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89th Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2016 - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only
THE NOMINEES WERE...
| Animated Feature There were 27 eligible titles this year. You only need 16 to trigger a 5 wide shortlist |
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Kubo and the Two Strings |
Moana
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My Life as a Zucchini Qualifying Week |
The Red Turtle Qualifying Week |
Zootopia winner |
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| WHICH FILM WILL WIN? | ||||
| Zootopia has the lead but Kubo and the Two Strings is coming on strong. | ||||
| WHAT TOON WAS LEFT OUT? | ||||
| Japan's Your Name is said to be great but Oscar didn't go for it. Finding Dory was a massive hit but they passed on it. | ||||
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Animated Short |
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| Blind Vaysha Theodore Ushev (NFBC) |
Borrowed Time |
Pear Cider and Cigarettes Robert Valley |
Pearl Patrick Osborne (1 nom | 1 win) (Google Spotlight Stories / Evil Eye Pictures) |
Piper WINNER |
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(Canada, 8 min) a woman's left eye can only see the past, her right on the future |
(US, 7 minutes) A sheriff returns to the scene of an accident which haunts him. (Both directors previously worked on various Pixar films) |
(Canada/UK, 35 minutes) A documentary short about a man trying to help his friend quit drinking
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(US, 5 minutes) Osborne previously won the Oscar for Feast. His newest short is about a girl and her father on a cross country trip
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(US, 6 minutes) a baby bird learns to overcome her fear and find her own food (played before Finding Dory) |
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| PIPER WON | ||||
| What was left out? |
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The other finalists were: Happy End, Inner Workings, Sour Tes Doigts, The Head Vanishes, and Once Upon a Line |
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Documentary Feature |
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O.J.: Made in America Reviewed WINNER |
The 13th |
Fire at Sea Now in Theaters
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Life Animated Roger Ross Williams |
I Am Not Your Negro In Theaters Feb 2017 |
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Culture / Sports / Crime / Biography / *Made for TV* |
Race / Politics / Prison |
Refugees
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Culture / Family |
Race / Literature / History |
| WHO WILL WIN? | ||||
| Though it was a Made for TV miniseries and qualified only under letter of the law circumstances that won't stop the Academy from handing the long form series OJ Made in America a Best Feature win. | ||||
| WHO WAS LEFT OUT? | ||||
| The ambitious and personal and wildly raved Cameraperson , the experimental Tower, and the political doc hit Weiner are the most conspicuous absentese. | ||||
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Documentary Short Finalists Tier 1 - Current Predictions |
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| Extremis Dan Krauss (1 nomination) |
4.1 Miles |
Joe's Violin Kahane Cooperman (never nom'ed - but multiple Emmys) |
Watani: My Homeland Marcel Mettelsiefen (never nom'ed) |
The White Helmets WINNER |
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(US, 24 minutes) End of life decisions in the ICU |
(21 minutes) A coast guard captain must save 1000s of refugees from drowning |
(US, 24 minutes) a 91 year old Holocaust survivor donates his violin |
(UK, 40 minutes) A family of refugees from Aleppo tries to make a new home in Germany |
(UK, 41 minutes) First responders rescuing victims of airstrikes in Syria |
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| tough category but WHITE HELMETS won | ||||
| Who was left out: | ||||
| The other finalists were The Mute's House, Frame 394, Close Ties, The Other Side of Home and Brillo Box (3¢Off) | ||||
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Live Action Short Finalists Tier 1 - Current Predictions |
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| Ennemis Intérieurs / Domestic Enemies Selim Azzazi (Qualia Films) |
La Femme et le TGV Timo Von Gunten (arbel gmbh) |
Silent Nights Aske Bang (never nom'ed) and Kim Magnusson (5 noms / 2 wins) (M & M Prod) |
Sing WINNER |
Timecode Juanjo Giménez, director (Nadir Films) |
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(France, 27 minutes) A film about 1990s Algerian terrorism cels in France |
(Switzerland, 30 minutes) This film stars Jane Birkin (mother of Charlotte Gainsbourg) |
(Denmark, 30 minutes) "While volunteering at a shelter in Copenhagen, Inger falls in love with the illegal immigrant Kwame. They live a hard life, but find comfort in each other's arms. Against cultural obstacles, Inger and Kwame are happy for a while, until the day Kwame's phone reveals a hidden secret about his life. " |
(Hungary, 25 minutes) a new girl uncovers a secret about her new music school's winning choir |
(Spain, 15 minutes) two security guards working different shifts |
| Which film will win? | ||||
| SING | ||||
| What was left out? | ||||
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Bon Voyage, Nocturne in Black, Graffiti, The Way of Tea, and The Rifle The Jackal the Wolf and the Boy were the finalists |
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