Every January, the Sundance Film Festival launches a slew of documentary Oscar contenders, and 2022 was no exception.
While there are exceptions, most eventual documentary Oscar nominees launch at Sundance.
It’s the festival of choice for non-fiction films to be seen and discovered.You can see why: Making the Oscar shortlist for 2022 were Sundance 2021 debuts from Nanfu Wang (HBO’s China Covid expose “In the Same Breath”), Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Neon’s animated immigration saga “Flee”), self-taught Jessica Beshir (Janus’ dive into Ethiopia’s khat industry “Faya Dayi”), Camilla Nielsson (Greenwich Entertainment’s Zimbabwe expose “President”); and rookie filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Searchlight/Hulu’s 1969 concert film “Summer of Soul”).This year’s new Sundance crop is just as impressive.Documentary award winners get a boostThe jury prizes didn’t go to the buzziest titles: those films nabbed the audience awards.
But Sundance award-winners got a lift toward getting seen and,
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