15 Documentaries Advance in Oscar Race

Project Nim PosterThe field of documentary films in the running for the 2012 Oscars has narrowed to 15. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed which films have made the cut and will advance in the voting process for the 84th Academy Awards®:

“Battle for Brooklyn” (RUMER Inc.)
“Bill Cunningham New York” (First Thought Films)
“Buck” (Cedar Creek Productions)
“Hell and Back Again” (Roast Beef Productions Limited)
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” (Marshall Curry Productions, LLC)
“Jane’s Journey” (NEOS Film GmbH & Co. KG)
“The Loving Story” (Augusta Films)
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” (@radical.media)
“Pina” (Neue Road Movies GmbH)
“Project Nim” (Red Box Films)
“Semper Fi: Always Faithful” (Tied to the Tracks Films, Inc.)
“Sing Your Song” (S2BN Belafonte Productions, LLC)
“Undefeated” (Spitfire Pictures)
“Under Fire: Journalists in Combat” (JUF Pictures, Inc.)
“We Were Here” (Weissman Projects, LLC)

The nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards will be announced on January 24, 2012. The Oscars will take place on February 26, 2012 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA.

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – November 19, 2011