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Doc Talk Podcast Debates Early Oscar Contenders: Who’s Leading The Best Documentary Charge And Who Belongs In Contention
What films have traction in the wide-open 2026 Oscar Documentary Feature race? The Doc Talk Podcast and guest Lauren Wissot discuss.
Two recent Oscar winners have emerged as early contenders: Mstyslav Chernov, the 20 Days in Mariupol director who returns with 2000 Meters to Andriivka, and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who follows up Summer of Soul with Sly Lives! Investigative journalist Christo Grosev, one of the heroes of Navalny, could factor in the Oscar race as the focus of Antidote, the documentary directed by James Jones that has been acquired by Frontline. And we discuss the awards potential for a film set in China where you can hire someone to break up an affair, and a documentary in which right-wing religious ideologues become an ominous political force.
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