The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected 10 films as contenders for the documentary short subject category for the 90th Academy Awards.
The 10 titles were chosen by voters from the Academy’s documentary branch, who viewed this year’s 77 eligible entries and submitted ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation. Members of the branch will vote again to select five of the 10 films to be announced as nominees on Jan. 23.
Among the 10 is Ram Dass, Going Home, directed by Derek Peck and executive produced by Lucy Walker.
Ram Dass
Ram Dass, Going Home finds spiritual teacher and 60s icon, Ram Dass, at his home on Maui, twenty years after suffering a life-altering stroke. Psychedelic pioneer, author, and outspoken advocate for death-and-dying awareness, Ram Dass is now himself approaching the end of life. This is a meditation on life and death which begins with his exhortation to make friends with change; change with age,...
The 10 titles were chosen by voters from the Academy’s documentary branch, who viewed this year’s 77 eligible entries and submitted ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation. Members of the branch will vote again to select five of the 10 films to be announced as nominees on Jan. 23.
Among the 10 is Ram Dass, Going Home, directed by Derek Peck and executive produced by Lucy Walker.
Ram Dass
Ram Dass, Going Home finds spiritual teacher and 60s icon, Ram Dass, at his home on Maui, twenty years after suffering a life-altering stroke. Psychedelic pioneer, author, and outspoken advocate for death-and-dying awareness, Ram Dass is now himself approaching the end of life. This is a meditation on life and death which begins with his exhortation to make friends with change; change with age,...
- 12/7/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Academy Documentary branch has winnowed down the eligible Short Subject contenders from 77 to ten films vying for five Oscar nominations. They have played countless film festivals, but had to win an award at a qualifying festival to be eligible.
The New York Times Op-Docs scored three entries, all viewable in full below: moving “116 Cameras” introduces a holocaust survivor willing to give testimony; “Alone” tells the story of a woman left behind when her fiancé goes to prison; and “Ten Meter Tower” hilariously reveals the reactions of a series of people trying to make themselves jump.
Last year Netflix won the Oscar for Syria documentary “White Helmets,” which was easily viewed on the site. This year’s entry, opioid epidemic expose “Heroine(e),” is also strong enough to win. “Edith + Eddie” is a heart-tugger about a bi-racial elderly couple struggling to stay together.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title,...
The New York Times Op-Docs scored three entries, all viewable in full below: moving “116 Cameras” introduces a holocaust survivor willing to give testimony; “Alone” tells the story of a woman left behind when her fiancé goes to prison; and “Ten Meter Tower” hilariously reveals the reactions of a series of people trying to make themselves jump.
Last year Netflix won the Oscar for Syria documentary “White Helmets,” which was easily viewed on the site. This year’s entry, opioid epidemic expose “Heroine(e),” is also strong enough to win. “Edith + Eddie” is a heart-tugger about a bi-racial elderly couple struggling to stay together.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title,...
- 12/6/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Ten contenders remain in the field for the documentary short subject Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday.
These were selected by the Academy’s documentary branch from a field of 77 eligible entries. The 10 films are:
Alone, The New York Times
Edith+Eddie, Heart Is Red and Kartemquin Films
Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405, Stiefel & Co.
Heroin(e), A Netflix Original Documentary in association with The Center for Investigative Reporting, A Requisite Media Production
Kayayo – The Living Shopping Baskets, Integral Film
Knife Skills, Tfl Films
116...
These were selected by the Academy’s documentary branch from a field of 77 eligible entries. The 10 films are:
Alone, The New York Times
Edith+Eddie, Heart Is Red and Kartemquin Films
Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405, Stiefel & Co.
Heroin(e), A Netflix Original Documentary in association with The Center for Investigative Reporting, A Requisite Media Production
Kayayo – The Living Shopping Baskets, Integral Film
Knife Skills, Tfl Films
116...
- 12/6/2017
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has narrowed the field for the Documentary Shorts Oscar to 10 vying for five nomination slots. The films and with their production companies are: Alone The New York Times Edith+Eddie Heart is Red and Kartemquin Films Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 Stiefel & Co. Heroin(e) A Netflix Original Documentary in association with The Center for Investigative Reporting, A Requisite Media Production Kayayo – The Living Shopping Ba…...
- 12/5/2017
- Deadline
Mindy Alper is an artist of some note who has channeled her emotional, mental, and other forms of struggle into the creation of thousands and thousands of works of art. Recently, she was the subject of a short documentary called Heaven Is a Traffic Jam On the 405, which is called thus because it starts with her waiting in a content manner while stuck in a traffic jam. Here are five things that you may or may not have known about Mindy Alper: She Says that She Was a Strange Child In a 1992 interview with the Los Angeles Times,
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Mindy Alper...
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Mindy Alper...
- 11/22/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Artist Mindy Alper perceives the world differently from ordinary people. Take the marking of time, for instance. Where most of us talk about years, she speaks of "trips around the sun." Another example would be sitting in traffic on an La freeway. To most Angelenos, it's maddening. To Alper, it's a little bit of bliss. "Uber drivers, they don't understand," she tells Deadline. In fact, Heaven Is a Traffic Jam On The 405 is the title of a short documentary about Alper…...
- 11/20/2017
- Deadline
The International Documentary Association has announced their Best Feature and Best Short nominees, as well as the recipients of Creative Recognition awards, for the 2017 Ida Documentary Awards. In the competition categories, the nominees for Best Feature include “City of Ghosts,” “Dina,” “Faces Places,””La 92,” and “Strong Island,” while the Best Short section includes nods for “Edith+Eddie,” “The Fight,” “Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” “Long Shot,” “Mr. Connolly Has Als,” and “The Rabbit Hunt.”
“The diverse array of films nominated this year underscore the vibrancy and elasticity of documentary form,” said Simon Kilmurry, Ida’s Executive Director in an official statement. “These films address the most urgent contemporary global matters — and the most intimate emotional territory. All of them demonstrate the courage and ingenuity of nonfiction media makers.”
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“The diverse array of films nominated this year underscore the vibrancy and elasticity of documentary form,” said Simon Kilmurry, Ida’s Executive Director in an official statement. “These films address the most urgent contemporary global matters — and the most intimate emotional territory. All of them demonstrate the courage and ingenuity of nonfiction media makers.”
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- 11/1/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Earlier this year, Frank Stiefel’s unique documentary short “Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405” pulled off a unique two-fer: winning both the Audience Award and the Jury Award for Best Short at the annual non-fiction-focused festival. The film follows artist Mindy Alper, who has spent her life creating remarkable works of art, despite a lifelong struggle with depression and anxiety, a story that is warmly and expressively told through Stiefel’s compelling lens.
In announcing its 2017 Jury Award for Best Short Film, the Full Frame jurors explained so much of the film’s profound charm: “We are presenting the award to this film for its incredibly intimate access to a remarkable subject and for its ability to allow the viewer to profoundly enter her world. Complimenting this access with assured storytelling and great visual style, the film introduces us to the gifted artist Mindy Alper and her lifelong struggle with mental illness.
In announcing its 2017 Jury Award for Best Short Film, the Full Frame jurors explained so much of the film’s profound charm: “We are presenting the award to this film for its incredibly intimate access to a remarkable subject and for its ability to allow the viewer to profoundly enter her world. Complimenting this access with assured storytelling and great visual style, the film introduces us to the gifted artist Mindy Alper and her lifelong struggle with mental illness.
- 8/30/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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