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Kenya’s film The Letter has been named in the list of eligible films for this year’s Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars. The nominees for the awards will be announced on February 9, 2021 ahead of the Oscars Academy Awards ceremony scheduled for April 25, 2021. The Kenya Film Commission has previously selected The Letter as the country’s official entry for the Oscars’ best international film category. The Letter is a film by producer-director duo Christopher King and Maia Lekow. The film follows a young man, Karisa, who travels to his grandmother’s rural home when he learns she has been accused of witchcraft. He discovers that the threatening letter she received came from a member of his own family, and that the accusations have caused a rift among relatives driven by a combination of superstition and economic motives. ....
Oscars Obliterate Old Record With 238 Qualifying Documentaries A final batch of 25 films pushed the total well past the old record of 170Steve Pond | January 16, 2021 @ 9:18 PM Last Updated: January 28, 2021 @ 11:26 AM AWARDS BEAT He Dreams of Giants / Screen Media NOTE: This story was originally published on Jan. 16, after a final batch of documentary features was made available to Oscar voters. After it was published, the Academy determined that two films that had been sent to voters and placed on required viewing lists, “The Lost Paradise” and “Music Got Me Here,” did not meet eligibility requirements. Those films were removed from the list. This story, which originally stated that 240 films had qualified, has been revised to incorporate those two removals. ....
Oscars Documentary Race Tops 200 Entries to Shatter Old Record (Exclusive) A huge group of 93 films was added to the list of contenders just before ChristmasSteve Pond | December 22, 2020 @ 3:13 PM Last Updated: December 22, 2020 @ 3:17 PM AWARDS BEAT Gunda / Neon The Academy has added 93 more films to the members-only screening room devoted to entries in the Best Documentary Feature category, bringing the total number of eligible contenders to a record-shattering 215. The previous record for entries was 170 in 2017. And this year’s crop of nonfiction films is expected to pass that number by an even bigger margin at least 50 once a final, smaller group of films is added to the screening room in January. ....