5 Docs from MF on the Oscar Short List
Out of 101 qualifying documentaries, 15 films have been chosen to advance to the shortlist for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature. A full third of them screened at Mountainfilm in 2010.Here's the list, with MF films in bold:Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, Alex Gibney, directorEnemies of the People, Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, directorsExit through the Gift Shop, Banksy, directorGasland, Josh Fox, directorGenius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, directorsInside Job, Charles Ferguson, directorThe Lottery, Madeleine Sackler, directorPrecious Life, Shlomi Eldar, directorQuest for Honor, Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, directorRestrepo, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, directorsThis Way of Life, Thomas Burstyn, directorThe Tillman Story, Amir Bar-Lev, directorWaiting for Superman, Davis Guggenheim, directorWaste Land, Lucy Walker, directorWilliam Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler, directors(Tillman Story screened at Mountain Summit: Mountainfilm in Aspen in August, the others were in Telluride in May)The 5 official nominees will be announced in January. Good luck to our good friends! Read more on indieWIRE