dog” J. Ralph, “Meru” Jonathan Snipes, “The Nightmare” Casey McAllister, “Western” Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation Nominees TBD, “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon” Laurie Anderson, “Heart of a Dog” Stefan Nadelman and Hisko Hulsin, “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” Syd Garon, “The Nightmare” Ryan Green and Josh Larson, “Thank You for Playing” Spotlight Award “Almost There” Directed by Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden “Barge” Directed by Ben Powell “Field Niggas” Directed by Khalik Allah “Frame by Frame” Directed by Alexandria Bombach and Mo Scarpelli “(T)error” Directed by Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe “Toto and His Sisters” Directed by Alexandre Nanău Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking “The Breath” Directed by Fabian Kaiser “Buffalo Juggalos” Directed by Scott Cummings “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah” Directed by Adam Benzine “The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul” Directed by Kitty Green “Hotel 22” Directed by Elizabeth Lo

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  • AMY, Listen To Me Marlon, Among Nominees for 2015 IDA Documentary Awards, Tig Notaro to Host Ceremony

    TIG documentary film Grammy-nominated comedian Tig Notaro will host the 2015 IDA Documentary Awards ceremony. Tig Notaro is the subject of Tig, the Netflix Original documentary chronicling her life after it famously fell apart. The 2015 edition of the Awards will highlight six films in Best Feature Documentary category. These films include AMY, Asif Kapadia’s moving film about six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse; The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Stanley Nelson’s vibrant chronicle of the birth of the Black Panther Party; Listen To Me Marlon, Stevan Riley’s fascinating self-portrait of Marlon Brando culled from his vast archive of personal audio and visual materials; The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer’s powerful companion piece to the Oscar®-nominated The Act of Killing; The Russian Woodpecker, Chad Gracia’s riveting examination of eccentric Ukranian artist Fedor Alexandrovich’s obsession with a Soviet-constructed radio antenna near the Chernobyl site; and What Happened, Miss Simone?, Liz Garbus’s sensitive exploration of the legendary singer and activist Nina Simone. In addition to the awards, this year’s honorees include Matthew Heineman, recipient of the IDA’s Courage Under Fire Award in recognition of conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth. Heineman’s gripping film, Cartel Land, documents two modern-day vigilante movements – Dr. José Mireles’s citizen-led uprising against a violent drug cartel wreaking havoc in Mexico and the Arizona Border Recon led by Tim “Nailer” Foley, which is working to prevent Mexico’s drug wars from crossing into the United States. Previous recipients of the award include: Laura Poitras, Christiane Amanpour, Andrew Berends, Jonathan Stack and James Brabazon and Saira Shah. In addition to Heineman, the 2015 IDA Documentary Awards will honor Gordon Quinn with its Career Achievement Award. Tony Tabatznik and the Bertha Foundation (berthafoundation.org) will receive the IDA Amicus Award, and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos will receive IDA’s Pioneer Award. (T)ERROR directors Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe will share the Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award sponsored by the Archibald Family Foundation. The recipients of this year’s IDA Creative Recognition Awards include The Russian Woodpecker (cinematography by Artem Ryzhykov) will be recognized with the award for Best Cinematography; Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (edited by Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen) will receive the Best Editing award; Best of Enemies (original score by Jonathan Kirkscey) will be presented with the Best Music award, and Listen To Me Marlon (written by Stevan Riley, co-writer Peter Ettedgui) will receive the Best Writing award. The 31st Annual IDA Documentary Awards will take place on Saturday, December 5th at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles, CA 31st Annual IDA Awards Nominees Best Feature Award Amy Director: Asif Kapadia Producer: James Gay-Rees A24 The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Director: Stanley Nelson Producer: Laurens Grant PBS DISTRIBUTION Listen to Me Marlon Director: Stevan Riley Producer: John Battsek SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY FILMS The Look of Silence Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen DRAFTHOUSE FILMS AND PARTICIPANT MEDIA The Russian Woodpecker Director: Chad Gracia Producer: Ram Devineni and Mike Lerner FILMBUFF What Happened, Miss