Best Documentary Feature (93rd Academy Awards)

[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 4462 View Predictions]

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I couldn’t find a thread on this topic, so I’ve started one. If there is an already existing thread could someone link to it here?

Time has now won NYFCC and LAFCA; the last English-language documentary to achieve this was Citizenfour which was a slam-dunk come Oscar night, so prospects look good for the Amazon original.

Another thing I just noticed is that City Hall director Frederick Wiseman turns 91 on January 1, which would make him the oldest Oscar-nominee in any category ever if nominated.

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[FairWeatherAffair Joined: May 11th, 2018 Topics: 6 Posts: 937 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: 16 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: 257 Posts: 16278 View Predictions]

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Is I Am Greta eligible?

I think Time is the frontrunner.

FYC OSCARS : PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN IN ALL CATEGORIES (ESP. ACTRESS – Carey Mulligan AND ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY — EMERALD FENNELL), VANESSA KIRBY FOR "PIECES OF A WOMAN", ESSIE DAVIS FOR "BABYTEETH"

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[gabspss Joined: Sep 10th, 2018 Topics: 91 Posts: 1335 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: 4 Posts: 6665 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: 25 Posts: 6611 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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[mateil Joined: Aug 23rd, 2017 Topics: 5 Posts: 80 View Predictions]

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Marco11 wrote:

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

It’s my favorite film of 2020 and one of my favorite documentaries of all time. The best Romanian film I’ve seen since Aferim! in 2015. It’s quite similar to Spotlight.

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[Chloe Sevigny stan <3 Joined: Jul 13th, 2019 Topics: 2 Posts: 325 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.

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[mf617 Joined: Oct 17th, 2011 Topics: 17 Posts: 2161 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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