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LOS ANGELES, CA (OCTOBER 10, 2016) – The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) have announced the nominees for the inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. The winners will be presented their awards at a gala event on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at BRIC, in Brooklyn, New York.

joeyberlineqb_y16g1u_m — Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalist Association’s Joey Berlin. (Photo: zimbio.com)

BFCA and BTJA President Joey Berlin said,

“It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling. This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism. We look forward to celebrating all these fine and important achievements at the first Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards gala on November 3^rd.”

13^th, 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America and Gleason lead the nominations this year with five each. 13^th has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature, Best Political Documentary, Best Documentary Feature (TV/Streaming), Ava DuVernay for Best Director (TV/Streaming) and Best Song in a Documentary.

The nominations for O.J.: Made in America include Best Documentary Feature, Ezra Edelman for Best Direction of a Documentary Feature, Best Limited Documentary Series, Best Political Documentary and Best Sports Documentary.

Gleason received nominations for Best Documentary Feature, Clay Tweel for Best Direction of a Documentary Feature, Best Song in a Documentary, Best Sports Documentary, in addition to the Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary honor for Steve Gleason.

As part of the gala awards ceremony the BFCA and BTJA will be honoring this year’s Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary. Honorees are as follows:

– Danny Fields – Danny Says (Magnolia/Outre Films)

– Iggy Pop – Gimme Danger (Magnolia/Amazon)

– Kirsten Johnson – Cameraperson (Janus Films/Fork Films/Big Mouth Productions)

– Owen Suskind – Life, Animated (A&E IndieFilms/The Orchard/Motto Pictures/Roger Ross Williams Productions)

– Sharon Jones – Miss Sharon Jones! (Cabin Creek Films/Starz Digital Media)

– Steve Gleason – Gleason (Open Road/Amazon/Exhibit A)

– Theo Padnos – Theo Who Lived (Zeitgeist Films)

Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards Nominations include:

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

– 13th (Netflix/Kandoo Films)

– 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America (ESPN/Laylow Films)

– Cameraperson (Janus Films/Fork Films/Big Mouth Productions)

– Fire at Sea (Kino Lorber/Stemal Entertainment/21 Unofilm/Cinecittà Luce/Rai Cinema/Les Films d’Ici/Arte France Cinéma)

– Gleason (Open Road/Amazon/Exhibit A)

– Life, Animated (A&E IndieFilms/The Orchard/Motto Pictures/Roger Ross Williams Productions)

– Tickled (Magnolia/A Ticklish Tale/Fumes Production/Horseshoe Films)

– Tower (Kino Lorber/ITVS/Meredith Vieira Productions/GTS Films/Diana DiMenna Film)

– Weiner (Sundance Selects/Motto Pictures/Edgeline Films)

– The Witness (FilmRise/Five More Minutes Productions)

BEST DIRECTION OF A DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

– Ezra Edelman – 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America (ESPN/Laylow Films)

– Ron Howard – The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years (Hulu/Imagine Entertainment/Apple Corps)

– Kirsten Johnson – Cameraperson (Janus Films/Fork Films/Big Mouth Productions)

– Keith Maitland – Tower (Kino Lorber/ITVS/Meredith Vieira Productions/GTS Films/Diana DiMenna Film)

– Clay Tweel – Gleason (Open Road/Amazon/Exhibit A)

– Roger Ross Williams – Life, Animated (A&E IndieFilms/The Orchard/Motto Pictures/Roger Ross Williams Productions)

BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

– Otto Bell – The Eagle Huntress (Sony Pictures Classics/Kissaki Films/Stacey Reiss Productions)

– David Farrier and Dylan Reeve – Tickled (Magnolia/A Ticklish Tale/Fumes Production/Horseshoe Films)

– Adam Irving – Off the Rails (The Film Collaborative/Zipper Bros Films)

– Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg – Weiner (Sundance Selects/Motto Pictures/Edgeline Films)

– James D. Solomon – The Witness (FilmRise/Five More Minutes Productions)

– Nanfu Wang – Hooligan Sparrow (The Film Collaborative/Little Horse Crossing the River)

BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY

– 13th (Netflix/Kandoo Films)

– 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America (ESPN/Laylow Films)

– Audrie & Daisy (Netflix/Actual Films)

– Newtown (Abramorama/Mile 22/Independent Television Service)

– Weiner (Sundance Selects/Motto Pictures/Edgeline Films)

– Zero Days (Magnolia/Jigsaw Productions/Participant Media)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (TV/STREAMING)

– 13th (Netflix/Kandoo Films)

– 30 For 30: Fantastic Lies (ESPN)

– Amanda Knox (Netflix/Plus Pictures)

– Audrie & Daisy (Netflix/Actual Films)

– Before the Flood (National Geographic/Appian Way/Insurgent Docs/RatPac Documentary Films)

– Holy Hell (CNN/WRA Productions)

– Into the Inferno (Netflix/Herzog-Film/Matter of Fact Media/Spring Films)

– Jim: The James Foley Story (HBO/Kunhardt Films)

– Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (HBO/Film Manufacturers/World of Wonder Productions)