Simone? Director: Liz Garbus NETFLIX Best Short Award Body Team 12 Director: David Darg Producer: Bryn Mooser RYOT FILMS AND VULCAN PRODUCTIONS Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah Director: Adam Benzine HBO The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul Director: Kitty Green Producer: Philippa Campey KURZFILMAGENTUR HAMBURG (GERMANY) Last Day of Freedom Directors: Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman Object Director: Paulina Skibińska MUNK STUDIO AND POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION Best Curated Series Award 30 for 30 Executive Producers John Dahl and Connor Schell ESPN America ReFramed Executive Producers: Chris Hastings and Simon Kilmurry WORLD CHANNEL Independent Lens Executive Producers: Sally Jo Fifer and Lois Vossen ITVS/PBS POV Executive Producers: Simon Kilmurry and Chris White POV, PBS Storyville Series Editor: Nick Fraser Executive Producer: Kate Townsend BBC TV, BBC WORLD NEWS Best Limited Series Award Blood Brothers Executive Producers: Kees Schaap and Anja van Oostrom VARA TELEVISION (THE NETHERLANDS) Hard Earned Executive Producers: Steve James, Justine Nagan, and Gordon Quinn Series Producer: Maggie Bowman AL JAZEERA AMERICA AND KARTEMQUIN FILMS The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst Executive Producer: Jason Blum Co-Executive Producer: Zac Stuart-Pontier Produced by: Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling HBO Life Story Executive Producer: Mike Gunton DISCOVERY Rebel Architecture Executive Producer: Fiona Lawson-Baker AL JAZEERA ENGLISH Best Episodic Series Award Chef’s Table Executive Producers: David Gelb, Andrew Fried, and Brian McGinn NETFLIX Morgan Spurlock Inside Man Executive Producers: Jeremy Chilnick, Matthew Galkin, and Morgan Spurlock CNN AND WARRIOR POETS NOVA Senior Executive Producer: Paula Apsell Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Cort PBS The Seventies Executive Producers: Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, and Mark Herzog CNN, PLAYTONE, AND HERZOG & COMPANY This is Life with Lisa Ling Executive Producers: Amy Bucher, Lisa Ling, and David Shadrack Smith CNN AND PART2 PICTURES Best Short Form Series Award Do Not Track Executive Producer: Hugues Sweeney NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA, UPIAN, ARTE, AND BR Highrise: Universe Within Executive Producers: Anita Lee and Silva Basmajian NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA The New York Times Op-Docs Executive Producer: Jason Spingarn-Koff THE NEW YORK TIMES POV Interactive Documentaries Executive Producer: Simon Kilmurry and Adnaan Wasey POV AND PBS WE THE ECONOMY: 20 Short Films You Can’t Afford to Miss Executive Producer: Paul G. Allen and Morgan Spurlock VULCAN PRODUCTIONS AND CINELAN David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award This award recognizes exceptional achievement in non-fiction film and video production at the university level and brings greater public and industry awareness to the work of students in the documentary field. The Archipelago Director: Benjamin Huguet THE NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL The Blue Wall Director: Michael Milano UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY El Cacao Director: Michelle Aguilar University of California Santa Cruz In Attla’s Tracks Director: Catharine Axley STANFORD UNIVERSITY Looking at the Stars Director: Alexandre Peralta UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Pare Lorentz Award The Pare Lorentz Award recognizes films that demonstrate exemplary filmmaking while focusing on the appropriate use of the natural environment, justice for all and the illumination of pressing social problems. How to Change the World Director: Jerry Rothwell ABC News VideoSource Award This award is given each year for the best use of news footage as an integral component in a documentary. (T)ERROR Directors: Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe INDEPENDENT LENS ALONG WITH BBC Best of Enemies Directors: Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville MAGNOLIA PICTURES AND INDEPENDENT LENS Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll Director: John Pirozzi ARGOT PICTURES Night Will Fall Director: André Singer HBO What Happened, Miss Simone? Director: Liz Garbus NETFLIX Creative Recognition Award Winners The Creative Recognition category recognizes special achievement in cinematography, editing, music and writing in films entered in the Feature Category. Best Cinematography The Russian Woodpecker Cinematography by: Artem Ryzhykov Best Editing Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck Edited by: Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen Best Writing Listen to Me Marlon Written by: Stevan Riley Co-Writer: Peter Ettedgui Best Music Best of Enemies Original Score by: Jonathan Kirkscey

