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JACINTA
Outstanding Debut, The Unforgettables (Cinema Eye Honors)

Filmed for over three years, this documentary follows Jacinta, 26, and her mother Rosemary, 46, who are incarcerated together, both recovering from drug addiction, Jacinta struggles to break the cycle of drugs and incarceration while trying to reunite with her young daughter.

NORTH BY CURRENT
Truer Than Fiction Award (Film Independent Spirit Awards)
Spotlight (Cinema Eye Honors)

Filmmaker and artist Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown after a family tragedy. Creating a narrative by combining old VHS and Super 8 home movies with the present day, Madsen creates a nuanced portrait of a family dealing with grief, addiction, and transgender identity.

NOT GOING QUIETLY
The Unforgettables (Cinema Eye Honors)

An inspiring journey with activist Ady Barkan who, after being diagnosed with ALS at age 32 and in spite of declining physical abilities, embarks on a national campaign for healthcare reform.

WOJNAROWICZ
Outstanding Graphic Design (Cinema Eye Honors)

This documentary explores the artist, writer, photographer, activist and Downtown NYC legend, David Wojnarowicz. As New York City became the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, Wojnarowicz weaponized his work and waged war against the establishment’s indifference to the plague until succumbing to it in 1992 at the age of 37.

ASCENSION
Best Documentary (Film Independent Spirit Awards)
Outstanding Nonfiction Feature, Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Cinematography, Outstanding Original Score, Outstanding Debut (Cinema Eye Honors)
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures (PGA Awards)

Ascension explores the pursuit of the "Chinese Dream." This observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.

SIMPLE AS WATER
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures (PGA Awards)

Filmed over five years in five countries this documentary takes a masterful look at how war, separation and displacement impact family bonds.

THE NEUTRAL GROUND
Spotlight (Cinema Eye Honors)

Set mostly in New Orleans after the City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments from public grounds, this documentary explores America’s obsession with its mystified Confederate history and the tangled thread between its past and present.

ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN
Outstanding Editing, Audience Choice Prize, The Unforgettables (Cinema Eye Honors)

No one approached food, culture and travel the way Anthony Bourdain did. Unfortunately his untimely death left millions of adoring fans clamoring for more gems from the master chef. This film explores his life and career, giving diehards a final look at his genius.

RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT
Audience Choice Prize, The Unforgettables (Cinema Eye Honors)

Chronicling Rita Moreno’s extensive career spanning over seven decades, this documentary highlights the adversity Moreno had to deal with in Hollywood including racism, sexism and toxic relationships.

SOCKS ON FIRE
Spotlight (Cinema Eye Honors)

As a family is being ripped apart by the death of their matriarch and how the surviving members will divvy up her estate, director Bo McGuire puts together a sad yet humorous look at the family feud and how his family affected his own coming of age tale.

THE NOVICE
Best Feature, Best Female Lead, Best Director, Best Supporting Female, Best Editing (Film Independent Spirit Awards)

Competing in sports can be traumatic. Such is the case for a first-year member of a university’s women’s rowing team as she commits to doing whatever is humanly possible to make good even when the training starts to spiral into compulsion, and then into masochistic self-harm.

7 DAYS
Best First Feature (Film Independent Spirit Awards)

This funny rom-com mockumentary uses the current global pandemic as fodder for hilarity. After an awkward first date a couple has to shelter in place together.

QUEEN OF GLORY
Best First Feature, Best Supporting Male (Film Independent Spirit Awards)

A story that could only happen in New York City, this humorous film follows Mary as she grapples with stepping into her recently deceased mother’s shoes while also navigating an unhealthy relationship all the while dealing with the many strong, demanding personalities in her life.

CATCH THE FAIR ONE
Best Female Lead (Film Independent Spirit Awards)

A former female boxing champ takes on the fight of a lifetime when she decides to locate her missing sister.

SWEET THING
Best Supporting Male, John Cassavetes Award (Film Independent Spirit Awards)

An uplifting yet heartbreaking look at the impacts that poverty has on troubled children who are just trying to find some semblance of joy through all the chaos in their lives.

THE NOWHERE INN
Best Editing (Film Independent Spirit Awards)

St. Vincent sets out to make a documentary about her music, but when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity grow increasingly distorted and bizarre.

BLINDSPOTTING
Best New Scripted Series, Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series (Film Independent Spirit Awards)

Grappling with trauma and the displaced feelings of gentrification the main characters of this comedy-drama take on racism, police misconduct and the meaning of true friendship.

RESERVATION DOGS
Best New Scripted Series, Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series (Film Independent Spirit Awards)
Best Television Series Musical or Comedy (Golden Globes Awards)

This series tells the story of four Indigenous young men scheming on how to get out of rural Oklahoma. Featuring all Indigenous writers and directors, along with an almost entirely Indigenous North American cast and production team the series goes above and beyond ensuring their culture is properly represented.

THE GREAT
Best Television Series Musical or Comedy, Best Actor and Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy (Golden Globes Awards)

A comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest-reigning female ruler in Russian history. The “anti-historical” series portrays Catherine as a youth as well as wife to Emperor Peter III, focusing mostly on the plot to kill her depraved and dangerous husband.

GENIUS: ARETHA
Best Actress in a Limited Series (Golden Globes Awards)

This mini-series offers an insightful look at the musical genius that was Aretha Franklin. From her attempts to reboot her career to securing her place in annals of rock and roll the project gives documentary vibes so strong it doesn’t seem like a reenactment at times.