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The Truffle Hunters might just dig up a prize
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Politically themed documentaries an those with a focus on animals dominate the competition for this year's Best Documentary Oscar, with the shortlist revealed today. There's a focus on international concerns with pandemic documentary 76 Days, which looks at life on the front line in Wuhan's hospitals, and Welcome To Chechnya, which explores the persecution of LGBTQ people in the Russian province, while All In: The Fight For Democracy tackles problems with the US electoral system head on.
Neflix nature documentary My Octopus Teacher is likely to be a popular choice with the public, as the film was widely discussed on social media, while Gunda takes a close-up look at animals whose natural instincts are constrained by life on the farm and The Truffle Hunters meets old men whose faithful hounds help them to make a living searching for treasure on mouldering forest floors.
Those documentary contenders in full:-
Best Documentary Feature
- All In: The Fight For Democracy
- Boys State<
- Collective
- Crip Camp
- Dick Johnson Is Dead
- Gunda
- MLK/FBI
- The Mole Agent
- My Octopus Teacher
- Notturno
- The Painter And The Thief
- 76 Days
- Time
- The Truffle Hunters
- Welcome To Chechnya
Best Documentary Short Subject
- Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa
- Call Center Blues
- Colette
- A Concerto Is A Conversation
- Do Not Split
- Hunger Ward
- Hysterical Girl
- A Love Song For Latasha
- The Speed Cubers
- What Would Sophia Loren Do?
