La commissione di selezione dell’Academy ha selezionato una shortlist di quindici documentari che concorreranno per le cinque nominations all’Oscar.
Tra i prescelti si segnalano CitizenFour, un’intervista Edward Snowden, la talpa della NSA, Jodorowsky’s Dune, sul progetto mai realizzato da Alejandro Jodorowsky, Life Itself su Roger Ebert e Il sale della terra dedicato da Wim Wenders al grande fotografo Sebastiao Salgado.
“Art and Craft,” Purple Parrot Films
“The Case Against 8,” Day in Court
“Citizen Koch,” Elsewhere Films
“CitizenFour,” Praxis Films
“Finding Vivian Maier,” Ravine Pictures
“The Internet’s Own Boy,” Luminant Media
“Jodorowsky’s Dune,” City Film
“Keep On Keepin’ On,” Absolute Clay Productions
“The Kill Team,” f/8 filmworks
“Last Days in Vietnam,” Moxie Firecracker Films
“Life Itself,” Kartemquin Films and Film Rites
“The Overnighters,” Mile End Films West
“The Salt of the Earth,” Decia Films
“Tales of the Grim Sleeper,” Lafayette Film
“Virunga,” Grain Media
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