Vivek Chaudhary’s Indian entry I, Poppy, has been named Hot Docs Best International Feature Documentary as the Toronto festival running April 24-May 4 entered its final weekend.
The film follows a son who fights corrupt officials while his mother tends their poppy farm in India and received a Cad $10,000cash prize. Hot Docs is an Academy Awards-qualifying festival for feature documentaries and I Poppy will qualify for consideration in the category without the standard theatrical run, provided it complies with Academy rules.
The Hot Docs Emerging International Filmmaker Award went to Amilcar Infante and Sebastian Gonzalez Mendez for Unwelcomed, which...
The film follows a son who fights corrupt officials while his mother tends their poppy farm in India and received a Cad $10,000cash prize. Hot Docs is an Academy Awards-qualifying festival for feature documentaries and I Poppy will qualify for consideration in the category without the standard theatrical run, provided it complies with Academy rules.
The Hot Docs Emerging International Filmmaker Award went to Amilcar Infante and Sebastian Gonzalez Mendez for Unwelcomed, which...
- 5/4/2025
- ScreenDaily
The latest feature from former political prisoner Oleg Sentsov, one of Ukraine’s most prominent directors, is among eight projects to receive production funding totally near $1m from the European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian films.
This is the first time the fund, launched at the 2023 Berlinale by Efad, the European national film agency organisation, has directly supported production. Projects must have co-producer from an Efad country.
The fiction and documentary films are: Sentsov’s Kai.produced by At Films and Germany’s Ma.ja.de €150,000); Tetiana Khodakivska’s Blue Sweater With A Yellow Hole, produced by Pronto Film with France...
This is the first time the fund, launched at the 2023 Berlinale by Efad, the European national film agency organisation, has directly supported production. Projects must have co-producer from an Efad country.
The fiction and documentary films are: Sentsov’s Kai.produced by At Films and Germany’s Ma.ja.de €150,000); Tetiana Khodakivska’s Blue Sweater With A Yellow Hole, produced by Pronto Film with France...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily
The latest feature from former political prisoner Oleg Sentsov, one of Ukraine’s most prominent directors, is among eight projects to receive production funding totally near $1m from the European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian films.
This is the first time the fund, launched at the 2023 Berlinale by Efad, the European national film agency organisation, has directly supported production. Projects must have co-producer from an Efad country.
The fiction and documentary films are: Sentsov’s Kai.produced by At Films and Germany’s Ma.ja.de €150,000); Tetiana Khodakivska’s Blue Sweater With A Yellow Hole, produced by Pronto Film with France...
This is the first time the fund, launched at the 2023 Berlinale by Efad, the European national film agency organisation, has directly supported production. Projects must have co-producer from an Efad country.
The fiction and documentary films are: Sentsov’s Kai.produced by At Films and Germany’s Ma.ja.de €150,000); Tetiana Khodakivska’s Blue Sweater With A Yellow Hole, produced by Pronto Film with France...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily
Updated: Jan. 17, 2025
Now that the shortlists have been unveiled for the impending 97th Academy Awards, it’s time to start figuring out which movies will actually be nominated. Nowhere is this more difficult than in the three short-film categories. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Below you’ll find the 15 semifinalists in the Best Documentary Short category along with descriptions and embedded videos and/or links where available.
Some of the topics included in this year’s crop are the kangaroo-harvesting industry in Australia, a family weighing whether or not to pursue being cryonically frozen, a death row inmate seeking to make some sort of peace in his life before his execution, a trans lawmaker in Montana fighting anti-trans legislation, and how the children of Ukraine are coping living in a war zone.
Here is your 2025 Oscars Best Documentary Short cheat sheet, ranked based on Gold Derby...
Now that the shortlists have been unveiled for the impending 97th Academy Awards, it’s time to start figuring out which movies will actually be nominated. Nowhere is this more difficult than in the three short-film categories. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Below you’ll find the 15 semifinalists in the Best Documentary Short category along with descriptions and embedded videos and/or links where available.
Some of the topics included in this year’s crop are the kangaroo-harvesting industry in Australia, a family weighing whether or not to pursue being cryonically frozen, a death row inmate seeking to make some sort of peace in his life before his execution, a trans lawmaker in Montana fighting anti-trans legislation, and how the children of Ukraine are coping living in a war zone.
Here is your 2025 Oscars Best Documentary Short cheat sheet, ranked based on Gold Derby...
- 1/18/2025
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
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