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  • 124 Documentary Features Submitted For 2015 Oscar Race

    Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky One hundred twenty-four features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 88th Academy Awards®. The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “Above and Beyond” “All Things Must Pass” “Amy” “The Armor of Light” “Ballet 422” “Batkid Begins” “Becoming Bulletproof” “Being Evel” “Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery” “Best of Enemies” “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” “Bolshoi Babylon” “Brand: A Second Coming” “A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story” “Call Me Lucky” “Cartel Land” “Censored Voices” “Champs” “CodeGirl” “Coming Home” “Dark Horse” “Deli Man” “Dior and I” “The Diplomat” “(Dis)Honesty – The Truth about Lies” “Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll” “Dreamcatcher” “dream/killer” “Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon” “Eating Happiness” “Every Last Child” “Evidence of Harm” “Farewell to Hollywood” “Finders Keepers” “The Forecaster” “Frame by Frame” “Gardeners of Eden” “A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile” “Godspeed: The Story of Page Jones” “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” “He Named Me Malala” “Heart of a Dog” “Hitchcock/Truffaut” “How to Change the World” “Human” “The Hunting Ground” “I Am Chris Farley” “In Jackson Heights” “In My Father’s House” “India’s Daughter” “Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words” “Iraqi Odyssey” “Iris” “Janis: Little Girl Blue” “Karski & the Lords of Humanity” “Killing Them Safely” “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” “Lambert & Stamp” “A Lego Brickumentary” “Listen to Me Marlon” “Live from New York!” “The Look of Silence” “Meet the Patels” “Meru” “The Mind of Mark DeFriest” “Misery Loves Comedy” “Monkey Kingdom” “A Murder in the Park” “My Italian Secret” “My Voice, My Life” “1971” “Of Men and War” “One Cut, One Life” “Only the Dead See the End of War” “The Outrageous Sophie Tucker” “Peace Officer” “The Pearl Button” “Pink & Blue: Colors of Hereditary Cancer” “Poached” “Polyfaces” “The Prime Ministers: Soldiers and Peacemakers” “Prophet’s Prey” “Racing Extinction” “The Resurrection of Jake the Snake” “Ride the Thunder – A Vietnam War Story of Victory & Betrayal” “Rosenwald” “The Russian Woodpecker” “Searching for Home: Coming Back from War” “Seeds of Time” “Sembene!” “The Seven Five” “Seymour: An Introduction” “Sherpa” “A Sinner in Mecca” “Something Better to Come” “Song from the Forest” “Song of Lahore” “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine” “Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans” “Stray Dog” “Sunshine Superman” “Sweet Micky for President” “Tab Hunter Confidential” “The Tainted Veil” “Tap World” “(T)error” “Thao’s Library” “Those Who Feel the Fire Burning” “3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets” “The Touch of an Angel” “TransFatty Lives” “The True Cost” “Twinsters” “Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists” “The Wanted 18” “We Are Many” “We Come as Friends” “We Were Not Just…Bicycle Thieves. Neorealism” “Welcome to Leith” “What Happened, Miss Simone?” “What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy” “Where to Invade Next” “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” (pictured above) “The Wolfpack” 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. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December. Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories. 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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  • 2015 Camden International Film Festival Reveals Slate of Feature and Short Films