– Rats (Discovery Channel/Dakota Group/Submarine Entertainment/Warrior Poets)

BEST DIRECTOR (TV/STREAMING)

– Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato – Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (HBO/Film Manufacturers/World of Wonder Productions)

– Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn – Amanda Knox (Netflix/Plus Pictures)

– Ava DuVernay – 13th (Netflix/Kandoo Films)

– Werner Herzog – Into the Inferno (Netflix/Herzog-Film/Matter of Fact Media/Spring Films)

– Morgan Spurlock – Rats (Discovery Channel/Dakota Group/Submarine Entertainment/Warrior Poets)

– Fisher Stevens – Before the Flood (National Geographic/Appian Way/Insurgent Docs/RatPac Documentary Films)

BEST FIRST FEATURE (TV/STREAMING)

– Everything is Copy – Jacob Bernstein and Nick Hooker (HBO/Loveless)

– Holy Hell – Will Allen (CNN/WRA Productions)

– Mavis! – Jessica Edwards (HBO/Film First Co.)

– My Beautiful Broken Brain – Sophie Robinson and Lotje Sodderland (Netflix)

– Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four – Deborah Esquenazi(Investigation Discovery/Motto Pictures/Naked Edge Films)

– Team Foxcatcher – Jon Greenhalgh (Netflix/Hattasan Productions/Madrose Productions)

BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

– 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America (ESPN/Laylow Films)

– The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (Showtime/Left/Right)

– The Eighties (CNN)

– The Hunt (BBC America/Silverback Films/NDR Naturfilm)

– Jackie Robinson (PBS/Florentine Films)

– Soundbreaking: Stories From the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (PBS/Higher Ground/Show of Force)

BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES

– 30 for 30 (ESPN)

– Frontline (PBS)

– Last Chance U (Netflix)

– Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (CNN)

– POV (PBS)

– This Is Life with Lisa Ling (CNN)

BEST SONG IN A DOCUMENTARY

– “Angel by the Wings” – The Eagle Huntress – Written by Sia – Performed by Sia (Sony Pictures Classics/Kissaki Films/Stacey Reiss Productions)

– “The Empty Chair” – Jim: The James Foley Story – Written by Sting and J. Ralph – Performed by Sting (HBO/Kunhardt Films)

– “Flicker” – Audrie & Daisy – Written by Tori Amos – Performed by Tori Amos (Netflix/Actual Films)

– “Hoping and Healing” – Gleason – Written by Mike McCready – Performed by Mike McCready (Open Road/Amazon/Exhibit A)

– “I’m Still Here” – Miss Sharon Jones! – Written by Sharon Jones – Performed by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (Cabin Creek Films/Starz Digital Media)

– “Letters to the Free” – 13^th – Written by Common, Karriem Riggins and Robert Glasper – Performed by Common featuring Bilal (Netflix/Kandoo Films)

BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

– 30 For 30: Fantastic Lies (ESPN)

– 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America (ESPN/Laylow Films)

– Dark Horse (Sony Pictures Classics)

– The Eagle Huntress (Sony Pictures Classics/Kissaki Films/Stacey Reiss Productions)

– Gleason (Open Road/Amazon/Exhibit A)

– Jackie Robinson (PBS/Florentine Films)

– Keepers of the Game (Tribeca Digital Studios/Flatbush Pictures)

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

– The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years (Hulu/Imagine Entertainment/Apple Corps)

– Gimme Danger (Magnolia/Amazon)

– Miss Sharon Jones! (Cabin Creek Films/Starz Digital Media)

– The Music of Strangers (Participant Media/Tremolo Productions)

– Presenting Princess Shaw (Magnolia)

– We Are X (Drafthouse Films)

MOST INNOVATIVE DOCUMENTARY

– Cameraperson (Janus Films/Fork Films/Big Mouth Productions)

– Kate Plays Christine (Grasshopper Film/4^th Row Films/Faliro House Productions/Prewar Cinema Productions)

– Life, Animated (A&E IndieFilms/The Orchard/Motto Pictures/Roger Ross Williams Productions)

– Nuts (Amazon/mTuckman Media/Cartuna/Gland Power Films)

– Tower (Kino Lorber/ITVS/Meredith Vieira Productions/GTS Films/Diana DiMenna Film

– Under The Sun (Icarus Films/Vertov Studio/Saxonia Entertainment/Hypermarket Film)

Qualified members of BFCA and BTJA will choose the winners from amongst the nominees in voting October 31 – November 1.

About CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS

The Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards are presented in concert with the Critics’ Choice Awards. The Critics’ Choice Awards are bestowed annually by the BFCA and BTJA to honor the finest in cinematic and television achievement. The BFCA is the largest film critics’ organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 300 television, radio and online critics. BFCA members are the primary source of information for today’s film-going public. BTJA is the collective voice of almost 100 journalists who regularly cover television for TV viewers, radio listeners and online audiences. Historically, the ‘Critics’ Choice Awards’ are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations.

A&E Networks will again partner with the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) as the exclusive home to the ‘22nd Annual ‘Critics’ Choice Awards’. Accolades for the finest achievements in both movies and television will be presented Sunday, December 11 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, and will again be seen live on A&E, 8pm-11pm ET. For more information, visit: www.CriticsChoice.com

About CRITICS’ CHOICE DOCUMENTARY AWARDS

The inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards will honor the finest achievement in documentary features and non-fiction television. The awards are determined by a committee of BFCA and BTJA members with a background and expertise in the documentary field. The debut awards ceremony will take place, November 3, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York.

For more information, visit: www.CriticsChoice.com

About BFCA/BTJA

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 300 television, radio and online critics. The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) is a partner organization to the BFCA and includes TV, radio and Internet journalists who cover television on a regular basis. For more information, visit: www.CriticsChoice.com

(Source: http://www.moviecitynews.com)

Posted by Larry Gleeson

By Kevin LIncoln and Kyle Buchanan

While it doesn’t have the glitz of Venice, the breadth of Toronto, or the Cannesiness of Cannes, the New York Film Festival is still a heavy-hitting stop in the fall-prestige cycle. In addition to a few major fall releases that have already screened in the United States — including Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea, Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women, and Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight — the slate includes the U.S. premieres of some big-time movies, as well as two major worldwide debuts. Here are the highlights.

13th
Ava DuVernay’s new documentary is named for the 13th Amendment, which contains the clause that seems to presage mass incarceration in the United States: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.” If there’s anyone who can take on a topic as weighty and complex as the prison system in modern America, it’s DuVernay, whose clear-eyed and humanizing approach seems like the ideal fit for a subject this inhumane.

20th Century Women
If you responded to Mills’s heartfelt and funny Beginners, which won Christopher Plummer a well-deserved Oscar, you’re likely to spark to this one, where Annette Bening stars as a witty, fretful single mother who enlists lodger Greta Gerwig and neighbor Elle Fanning to help raise her 15-year-old son. And if you respond to throwback attire, you’re definitely going to spark to every single jumpsuit, vintage tee, and denim jacket worn in this 1979-set film.

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Besides being an Ang Lee film that’s likely going to be part of the Best Picture race, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is also sure to generate conversation for its technical ambition. Lee shot the movie, which adapts Ben Fountain’s novel about an Iraq War hero who returns home, at 120 frames per second versus the standard 24, with the intent of creating one of the most realistic and hypervisceral depictions of war ever to be shown on a movie screen. Regardless of how Billy Lynn turns out — and hopes are high — the 4K 3-D showing at NYFF should be a notable experience in and of itself.

Elle
A comedy about — wait for it — a woman brazenly overcoming her own rape, director Paul Verhoeven’s first film in French was one of the most talked-about films at Cannes. It’s also one of two acclaimed movies coming out this fall featuring the French actress Isabelle Huppert, whose Things to Come, directed by up-and-comer Mia Hansen-Løve, is also showing at NYFF. While Huppert’s two-pronged Oscar push could be a major awards-season narrative, Elle is worth seeing in its own right: Verhoeven is many things, but he’s never boring.

Jackie
Natalie Portman gives a brave, ballsy performance as Jackie Kennedy in this Pablo Larrain–directed biopic, which shrugs off the stodginess so often endemic to this genre in pursuit of something even bigger than real. Portman’s Jackie is no shrinking violet, though the men around her would love it if she played the dutiful, porcelain-faced wife even after the tragic assassination of her husband. How she, in turn, manipulates the image-crafters around her in one last bid for agency gives Jackie its startling kick.

Paterson
In an industry defined by big, loud, expensive superhero movies, Jim Jarmusch exists as the ultimate outlier. His movies are quiet, cool, and indie to the core, and new one Paterson sounds no different: Adam Driver plays a bus driver in Paterson, New Jersey, whose name is also Paterson, and who writes poems, and who hangs out with his wife and dog, and … that’s pretty much it. But that’s enough, and after raves out of Cannes, this should be the kind of film that gives a certain kind of moviegoer hope.

Personal Shopper
Personal Shopper director Olivier Assayas recently stated, in no uncertain terms, that Kristen Stewart is the best actress of her generation. If this comes as an unusual suggestion to you, then you haven’t been paying close-enough attention, because KStew has, truly, become a must-see performer — including in Assayas’s most recent movie, Clouds of Sils Maria, for which she won a César Award, something no American actress has ever done before. With a strange premise — Stewart’s character is a personal shopper and, also, a medium, meaning there are fancy clothes AND a ghost — and a famously divisive reception at Cannes, this gives the best actress of her generation one of the most anticipated films of the fall.

The Lost City of Z
James Gray’s last film The Immigrant was under-seen and under-heralded, as James Gray films tend to be. But his new one, The Lost City of Z, gives him an unusually sexy topic: The British explorer Percy Fawcett’s search for a city in the Amazon rain forest, based on the book of the same name by the virtuoso New Yorker writer David Grann. Hopefully, it can bring Gray the wide audience he deserves; at the very least, audiences in the know can savor a new film from one of the most thoughtful contemporary American directors.

(Source: http://www.vulture.com)

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