These festival films are Oscar nominated!

A total of three HUMAN films have been nominated for the prestigious award.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the nominations for the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars.

Among the nominees for Best Documentary Feature are no fewer than four films, all of which will be screened at the HUMAN festival in March!

These are Sugarcane, Porcelain War and Soundtrack of a Coup d”Etat.

In addition, we are showing No Other Land, winner of the Human Rights Human Wrongs Award 2024, co-produced by Norwegian Antipode, as a school film.

Read more about the films below:

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État

Director: Johan Gimonprez

This gem of a documentary combines Congolese independence and America’s most unconventional weapon of the Cold War: Jazz.

Sugarcane

Directors: Emily Kassie & Julian Brave NoiseCat

A shocking documentary about the abuses of indigenous people by Canadian authorities and the Catholic Church.

Porcelain War

Directors: Slava Leontyev & Brendan Bellomo

Who would have thought porcelain could fight bombs? “Porcelain War” shows the role of art in Ukrainian resistance to Russian invasion.