    OLMO AND THE SEAGULL Petra Costa, Lea Glob The 2015 Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) announced the slate of feature and short films for its 11th edition, which will take place September 17-20, 2015 throughout Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine. CIFF will present over 60 features and short films from across the globe, the country and the state, with filmmakers attending nearly every screening. Highlights of this year’s program include Locarno titles Machine Gun or Typewriter, The Ground We Won and Locarno winner Olmo and the Seagull (pictured above), fresh from TIFF: climate change doc This Changes Everything; and Points North alums Containment and Drawing the Tiger. In addition to the titles below, CIFF will screen a sidebar program of historic ethnographic films with support from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a program celebrating the home movie archives of Charles Norman Shay in collaboration with Northeast Historic Film, and the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking Shorts List, whose titles will be announced at the festival next month. The Camden International Film Festival will announce their Points North Documentary Forum lineup of films, speakers and panels on Thursday, August 27. 2015 CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEATURES ABOVE AND BELOW Nicolas Steiner | Switzerland, Germany | 2015 ALL THINGS ABLAZE Oleksandr Technyski, Aleksey Solodunov, Dmitry Stoykov | Ukraine | 2014 ALMOST THERE Aaron Wickenden, Dan Rybicky | United States | 2014 BEST OF ENEMIES Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon | United States | 2014 BREAKING A MONSTER Luke Meyer | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! CONTAINMENT Peter Galison, Robb Moss | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! Points North Alum! DEMOCRATS Camila Nielsson| Denmark | 2014 DRAWING THE TIGER Amy Benson, Ramyata Limbu, Scott Squire | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! Points North Alum! ELEPHANT’S DREAM Kristof Bilsen | Belgium | 2014 Filmmaker in attendance! FRAME BY FRAME Alexandria Bombach, Mo Scarpelli | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! FROM THIS DAY FORWARD Sharon Shattuck | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF Alex Gibney | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! THE GROUND WE WON Christopher Pryor | New Zealand | 2015 HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD Jerry Rothwell | United Kingdom, Canada | 2015 I AM THE PEOPLE (JE SUIS LE PEUPLE) Anna Roussillon | France | 2014 IN TRANSIT Albert Maysles, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, David Usui | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! KINGS OF NOWHERE Betzabé García | Mexico | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! MACHINE GUN OR TYPEWRITER Travis Wilkerson | United States | 2015 MERU Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | United States | 2015 OF THE NORTH Dominic Gagnon | Canada | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! OLMO AND THE SEAGULL Petra Costa, Lea Glob | Denmark, Brazil, Portugal, France | 2015 Producer in attendance! PEACE OFFICER Scott Christopherson, Brad Barber | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! THE RUSSIAN WOODPECKER Chad Gracia | Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States | 2015 SAILING A SINK SEA Olivia Wyatt | United States | 2015 Filmmakmer in attendance! TELL SPRING NOT TO COME THIS YEAR Saeed Taji Farouky, Michael McEvoy | United Kingdom | 2015 (T)ERROR Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! THANK YOU FOR PLAYING David Osit, Malika Zouhali-Worrall | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Avi Lewis | Canada, United States | 2015 THOSE WHO FEEL THE FIRE BURNING Morgan Knibbe | Netherlands | 2014 TOTO AND HIS SISTERS Alexander Nanau | Romania, Hungary, Germany | 2014 T-REX Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! UNCERTAIN Anna Sandilands, Ewan McNicol | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! UNTITLED Work-in-Progress Screening Ian Cheney | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! WESTERN Bill Ross, Turner Ross | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! 2015 CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SHORT FILMS 70-SOME YEARS Riley Hooper | United States | 2015 AMERICAN RENAISSANCE Jarred Alterman, Ryan Scafuro | United States | 2015 BODY TEAM 12 David Darg | United States | 2015 CLAUDE LANZMANN: SPECTRES OF THE SHOAH Adam Benzine | United Kingdom | 2015 CHOP MY MONEY Theo Anthony | United States | 2014 DENALI Ben Knight | United States | 2015 DIVER Christoph Gelfand, Caroline Losneck | United States | 2015 Dirigo Short! Made in Maine! ERIC, WINTER TO SPRING Danya Abt | United States | 2014 THE FACE OF UKRAINE: CASTING OSKANA BAIUL Kitty Green | Australia | 2015 FARM Christoph Gelfand | United States | 2015 Dirigo Short! Made in Maine! HERETIX: UP AND RUNNING Francis Decky | United States | 2015 Dirigo Short! Made in Maine! HOTEL 22 Elizabeth Lo | United States | 2014 THE LAND Erin Davis | United States | 2015 THE LAST BARN DANCE Ted Richardson, Jason Arthurs | United States | 2015 LAST PYRAMID Dave Schachter | United States | 2015 Dirigo Short! Made in Maine! LETTER TO SUBI Genevieve Carmel | United States | 2015 LUCHADORA River Finlay | United States, Mexico | 2014 THE MANY SAD FATES OF MR. TOLEDANO Joshua Seftel | United States | 2015 MY GAL, ROSEMARIE Jason Tippet | United States | 2015 NEW MISSION Christopher Giamo | United States | 2014 OBJECT Paulina Skibinska | Poland | 2015 OF THE UNKNOWN Eva Weber | United Kingdom | 2014 PINK BOY Eric Rockey | United States | 2015 THE REAGAN SHORTS Pacho Velez | United States | 2015 Points North Alum! SEEDING FEAR Craig Jackson | Canada | 2015 SPEARHUNTER Luke Poling, Adam Roffman | United States | 2014 TERRITORY Eleanor Mortimer | United Kingdom | 2015 THINGS Ben Rivers | United Kingdom | 2015

