Oscar feature doc shortlist announced; no love for Moore’s ‘Love Story’

Fifteen films were named to the Documentary Features shortlist for the 82nd Academy Awards, and many pundits have remarked on several missing titles - among them, Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, R.J. Cutler's The September Issue, Joe Berlinger's Crude, Havana Marking's Afghan Star and Sacha Gervasi's Anvil! The Story of Anvil. Here are the shortlist selections, chosen out of a list of 89: The Beaches of Agnes (directed by Agnes Varda); The Cove (Louie Psihoyos); Every Little Step (James Stern and Adam Del Deo); Food, Inc. (Robert Kenner); Valentino: The Last Emperor (Matt Tyrnauer); Burma VJ (Anders Ostergaard); Facing Ali (Pete McCormack); Garbage Dreams (Mai Iskander); Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders (Mark Hopkins); The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith); Mugabe and the White African (Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey); Sergio (Greg Barker); Soundtrack for a Revolution (Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman); Under Our Skin (Andy Abrahams Wilson) and Which Way Home (Rebecca Cammisa). The final nominations will be announced Feb. 2, with the ceremony taking place on March 7.

November 19, 2009

Fifteen films were named to the Documentary Features shortlist for the 82nd Academy Awards, and many pundits have remarked on several missing titles - among them, Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, R.J. Cutler's The September Issue, Joe Berlinger's Crude, Havana Marking's Afghan Star and Sacha Gervasi's Anvil! The Story of Anvil. Here are the shortlist selections, chosen out of a list of 89: The Beaches of Agnes (directed by Agnes Varda); The Cove (Louie Psihoyos); Every Little Step (James Stern and Adam Del Deo); Food, Inc. (Robert Kenner); Valentino: The Last Emperor (Matt Tyrnauer); Burma VJ (Anders Ostergaard); Facing Ali (Pete McCormack); Garbage Dreams (Mai Iskander); Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders (Mark Hopkins); The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith); Mugabe and the White African (Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey); Sergio (Greg Barker); Soundtrack for a Revolution (Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman); Under Our Skin (Andy Abrahams Wilson) and Which Way Home (Rebecca Cammisa). The final nominations will be announced Feb. 2, with the ceremony taking place on March 7.

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Barry Walsh is editor-in-chief and content director for Realscreen, and has served as editor of the publication since 2009. With a career in entertainment media that spans two decades, prior to Realscreen, he held the associate editor post for now defunct sister publication Boards, which focused on the advertising and commercial production industries. Before Boards, he served as editor of Canadian Music Network, a weekly music industry trade, and as music editor for HMV.com. As content director, he also oversees the development of content for the brand's market-leading events, the Realscreen Summit and Realscreen West, as well as new content initiatives.

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