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December 26, 2020 at 4:44 am #1203945747This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.December 26, 2020 at 5:11 am #1203945757
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.
ReplyCopy URLDecember 26, 2020 at 5:22 am #1203945771Collective and Time are the documentaries that truly hit the zeitgeist in 2020 so they should be considered big contenders.
ReplyCopy URLJanuary 4, 2021 at 9:23 am #1203961567Is I Am Greta eligible?
I think Time is the frontrunner.
ReplyCopy URLFYC: Better Call Saul, The English and The Good Fight in all categories including Emily Blunt, Bob Odenkirk, Christine Baranski and Rhea Seehorn.
January 4, 2021 at 9:41 am #1203961614Babenco: Tell Me When I Die is gonna win.
ReplyCopy URLIt's about the chaotic editing in Moulin Rouge!
January 5, 2021 at 1:47 am #1203963138Crapshooting 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 ChechnyaNext in line
All in: the Fight for Democracy
David Byrne’s American Utopia
City Hall
The Truffle Hunters
Circus of BooksOn the brink
Miss Americana
Boys State
I Am GretaStrong possibilities
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Whirlybird
9to5: the Story of a Movement
Athlete APossibilities
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 ScreenTheoretical possibilities
Mucho Mucho Amor: the Legend of Walter Mercado
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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 HeavenJanuary 5, 2021 at 1:55 am #1203963144Crapshooting 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.
ReplyCopy URLJanuary 5, 2021 at 5:57 am #1203963340Crip Camp is an amazing doc and it irritates me that it isn’t getting more traction with critic groups.
ReplyCopy URLOscar FYC!!:
Best Picture: Bones and All
Best Actress: Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie)
Best Actor: Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Best Supporting Actress: Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness)
Best Supporting Actor: Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)January 6, 2021 at 6:29 am #1203965607Due 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.
ReplyCopy URLMarch 4, 2021 at 8:05 am #1204082175I 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.
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The Banshees of Inisherin in ALL categories, including:
- Best Picture
- Best Director
- Best Actor (Colin Farrell)
- Best Supporting Actor (Brendan Gleeson)
- Best Supporting Actor (Barry Keoghan)
- Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon)
- Best Supporting Actress (Sheila Flitton)
- Best Original ScreenplayLetterboxd: Ray_In_Bruges
March 4, 2021 at 10:14 am #1204082592Crip 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.
ReplyCopy URLMarch 6, 2021 at 7:53 am #1204087770Knowing how the documentary branch works, they will probably snub Time and Dick Johnson is Dead for something like All In: The Fight for Democracy.
ReplyCopy URLMarch 6, 2021 at 8:18 am #1204087802There 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:
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Collective
The Mole Agent
MLK/FBI
Time
Welcome to ChechnyaMarch 6, 2021 at 8:29 am #1204087817What do you think will be the shocking snub this year?
I’ve heard the documentary branch doesn’t appreciate archive footage driven documentaries and that’s why the likes of Life Itself, Won’t You Be My Neighbor and Apollo 11 were snubbed.
I don’t watch a lot of documentaries. What are the ones that most used archive footage?
ReplyCopy URLMarch 6, 2021 at 8:33 am #1204087827Welcome to chechnya better be nominated
ReplyCopy URLA little bit of Magic never hurt anybody.
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