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  • KINGS OF NOWHERE and (T)ERROR Win Top Prize at 2015 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

    Kings of Nowhere directed by Betzabé Garcia The 2015 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Award winners were announced on Sunday afternoon at the festival’s annual Awards Barbecue. The top prize, Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award was won by Kings of Nowhere (pictured above), directed by Betzabé Garcia, and (T)ERROR, directed by Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe. One of the nation’s premier documentary film festivals, Full Frame is celebrating its 18th annual festival. Full Frame is a qualifying event for consideration for nominations for both the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Subject and The Producers Guild of America Awards. The 19th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will take place April 7–10, 2016. 2015 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Award Winners

    The Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award Sponsored by the Reva and David Logan Foundation

    The Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award was presented to Kings of Nowhere, directed by Betzabé Garcia, and (T)ERROR, directed by Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe. Thanks to the generosity of the Reva and David Logan Foundation, each film will receive the full award amount of $10,000. In the poetically and patiently photographed Kings of Nowhere, a handful of residents stay their ground after a flood leaves their Mexican village semi-submerged. In (T)ERROR, FBI informant “Shariff” grants filmmakers unprecedented access as he engages in a counterterrorism sting against a white Muslim man, illuminating the controversial methods employed in the government’s war on terror. The Jury, Marilyn Ness, Sam Pollard, and Bernardo Ruiz, stated, “We are very pleased to honor two important films deserving of greater attention on an international stage, both of which speak to the heart of documentary storytelling in unique and compelling ways. With remarkably assured direction, especially from a first-time filmmaker, Kings of Nowhere delivers artful and thoughtfully paced storytelling. ThoughKings of Nowhere on its face appears to be a local story, in fact it speaks to universal themes confronting humanity worldwide: people abandoned by their governments, facing unimaginable violence, and enduring neglect. Kings of Nowhere represents its characters with dignity and depth and it does so at the highest levels of our craft. But we also wanted to acknowledge the different ways in which films can take risks. With exceptional access, the two filmmakers of (T)ERROR took great personal risks to highlight an urgent issue in the United States while navigating complex journalistic and ethical terrain.”

    The Full Frame Jury Award for Best Short Provided by Drs. Andrew and Barbra Rothschild

    The Full Frame Jury Award for Best Short was given to Last Day of Freedom, directed by Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones. Beautiful animation accompanies poignant testimony in this haunting short about a man who discovers his brother has committed a serious crime. The Jury, J. Christian Jensen, Yael Melamede, and Nicole Triche, stated, “This film demonstrates and reminds us of the simple power and intimacy of the human voice. It interweaves different visual styles of animation and engages the audience fully in an increasingly fraught tale that ultimately presents the supreme cost of doing the right thing.”

