Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Oscar feature doc shortlist

The Ellen Kuras-directed documentary Nerakhoon (The Betrayal) is on the shortlist of feature documentaries, a list that will be whittled down to five Oscar nominees. I was also very happy to see Trouble the Water on there, a film I really enjoyed. Not a surprise that Standard Operating Procedure and Encounters at the End of the World were also on there. Here's a Hollywood Reporter articleon the full 15. I have a lot of doc watching to do.

My predictions for the five nominees are: Standard Operating Procedure, Trouble the Water, Encounters at the End of the World, Nerakhoon, and Man on Wire. Made in America is my runner-up choice, a wild card. We'll see...

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