’s co-founder, at a party at the Telluride Film Festival in August 2019. With his film talent in attendance, including “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho and “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” star Adèle Haenel, a 10-minute side conversation with the CEO has remained prevalent in my mind. At the time, I conveyed to him my thoughts that Bong’s film from South Korea had a real chance to win best picture at the Oscars later in the year.
In this extended eligibility year, Neon had a robust powerhouse of non-fiction films in its arsenal. When the Oscars announced its shortlist for documentary feature, three of its movies had been listed for the next round of consideration: Victor Kossakovsky’s “Gunda,” Gianfranco Rosi’s “Notturno” and Benjamin Ree’s “.
In June 2020, the Academy began assigning documentary branch members “required viewing lists,” a list of 15% of the eligibility pool, or 36 films, each branch member would watch before preliminary voting that took place on Feb. 1. This would ensure each film is seen for voting, but it does rest on an honor system.
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