145 feature documentaries vying for OscarOctober 31, 2016 - 13:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A whopping 145 feature documentary feature films have been submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for the feature doc Oscar at the 89th Academy Awards, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The titles range from Ava DuVernay’s 13th, a look at the mass incarceration of black men in the U.S., to Terrence Malick’s A Voyage of Time: The Imax Experience, which looks at the creation of the universe. The lineup, which reflects a particularly strong year for docs, also includes Sundance Film Festival Documentary Grand Jury Prize winner Weiner, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s account of Anthony Weiner’s failed 2013 campaign to become Mayor of New York City, and the Toronto International Film Festival’s audience award winner for documentary I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck’s portrait of author and activist James Baldwin. Members of the Academy’s documentary branch will choose a shortlist of 15 films that will be announced in December, and the five nominees will be announced on Jan. 24. The Oscars themselves will be handed out on Feb. 26. 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |