And the film about cherished actor Michael J.
Fox, directed by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim, made the list.
Two films earned double recognition making shortlists for doc feature and International Feature Film.
Clockwise from top left: ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,’ ‘Four Daughters,’ ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ and ‘American Symphony’Apple Original Films; Kino Lorber; Dogwoof; Netflix
[See full shortlists for doc feature and doc short below].
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Heinemans film focuses on Batiste and his wife, musician and writer Suleika Jouad.
(Read Deadlinespiece about the film here).
Suleika Jouad and Jon Batiste in ‘American Symphony’Netflix
In the doc feature category, the list of 167 eligible films was culled to 15.
Menus-Plaisirsclocks in at 4 hours, which may have hurt its chances.
Another film with a four-hour run time, Steve McQueensOccupied City, also failed to make the shortlist.
There was mixed news for another cinema titan, Wim Wenders.
Davis Guggenheims film about the Canadian-born star of film and TV,Still: A Michael J.
Fox Movie, earned a spot on the doc shortlist.
Its other hopeful,The Mission, directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, didnt make the shortlist.
Last week, that film earned a nomination for the Producers Guild Awards.
Thats a huge game-changing deal for documentary, Williams said.
And here he is, a film about his book shortlisted for theOscars, and top 10 on Netflix.
Just the message and the work and the response to it energizes me.
Apolonia, Apolonia, despite having no U.S. distribution to date, made the shortlist cut today.
Read ourpiece about the film here.
Hamela learned of making the Oscar shortlist in Warsaw, where he is based.
Im thrilled at this distinction, he told Deadline.
The power of their testimony speaks for itself.
Rounding out the feature shortlist,32 Sounds, directed by Sam Green, continues in the hunt.
Nevins is one of the executive producers of Alberdis Oscar-shortlistedThe Eternal Memory.
Oscar nomination voting it set to begin January 11, wrapping on January 16.
The nominations for the 96thAcademy Awardswill be revealed on Tuesday, January 23.
The 96th Oscars will take place Sunday, March 10 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
