The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®.
Eighty-nine pictures had originally qualified in The category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their Production Company:
"The Beaches of Agnes," Agnès Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris)
"Burma VJ," Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films)
"The Cove," Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society)
"Every Little Step," James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment)
"Facing Ali," Pete McCormack, director (Network Films Inc.)
"Food, Inc.," Robert Kenner, director (Robert Kenner Films)
"Garbage Dreams," Mai Iskander, director (Iskander Films, Inc.)
"Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders," Mark N. Hopkins, director (Red Floor Pictures LLC)
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers," Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, directors (Kovno Communications)
"Mugabe and the White African," AnDrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey, directors (Arturi Films Limited)
"Sergio," Greg Barker, director (Passion Pictures and Silverbridge Productions)
"Soundtrack for a Revolution," Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman, directors (Freedom Song Productions)
"Under Our Skin," Andy Abrahams Wilson, director (Open Eye Pictures)
"Valentino The Last Emperor," Matt Tyrnauer, director (Acolyte Films)
"Which Way Home," Rebecca Cammisa, director (Mr. Mudd)
The Documentary Branch Screening Committee viewed all the eligible documentaries for the preliminary round of voting. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles on the shortlist.
The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Every Little Step -- a portrait of the struggle to achieve a dream as seen through the mounting of the smash Broadway show, "A Chorus Line" -- arrived on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment October 13. The Sony Pictures Classics documentary captures the magic of the show by following auditions and casting of the successful 2006 stage revival, while at the same time exploring the history of A Chorus Line, from late director/choreographer Michael Bennett's ground-breaking concept of inviting Broadway chorus performers to tell their real stories, to the show becoming an international phenomenon from the 1970s through the 1990s.
The film features interview footage with Broadway legends Bob Avian, Michael Bennett, Jacques & Charlotte d'Amboise, Baayork Lee, Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, to name a few. Life imitates art in Every Little Step which was chosen as an official selection at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, 2008 Berlin Film Festival and 2009 New Directors/New Films and subsequently won high praise from critics. The film was directed and produced by Tony Award® winning James D. Stern ("Stomp," "Hairspray") and Adam Del Deo (So Goes the Nation, The Year of Yao).
The Sony Pictures Classics film is available on DVD for $28.96 SRP.
