Oscars 2023 Best Documentary Short Film Predictions

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Oscars 2023 Predictions: Best Documentary Short

CATEGORY COMMENT: It’s an eclectic mix of short films in the running for the documentary short film race.

The New Yorker’s “Nuisance Bear” is among the most acclaimed, making several stops at festivals and winning various trophies.

Frank Chi’s “38 at the Garden,” which examines Jeremy Lin’s cultural impact during his season with the New York Knicks, is a running favorite, especially with Oscar winner Trayvon Free (” Two Distant Strangers”) on board as one. producers.

Heartfelt tales such as “Holding Moses” are widely featured, focusing on a woman struggling with grief and trying to connect with her disabled son. “How Do You Measure a Year” by Jay Rosenblatt, who filmed himself asking his daughter aged 2 to 18, asking his daughter – what are you dreaming about? What scares you? what do you think of our relationship? The film will surely strike a chord if you are a member of the family.

You can never count on Netflix with a pair of films in the discussion – “The Elephant Whisperers” by Kartiki Gonsalves and “The Martha Mitchell Effect” by Anne Alvergue and Debra McClutchy.

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An image from “Holding Moses”

And the expected nominees are:
Rank Last name Director(s) & Producer(s) Distributor(s)
1 “Hold Moses” Rivkah Beth Medow (director), Jen Rainin (producer) Frankly Speaking Movies
A Broadway performer becomes a mother, weaving together rhythm, grief, time and joy on her journey to connect with her deeply disabled son.
2 “Annoying Bear” Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman the new yorker
Churchill, Manitoba is famous as an international destination for photographing polar bears. We’ve seen the majestic images and classic wildlife TV shows, but what does the bear see of us? “Nuisance Bear” shifts perspective to reveal the obstacle course of tourist paparazzi and wildlife officers as they navigate their annual migration.
3 “38 in the garden” Frank Chi (director), Trayvon Free, Samir Hernandez (producers) HBO Max
Follows the cultural impact of NBA trailblazer Jeremy Lin during his 2011-12 season with the New York Knicks and the cultural phenomenon known as “Linsanity.”
4 “As Far as They Can Run” Tanaz Eshaghian (director, producer), Christoph Jörg (producer) MTV Documentary Films
Three young adults join an ongoing program for young people with disabilities in Pakistan, hoping to change perspectives in their rural community.
5 “How do you measure a year? Jay Rosenblatt Movies by Jay Rosenblatt
From the age of two until she was 18, they had a ritual: dad asked (and filmed) and Ella answered. What are you dreaming about? What scares you? What do you think of our relationship? It’s a little story about growing up and the love between father and daughter.
Next in line
6 “Angola, can you hear us? Voice from a Plantation Jail » Cinque North Pictures of Aubin
Angola can you hear us? Voices from a Plantation Prison gives us a window into playwright Liza Jessie Peterson’s 2020 performance of her acclaimed play The Peculiar Patriot performed at Angola, Louisiana’s state penitentiary, said to be America’s largest prison.
7 “The Martha Mitchell Effect” Anne Alvergue (director), Beth Levison, Judith Mizrachy (producers) netflix
The Cabinet wife who spoke out during the Watergate and Nixon administration campaign to silence her.
8 “The Elephant Whisperers” Kartiki Gonsalves netflix
The Elephant Whisperers’ follows an indigenous couple as they fall in love with Raghu, an orphan elephant in their care, and work tirelessly to ensure his survival. The film highlights the beauty of South India’s wild spaces and the people and animals that share this space
9 “Anastasia” Sarah McCarthy MBK Productions
A woman whose resistance to Putin’s regime comes at a terrible cost.
ten “American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton” Herb Ferrette, Andrew Abrahams Open Eye Pictures
The film tells the forgotten story of the death penalty case that put racism on trial in a US court in the fall of 1968.
Also in the running
— “The Flag Makers” Sharon Liese, Cynthia Wade National Geographic Documentary Films
— “Happiness is £4million” Weixi Chen, Kai Wei TripodMedia
— “High” Maxim Arbugaev, Evgenia Arbugaeva Albireo Movies
— “Shut Up and Paint” Titus Kaphar, Alex Mallis DCTV
— “Stranger at the Gate” Joshua Seftel the new yorker

Oscars 2023 Predictions

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The 95th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theater and will be televised live on ABC on Sunday, March 12, 2022.

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