Documentary Awards Race Comes Into Focus with Fall Festivals

As the film industry continues to churn out more and more high quality documentaries, the fall festivals are key curators and gatekeepers, winnowing through the rich offerings available these days. Press attention, reviews and award wins will push the leaders of the pack lucky enough to get a robust 2015 theatrical release into Oscar contention. The others will have to land distribution in time to book qualifying runs in New York and Los Angeles. Docs already launched at Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca and Cannes have a head start. READ MORE: Oscar Predictions 2016 One powerful player in the doc world is Toronto and DOC NYC programmer Thom Powers, who also curates the SundanceNow Doc Club...

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