— 98th Annual Academy Awards —
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| » OSCARS SHORTLIST » Cinema Eye Honors Nonfiction Film Award Winner » Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominee » International Documentary Association Award Special Mention |
All The Empty Rooms • Netflix
Joshua Seftel | Director
Joshua Seftel, Conall Jones, James Costa, Trevor Burgess | Producers
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST » Cinema Eye Honors Nonfiction Film Award Nominee |
Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud • HBO Max
Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud | Directors
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST |
Children No More: ‘Were and Are Gone’ • Full Story Films
Hilla Medalia | Director
Hilla Medalia, Yael Melamede, Sheila Nevins | Producers
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST » Cinema Eye Honors Nonfiction Film Award Nominee » Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominee » Black Reel Film Awards Nominee |
The Devil is Busy • HBO Max
Geeta Gandbhir, Christalyn Hampton | Directors
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST » Cinema Eye Honors Nonfiction Film Award Nominee » International Documentary Association Award Special Mention |
perfectly a strangeness • Premium Films
Alison McAlpine | Director/Producer

| » OSCARS SHORTLIST |
ALL THE WALLS COME DOWN • LA Times Studios
Ondi Timoner | Director
Ondi Timoner, Eli Timoner, Maggie Contreras | Producers
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST |
Bad Hostage • Sebastopol Siege
Mimi Wilcox | Director
Max Asaf, Thomas Verdi, Mimi Wilcox | Producers
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST |
Cashing Out • Nine Patch Pictures
Matt Nadel | Director
Luke Hodges, Matt Nadel | Producers
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST |
Chasing Time • Exposure Labs
Sarah Keo, Jeff Orlowski-Yang| Directors
Jeff Orlowski-Yang, Stacey Piculell, Brette Ragland, Larissa Rhodes | Producers
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST » Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominee |
Classroom 4 • PBS
Eden Wurmfeld | Director
Zander Arkin, Tracey Bing, Yael Bridge, Siena Caddle, Charlie Pigott, Eden Wurmfeld | Producers
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST |
Heartbeat • Jay Rosenblatt Films
Stephanie Rapp, Jay Rosenblatt | Director
Jay Rosenblatt | Producer
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST |
Last Days on Lake Trinity • The New Yorker
Charlotte Cooley | Director
Nick Ramey | Producer
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST |
On Healing Land, Birds Perch • LA Times Studios
Naja Pham Lockwood | Director
Julian Cautherley, Naja Pham Lockwood | Producers
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST |
Rovina’s Choice • The New Yorker
Thomas Jennings, Annie Wong | Directors
Yiel Awat, Kate Emerson, Marcia Robiou | Producers
| » OSCARS SHORTLIST » Cinema Eye Honors Nonfiction Film Award Nominee |
We Were The Scenery • PBS
Christopher Radcliff | Director

| » Cinema Eye Honors Nonfiction Film Award Nominee » International Documentary Association Award Nominee |
Mama Micra • interfilm Berlin
Rebecca Blöcher, Frédéric Schuld | Directors
Fabian Driehorst | Producer
| » Critics Choice Documentary Award Winner |
Saving Superman • Switchboard
Sam Mirpoorian, Adam Oppenheim | Directors
Sam Mirpoorian, Adam Oppenheim, Julie Spiller | Producers
| » Cinema Eye Honors Nonfiction Film Award Nominee |
Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen?
Eisha Marjara | Director
| » Cinema Eye Honors Nonfiction Film Award Nominee |
Crying Glacier
Lutz Stautner | Director
| » Cinema Eye Honors Nonfiction Film Award Nominee |
The Long Valley
Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Robert Machoian | Directors
| » Cinema Eye Honors Nonfiction Film Award Nominee |
Who Loves The Sun
Arshia Shakira | Director
| » British Independent Film Award Longlist |
THE BAN • Erica Starling Productions
Roisin Agnew | Director
Roisin Agnew, Sam Howard | Producers
| » British Independent Film Award Longlist |
THE FLOWERS STAND SILENTLY, WITNESSING
Theo Panagopoulos | Director
Marissa Keating | Producer
| » British Independent Film Award Longlist |
MUREWA
Che Scott-Heron Newton | Director
Matt Houghton | Producer
| » British Independent Film Award Longlist |
NEIL ARMSTRONG AND THE LANGHOLMITES • Industria Studios
Duncan Cowles | Director
Sophie Butler, Jake Cunningham | Producers
| » Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominee |
Exodus • Message Pictures
Nimco Sheikhaden | Director
Sara Bennett, Sara Chishti, Blair Foster, Geeta Gandbhir, Nimco Sheikhaden, LeLoni Smith, Rudy Valdez | Producers
| » Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominee |
Fiddler on the Moon: Judaism in Space • Ironbound Films
Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger | Directors
Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger, Joseph Strulowitz, Graham Wright | Producers
| » Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominee |
Sallie’s Ashes • Robi Creative
Brennan Robideaux | Director
Allison Bohl DeHart, Daniel Junge, Brennan Robideaux | Producers
| » Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominee |
Shanti Rides Shotgun • Voyager
Charles Frank | Director
Andrew Hutcheson, Daniel Lombroso, Meliz Yilmaz | Producers
| » International Documentary Association Award Nominee |
Correct Me If I’m Wrong
Hao Zhou | Director
Tyler Hill | Producer
| » International Documentary Association Award Nominee |
If a Walnut Falls
Bohao Liu | Director/Producer
| » International Documentary Association Award Nominee |
Looking for a Donkey
Juan Vicente Manrique | Director
Juan Vicente Manrique, María Benítez | Producers
| » International Documentary Association Award Nominee |
Their Eyes • The New York Times Op-Docs
Nicolas Gourault | Director
Yannick Beauquis, Quentin Brayer | Producers
| » International Documentary Association Award Special Mention |
The Candy Factory • The New Yorker
Cory Jacobs, Jason Schmidt | Directors/Producers
| » International Documentary Association Award Special Mention |
Landscapes of Longing
Alisha Tejpal, Mireya Martinez, Anoushka Mirchandani | Directors
Alisha Tejpal, Mireya Martinez | Producers
| » International Documentary Association Award Special Mention |
Please Step Aside! • Raha Films
Raha Faridi | Director/Producer
| » International Documentary Association Award Special Mention |
Voices From The Abyss • EPF Media
Irving Serrano, Víctor Rejón | Directors
Ramón Llaven Zavala | Producer
| » British Independent Film Award Nominee |
FLOCK • Film4
Mac Nixon | Director
Matt Ashwell, Daley Nixon | Producers
| » British Independent Film Award Nominee |
MAGID / ZAFAR • BFI Network
Luís Hindman | Director
Aidan Robert Brooks | Producers
| » British Independent Film Award Nominee |
A SISYPHEAN TASK • Supernormal Pictures
Gus Flind-Henry, George Malcher | Directors
George Telfer | Producer
| » British Independent Film Award Nominee |
STOMACH BUG • BBC Film
Matty Crawford | Director
Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou | Producer
| » British Independent Film Award Nominee |
TWO BLACK BOYS IN PARADISE • One6th
Baz Sells | Director
Ben Jackson, Dean Atta | Producers
| » AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNER |
HOOPS, HOPES & DREAMS
Glenn Kaino | Director
Alexys Feaster, Glenn Kaino, Michael Latt, Afshin Shahidi, Michael Watt, Jesse Williams | Producers




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