Academy Award

Oscar 2010: Animated Short Film Semi-Finalists

source: altfg.com

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 semi-finalists in the animated short film category of the 2010 Academy Awards. Thirty-seven entries had originally qualified in the category. They are: The Cat Piano, Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’...

Published Fri, Nov 20

Oscar Snubs? Extortion Plot? Do Tell!

source: Cinematical

Are members from the documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences being paid to short list some films over others? That's what it sounds like director James Toback was alluding to when he spoke to the New York Times recently about how his buzzed-about documentary...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Oscars' 15 documentary contenders: No 'Love' for Michael Moore

source: From Inside the Box

Michael Moore's latest offering was missing conspicuously from the list of the 15 films that will be eligible for Academy Award nominations that were announced Wednesday, Nov. 18.Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" was among those titles overlooked by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Michael Moore Snubbed On Oscar Doc Shortlist

source: fest21.com

Michael Moore's name and his latest film CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY were stark omissions when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named 15 films that have made the short-list in the Documentary Feature category for the 82nd Academy Awards. Of 89 films submitted, the Oscar ra...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Oscars Best Documentary Semifinalists Announced

source: Inside Movies

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the shortlist of 15 nonfiction films that will contend for the documentary Oscar this season, and as is often the case, the biggest docs of the year aren't even on it. That includes Michael ... Read more

Published Thu, Nov 19

Oscar 2010: Documentary Feature Semi-Finalists

source: altfg.com

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 semi-finalists in the 2010 Academy Awards’ Documentary Feature category. Eighty-nine films had been in the running. The 15 documentary feature semi-finalists are: The Beaches of Agnes, Agnès Varda, director (Cine-T...

Published Thu, Nov 19

and then, there were…

source: sbiff.org

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 15 titles Wednesday. Five documentary features from that list will be chosen as nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards. Nominations will be announced Feb. 2, 2010, and the awards will be presented March 7.

Published Wed, Nov 18

Oscar's Documentary Shortlist: No 'Anvil,' No 'Capitalism'

source: Cinematical

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences documentary committee has watched the 89 eligible docs that were submitted and whittled the field down to 15 finalists, from which the five Oscar nominees will be chosen. But before we even get there we gotta talk about the snubs.

Published Wed, Nov 18