Congrats to CITIZENFOUR and Oscar-nominated alum!

Hearty congrats to DOC NYC alum CITIZENFOUR, for receiving the award for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards. CITIZENFOUR also won the Independent Spirit Award for best documentary.

Four DOC NYC alum were nominated for Best Documentary Feature:

• FINDING VIVIAN MAIER directed by John Maloof & Charlie Siskel (Watch DOC NYC Q&A)
• CITIZENFOUR directed by Laura Poitras (Watch DOC NYC Q&A)
• LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM directed by Rory Kennedy (Watch DOC NYC Q&A)
• THE SALT OF THE EARTH directed by Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado (Read DOC NYC blog)

These four nominees and five other films which made the official Oscars Short List were all included in DOC NYC’s Short List section first, our annual spotlight of the most noteworthy nonfiction of the year.

• THE CASE AGAINST 8 directed by Ben Cotner and Ryan White
• CITIZEN KOCH directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
• CITIZENFOUR directed by Laura Poitras
• FINDING VIVIAN MAIER directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
• KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON directed by Alan Hicks
• LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM directed by Rory Kennedy
• LIFE ITSELF directed by Steve James
• THE SALT OF THE EARTH directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
• TALES OF THE GRIM SLEEPER directed by Nick Broomfield

Nominated for Best Documentary short was WHITE EARTH, which is a different cut of DOC NYC alum SOLITARY PLAINS.