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Academy Crosses Borders To Deliver Varied List Of Best Feature Documentary Candidates
Oscar documentary branch voters can’t be accused of parochialism. They ventured far and wide to select their shortlist of feature documentaries for 2023, tapping films from countries as varied as a…
They ventured far and wide to select their shortlist of feature documentaries for 2023, tapping films from countries as varied as a U.N. roll call: Ukraine, Uganda, Poland, Denmark, Tunisia, Canada and the United States. International documentaries not only have populated the Oscar shortlist in recent years, but they’ve gone on to secure nominations, including Honeyland(North Macedonia), Collective(Romania), All That Breathes and Writing with Fire(both from India), A House Made of Splinters and Flee(both from Denmark), The Cave and Of Fathers and Sons(both directed by Syrian filmmakers). The American contenders on the shortlist continue with Beyond Utopia, Madeleine Gavin’s award-winning film that exposes the brutal reality of life in North Korea; A Still Small Voice, directed by Luke Lorentzen, and the innovative sonic documentary 32 Sounds from director Sam Green.
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