    Full Frame Audience Award – Feature Sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina

    How to Dance in Ohio, directed by Alexandra Shiva, received the Full Frame Audience Award Feature. Three young women on the autism spectrum attempt to navigate social rules and the impending challenges of adulthood as they prepare for their first formal dance.
     Full Frame Audience Award – Short
    The Full Frame Audience Award Short was given to Giovanni and the Water Ballet, directed by Astrid Bussink. In this film, Giovanni dreams of becoming the first boy to compete in the Dutch synchronized swimming championship. With the support of his girlfriend, Kim, can he pass one final exam?

    The Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award Provided by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University

    The Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award was presented to Last Day of Freedom, directed by Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones. Beautiful animation accompanies poignant testimony in this haunting short about a man who discovers his brother has committed a serious crime. This award honors a documentary artist whose work is a potential catalyst for education and change. Representatives from the Center for Documentary Studies juried the prize: Randy Benson, Morgan Capps, Wesley Hogan, Katie Hyde, Lynn McKnight, Dan Partridge, Teka Selman, Brooke Darrah Shuman, and April Walton.

    The Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award Provided by the Charles E. Guggenheim Family

    Tocando la Luz (Touch the Light), directed by Jennifer Redfearn, received the Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award. In this quietly arresting film, three blind women in Havana, Cuba, share their heartbreaks and hopes, and navigate their profound desire for independence. Provided by the Charles E. Guggenheim family, this prize honors a first-time documentary feature director. Matthew Hamachek, Bari Pearlman, and Maxim Pozdorovkin participated on the Jury.

    Full Frame Inspiration Award Sponsored by the Hartley Film Foundation

    The Full Frame Inspiration Award was awarded to The Storm Makers, directed by Guillaume Suon. This film is a heartbreaking exposé of Cambodia’s human trafficking system, revealed through the stories of two guiltless “recruiters” and a young woman who was sold into slavery and escaped. This award is presented to the film that best exemplifies the value and relevance of world religions and spirituality. Ross Kauffman, Sarah Masters, and Ryan White participated on the Jury.

    Full Frame President’s Award Sponsored by Duke University

    The Farewell, directed by Alejandro Alonso, was given the Full Frame President’s Award. Long retired from the local mine, Pablo Fabelo spends his days smoking cigars, playing cards, and quietly reminiscing in this languid, lushly photographed short. Representatives on behalf of the President’s Office of Duke University juried the prize.

    The Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights Sponsored by the Julian Price Family Foundation in memory of Melanie Taylor

    The Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights was awarded to Peace Officer, directed by Brad Barber and Scott Christopherson. After a former sheriff sees his son-in-law killed in a controversial police standoff, he dives into an obsessive investigation of the militarization of American law enforcement. Provided by the Julian Price Family Foundation, this award is presented to a film that addresses a significant human rights issue in the United States. Representatives from the Kathleen Bryan Edwards family juried the prize: Anne Arwood, Laura Edwards, Clay Farland, Margaret Griffin, and Pricey Harrison.

    The Nicholas School Environmental Award Sponsored by the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University

    Good Things Await, directed by Phie Ambo, received the Nicholas School Environmental Award. In this film, an aging farmer runs a biodynamic farm in the Danish countryside, prioritizing spiritual methods over contemporary standards. Will new regulations threaten his way of life? Overburden, directed by Chad A. Stevens, received an Honorable Mention from the Nicholas School Environmental Award Jury. In this film, an environmentalist and a former pro-coal activist in the heart of Appalachia join forces to protect their home from the industry that’s divided their community for decades. The Nicholas School Environmental Award honors the film that best depicts the conflict between our drive to improve living standards through development and modernization, and the imperative to preserve both the natural environment that sustains us and the heritages that define us. Daniel Junge, Sam Cullman, and Farihah Zaman participated on the Jury.

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