BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No End in Sight (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production
Filmmakers: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
The story: Former Bush administration officials drop a film's worth of dimes on their former bosses, outlining what went wrong in Iraq.
To learn more, click here [1].
To watch the trailer, click here [2].
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (The Documentary Group)
Filmmakers: Richard E. Robbins and Tom Yellin
The story: Servicemen and women tell their stories in their own words, through letters home.
To learn more, click here [3].
SiCKO (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production
Filmmakers: Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
The story: Just how much does the U.S. health care system suck? Moore shows us how much!
To learn more, click here [4].
Taxi to the Dark Side (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production WINNER
Filmmakers: Alex Gibney, director of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and Eva Orner
The story: An exploration of the Bush administration's use and justification of unprecedented detention and interrogation techniques.
To learn more, click here [5].
War/Dance (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
Filmmakers: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
The story: Schoolchildren in war-ravaged Uganda prepare for a school dance competition.
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BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Freeheld A Lieutenant Films Production WINNER
Filmmakers: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
The story: An ailing South Jersey police officer named Laurel Hester fights for pension benefits for her partner Stacy in this moving gay rights drama.
To learn more, click here [7].
La Corona (The Crown) A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production
Filmmakers: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
The story: A women's prison in Colombia hosts a beauty pageant
To learn more, click here [8].
Salim Baba A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production
Filmmakers: Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
The story: A man makes a living in India scavenging and screening scraps of discarded film to children.
To learn more, click here [9].
Sari’s Mother (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production
Filmmaker: James Longley
The story: An Iraqi mother struggles to obtain health care for her son, who is sick with AIDS.
To learn more, click here [10].
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“I Met the Walrus” A Kids & Explosions Production
Filmmaker: Josh Raskin
The story: In 1969, a Toronto teenager talked his way into John Lennon's hotel room, and interviewed the former Beatle and Yoko Ono.
To learn more, click here [11].
Madame Tutli-Putli (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production
Filmmakers: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
The story: A bug-eyed woman boards a train laden with all her earthly possessions.
To learn more, click here [12]
Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven) (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production
Filmmakers: Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
The story: An old man learns that there is more to life than material wealth.
My Love (Moya Lyubov) (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production
Filmmaker: Alexander Petrov
The story: A Russian love story.
Peter & the Wolf (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production WINNER
Filmmakers: Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
The story: Scenes from a grim marriage.
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
At Night A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production
Filmmakers: Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
Il Supplente (The Substitute) (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production
Filmmaker: Andrea Jublin
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets) (Premium Films) A Karé Production WINNER
Filmmaker: Philippe Pollet-Villard
Tanghi Argentini (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production
Filmmakers: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
The Tonto Woman A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production
Filmmakers: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown