Oscar Fever On: 15 Docu-Features in the Shortlist

The Oscar Fever is on. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced names of 15 documentaries that have been shortlisted for the final shortlisting further. The semi-finalists include the list that includes “The Armstrong Lie” , “The Act of Killing” and “Blackfish”. It also includes Stories We Tell by Sarah Polley, which won the N.Y Critics Circle Award.

“The Act of Killing,” Final Cut for Real
“The Armstrong Lie,” The Kennedy/Marshall Company
“Blackfish,” Our Turn Productions
“The Crash Reel,” KP Rides Again
“Cutie and the Boxer,” Ex Lion Tamer and Cine Mosaic
“Dirty Wars,” Civic Bakery
“First Cousin Once Removed,” Experiments in Time, Light & Motion
“God Loves Uganda,” Full Credit Productions
“Life According to Sam,” Fine Films
“Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer,” Roast Beef Productions
“The Square,” Noujaim Films and Maktube Productions
“Stories We Tell,” National Film Board of Canada
“Tim’s Vermeer,” High Delft Pictures
“20 Feet from Stardom,” Gil Friesen Productions and Tremolo Productions
“Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Hetherington,”Tripoli Street

The above lists the name of 15 docu-films as the semi-finalists of Oscars.

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Sankha Ghosh was never born in that 'City of Joy', never was a banker, never watched a Godard, never loved Kafka, never fell for that Solitary Reaper, never danced on a friend’s wedding, never fought for human rights, never had a crush at college and never ever aspired to work on a novel! Never was he as simple as this! #He wishes