Amy Winehouse, Marlon Brando films make Oscar doc shortlistDecember 2, 2015 - 13:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Amy Winehouse, Marlon Brando, Scientology, campus rape, Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, Mexican drug cartels and American vigilante groups, and the Indonesian genocide of the 1960s are among the topics explored in the 15 films that have made the shortlist in the Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature, TheWrap reports. Those topics are represented by the shortlisted films “Amy,” “Listen to Me Marlon,” “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” “The Hunting Ground,” “Best of Enemies,” “Cartel Land” and “The Look of Silence,” all of which advanced to the next round of Oscar voting. Other films that made the cut include “He Named Me Malala,” “Heart of a Dog,” “Meru,” “3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets,” “We Come as Friends,” “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” and Michael Moore‘s “Where To Invade Next.” Among the high-profile films left off the list are “Armor of Light,” “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” “Hitchcock/Truffaut,” “Meet the Patels,” “Racing Extinction,” “The Russian Woodpecker,” “(T)error” and “The Wolfpack.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |