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93rd Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2020 (for the February 28th, 2021 Ceremony)
For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only.
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Best Animated Features - And the Nominees Are... |
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Onward Nominees: Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae (first nom for each) wins: -- |
Over the Moon Nominees: Glen Keane (2/1), Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou (first nom for both) |
Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon Nominees: Richard Phelan, Wil Becher, Paul Kewley (first nom for all) wins: -- |
Soul Nominees: Pete Docter (9/2), Dana Murray (2/0) wins: NBR and NBR (top 10), AWFJ, Florida, San Francisco + 7 more regional critics group wins noms: OFCS |
Wolfwalkers Nominees: Tomm Moore (3/0), Paul Young (2/0), Ross Stewart and Stéphan Roelants (first nom for both) wins: NYFCC win, Chicago win,+ 3 more regional critics group wins noms: OFCS |
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| WOLFWALKERS won in an upset with 49% of your votes. You have good taste, readers! | ||||
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Best Animated Short - And the Nominees Are |
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Burrow 6 minutes Streaming on Disney+ this short is about a bunny building her dream home sure is cute. |
Genius Loci 16 minutes A young loner sees the urban chaos come alive. |
If Anything Happens I Love You 12 minutes Currently streaming on Netflix, an expressive short about parenting and grief |
Opera 9 minutes An allegorical and ambitious stunner, designed to play on loop |
Yes-People 8 minutes a stressful but regular day tests an eclectic group of people. |
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| IF ANYTHING HAPPENS... took 49% of your votes, winning decisively. | ||||
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Best Documentary Feature - And the Nominees Are... |
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COLLECTIVE wins: San Francisco + 1 more critics group |
CRIP CAMP wins: -- |
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wins: NYFCC win, NBR, + 2 more regional critics group |
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| COLLECTIVE was the reader's favourite doc this year according to 46% of the votes. | ||||
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Colette 24 minutes A woman remembering living in Nazi-occupied France and her brother who was killed in concentration camps. Giacchino has previously won an Emmy |
A Concerto is a Conversation 13 minutes The composer Kris Bowers speaks to his grandfather about their family history in this charming profile. |
Do Not Split 20 minutes, Norway/US The story of the 2019 protests in Hong Kong that escalated due to highly armed police. Intense you-are-there footage. |
Hunger Ward 40 minutes A brutal look at the malnutrition problem for children in war-torn Yemen, filmed inside two feeding centers in the North and South. |
A Love Song for Latasha 18 minuts A debut short on a shooting death of a 15 year old girl in 1992. |
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Your vote went to HUNGER WARD with 28% in a tight race. |
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Best Live Action Short - And the Nominees Are... |
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Feeling Through 19 minutes, US An encounter betwen a teen-in-need and a deaf and blind man in NYC |
The Letter Room 30 minutes, US Oscar Isaac and Alia Shawkat star in this comedy about a corrections officer (Isaac) and love letters from a woman (Shawkat) to a death-row prisoner |
The Present 25 minutes, Palestine A man run into lots of obstacles with checkpoints and soldiers while attempting to buy a gift for his wife. |
Two Distant Strangers 29 minutes, US A cartoonist relives the same awful day repeatedly. Free has won two Emmys previously for writing on The Daily Show and Full Frontal |
White Eye 21 minutes, Israel A man struggles to remain empathetic while trying to get his stolen bike back
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| THE LETTER ROOM was the clear reader favourite with 42% of the vote. | ||||
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