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Exactly one year ago the filmmakers behind Honeyland were fresh from victory at Sundance, where they earned the festival's top prizes for international documentary—the grand jury and audience awards. The year since has brought more honors around the world, leading up to an unprecedented double Oscar nomination: one…

The final five titles nominated for the newly named International Feature Film Oscar category included some surprises when they were announced in January. Chief among the latter is Bong Joon Ho's Parasite, an awards season darling that has continued to cement its position as a leading candidate for this particular…

While an all-male list of director contenders and a mostly white actors roster caught the eye of the diversity-conscious on Oscar nominations day, another blip signaled deep change within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. That is, four out of five documentary feature nominees—The Cave, The Edge Of Democr…

Documentaries that resonate deeply with audiences often do so on the strength of a compelling central character: the eccentric Little Edie from Grey Gardens, for instance, or the daring tightrope-walker Philippe Petit of Man on Wire, or the wrongly-convicted Randall Adams from The Thin Blue Line. In Honeyland, one of…

UPDATED, with more detail: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has pulled back the curtain on its shortlist for the International Feature Film Oscar race. Not surprisingly, the expanded field of 10 includes Bong Joon Ho’s Palme d’Or winner Parasite, which already has been making waves this awards season…

American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) revealed the nominees in documentary and television categories for the 34th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards which will take place  January 25, 2020, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. Nominees in the newly created documentary category include Honeyland, Anthro…

The Producers Guild of America is out with the nominees for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures at its 31st annual Producers Guild Awards. They are: Advocate, directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche, about Lea Tsemel, a Jewish Israeli lawyer who defends Palestinian political prisoners. Amer…

The trophies for the fourth annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were handed out on Sunday with Neon’s Apollo 11 taking Best Documentary Feature. The ceremony took place at BRIC in Brooklyn. Neon was the top winner of the night with the space docu, winning five awards. Their docu The Biggest Little Farm walked…

The nominees for the 2019 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards have been unveiled, with several of this year's most high-profile docs in the frame. Scroll down for full list of nominees. For the first time, this year's ceremony will feature an award for best director, with the five films nominated all…

Monos, Alejandro Landes’ Spanish-language survival thriller that Neon acquired after its world premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival, is Colombia’s selection for the International Feature Film race at the 92nd Oscars. The news comes as Neon and co-distributor Participant Media ready for Monos‘ September 13…

EXCLUSIVE: Tamara Kotevska, the Macedonia-born filmmaker-screenwriter whose feature documentary Honeyland won multiple prizes at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, has signed with UTA. The news comes as the narrative docu she co-directed with Ljubomir Stefanov hit theaters this past weekend via Neon, which acquired…

Opening non-fictioners had a tough start this weekend, though the top title had some impressive results. Honeyland won Sundance's best world documentary prize along with other nods including cinematography. The Neon release directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov is a challenge. Its subjects…