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The 15 feature films being considered for an Oscar Nomination (which
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) it opens in NYC on Nov 21, Jan 23 in LA, Feb
27 in Bay area (check site for more cities) & will be on POV on PBS next season
Ellen Kuras was interviewed by IndieWire and profiled in the New York Times.
Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh (will be on DVD in spring)
Encounters at the End of the World (just out on DVD)
Fuel (playing Portland now, see site for more cities)
The Garden (screening Nov 21 & 22 at Denver Film Fest)
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (I think it will be on American Masters on PBS)
I.O.U.S.A. (they have a 30 minute version online, you can also watch a related film In Debt We Trust online)
Made in America by Stacy Peralta
Man on Wire will be out on DVD Dec 9th
Pray the Devil Back to Hell (at Cinema Village in NYC, at Red Vic in SF Dec 12-18, check site for more)
Standard Operating Procedure by Errol Morris is on DVD (photos from SFIFF)
Also, Mary and Max, the first feature length claymation film from Oscar winner Adam Elliot
will be the opening film at the Sundance Film Festival. The competition lineup should be announced soon
(subscribe to the Indiewire newsletter to be among the fist to find out).
I'll update this with more info tonight.
Five of these will be nominated on Jan. 22nd:
"For the Bible Tells Me So" http://www.forthebibletellsmeso.org
"Lake of Fire" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_Fire_%28film%29
"Nanking" also see ted.aol.com/category.php?catID=359
"No End in Sight" (on DVD)
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"
"A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman"
"Sicko"
"White Light/Black Rain" (on DVD)
The first film, Jesus Camp starts at noon and the last film, Iraq in Fragments, begins at 9:10 pm (full schedule with links to more info on the films). It is sponsored by the Documentary Film Institute.
Iraq in Fragments (which really should be seen in a theater) is also playing at the Roxie at least through February 27th. Mark Danner will introduce a free screening on Sunday March, 4th at 4 pm at the De Young as part of the Documentary Film Institute's Witness to War.
The Balboa, Roxie, and Documentary Film Institute all have email lists.
