Best Documentary Feature (93rd Academy Awards)

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[FairWeatherAffair Joined: May 11th, 2018 Topics: 4 Posts: 489 View Predictions]

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City Hall should take this in a landslide in my opinion, but Time would be a more than worthy winner. So watch neither take it lol.

As usual, there’s a plethora of small and indie and student docs that blow the usual HBO and Netflix docs out of the water, but the latter (and docs of that nature) usually fill the slots. One of my favorites this year, and one of the best *directed* films of the year, is Sophy Romvari’s Still Processing. It would be slotted into the Shorts categories, but I hate those categories so I’m mentioning it here lol. Please, everyone check it out if you can. You can find Romvari on Twitter/Letterboxd/Vimeo.

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[sundin114 Joined: Nov 27th, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 22 View Predictions]

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Collective and Time are the documentaries that truly hit the zeitgeist in 2020 so they should be considered big contenders.

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 215 Posts: 32931 View Predictions]

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Is I Am Greta eligible?

I think Time is the frontrunner.

FYC:

"The Good Fight", "The Other Two" and "Station Eleven" in all categories, Sarah Lancashire ("Julia"), William Jackson Harper ("Love Life") and Luke Kirby ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel")

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[gabspss Joined: Sep 10th, 2018 Topics: 146 Posts: 2132 View Predictions]

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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die is gonna win.

It's about the chaotic editing in Moulin Rouge!

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[Foolio Joined: Jan 24th, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 541 View Predictions]

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Crapshooting big time here, I’m probably not even aware of quite a few titles that are in this race.

Frontrunners

Crip Camp
Time
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Collective
Welcome to Chechnya

Next in line

All in: the Fight for Democracy
David Byrne’s American Utopia
City Hall
The Truffle Hunters
Circus of Books

On the brink

Miss Americana
Boys State
I Am Greta

Strong possibilities

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Whirlybird
9to5: the Story of a Movement
Athlete A

Possibilities

Notturno
The Social Dilemma
The Dissident
MLK/FBI
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Becoming
Beastie Boys Story
Gunda
Billie
Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President
The Fight
Rebuilding Paradise
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen

Theoretical possibilities

Mucho Mucho Amor: the Legend of Walter Mercado
Audrey: More Than an Icon
Women in Blue
Us Kids
The Painter and the Thief
Ahead of the Curve
499
The Dilemma of Desire
Freedia Got a Gun
Red Heaven

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[Marco11 Joined: Nov 29th, 2014 Topics: 3 Posts: 203 View Predictions]

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Foolio wrote:

Crapshooting big time here, I’m probably not even aware of quite a few titles that are in this race.

Perhaps you’ve forgotten Notturno and Collective?

By the way, has anyone seen Collective? I have a thing for Romanian cinema, and I’m very curious about this one.

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[Chloe Sevigny stan <3 Joined: Jul 13th, 2019 Topics: 4 Posts: 1118 View Predictions]

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Crip Camp is an amazing doc and it irritates me that it isn’t getting more traction with critic groups.

Emmy FYC:

Chloë Sevigny in “The Girl From Plainville” and “Russian Doll”

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[mf617 Joined: Oct 17th, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 448 View Predictions]

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Due to being in my home for most of the year, and because of the number of films (and what kinds of films) that have been released this year, I’ve seen more documentaries this year than ever before so I’m really excited about this race. I know I still have a few to see, but some of this year’s documentaries will end up among my favorite films of the year, period. I cried throughout most of “Crip Camp” and found it so moving and inspirational in a quietly revolutionary way that really forced me to reflect upon accessibility and disability rights in a manner I shamefully had not considered beforehand. “Boys State” was captivating and left me astounded that this was not a narrative film, but built a world and introduced characters that seemed to come from a fictional world that nevertheless reflected the mood of the country over the past couple of years. And “Time” blew my mind in the boundaries that I thought prohibited what can be defined as a “documentary,” and took enticing narrative and editorial risks that elevated a merely traditional version of this film. Definitely rooting for those films and some others I have seen this year and looking forward to catching up with more over the next few years.

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[Butz Joined: Oct 15th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 1284 View Predictions]

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I just saw The Mole Agent and while I personally didn’t love it I could see it resonating with voters, especially in this season. The whole film is about the connection we have to our elders and how some of them fall through the system, and in a weird way it could appeal to Academy members in times where they probably couldn’t visit their parents in their retirement homes (or some of them even live there themselves and haven’t been visited in a long time). But on the other hand, Totally Under Control missed the shortlist, so maybe that won’t happen at all.

Letterboxd: Ray_In_Bruges

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[JackO Joined: Jun 2nd, 2011 Topics: 3 Posts: 1051 View Predictions]

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Chloe Sevigny stan <3 wrote:

Crip Camp is an amazing doc and it irritates me that it isn’t getting more traction with critic groups.

Its gonna win oscar so critics dont wins wont matter.

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[String Cheese Theory Joined: Aug 16th, 2020 Topics: 8 Posts: 1632 View Predictions]

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Shortlist

All In: The Fight for Democracy

Boys State

Collective

Crip Camp

Dick Johnson is Dead

Gunda

MLK/FBI

The Mole Agent

My Octopus Teacher

Notturno

The Painter and the Thief

76 Days

Time

The Truffle Hunters

Welcome to Chechnya

Bill Hader and Barry in everything (2 babka)
The Great - Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult and comedy writing and directing

Severance in drama series, writing, Adam Scott for best actor, Ben Stiller for drama directing, and the whole cast in supporting.

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[String Cheese Theory Joined: Aug 16th, 2020 Topics: 8 Posts: 1632 View Predictions]

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Collective is also on the shortlist for International Feature. Welcome to Chechnya is also the first documentary shortlisted for Visual Effects.

Bill Hader and Barry in everything (2 babka)
The Great - Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult and comedy writing and directing

Severance in drama series, writing, Adam Scott for best actor, Ben Stiller for drama directing, and the whole cast in supporting.

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[JV Joined: Dec 31st, 2019 Topics: 9 Posts: 4240 View Predictions]

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Knowing how the documentary branch works, they will probably snub Time and Dick Johnson is Dead for something like All In: The Fight for Democracy.

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[veronikavoss Joined: Jul 28th, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 700 View Predictions]

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There are some documentaries on this shortlist that are incredibly friendly for voters that don’t have buzz from Hollywood journalists, but here is my prediction:
Collective
The Mole Agent
MLK/FBI
Time
Welcome to Chechnya

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