Orwell: 2+2=5 leads the pack with seven nominations including Best Documentary Feature. The film’s other nominations are Raoul Peck for Best Director, Alexandra Strauss for Best Editing, Alexei Aigui for Best Score, Best Narration (Written by George Orwell, Adapted by Raoul Peck, Performed by Damian Lewis), Best Archival Documentary, and Best Political Documentary.I'm sharing the trailer for the top two nominees, beginning with ORWELL 2+2=5 - Official Greenband Trailer from Neon.
The Perfect Neighbor received six nominations including Best Documentary Feature, Geeta Gandbhir for Best Director, Viridiana Lieberman for Best Editing, Laura Heinzinger for Best Score, Best Archival Documentary, and Best True Crime Documentary.
George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th Century, whose novels 1984 and Animal Farm foretold a chilling, all-to-believable authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck (Academy Award-nominated I Am Not Your Negro), working in collaboration with the Orwell Estate, seamlessly interweaves historical clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and dynamic modern day footage to craft not only a definitive portrait of the writer himself, but an entirely fresh take on how remarkably relevant and prophetic his work has become. Peck doesn't just present the information but shows new ways of seeing it, drawing patterns and connections we might not otherwise realize, championing Orwell as a man from the past who just might hold the key to the world's future.That was chilling, and shows how Orwell is still relevant. Authoritarianism is still authoritarianism, whether the philosophy it uses to justify itself comes from the Left or the Right.
Next, The Perfect Neighbor | Official Trailer | Netflix.
One woman. Dozens of 911 calls. And a close-knit neighborhood caught in a nightmare. What begins as one woman’s relentless harassment of children spirals into a shocking act of violence. Captured through gripping police bodycam footage, The Perfect Neighbor - Winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s Directing Award - delivers a hauntingly powerful experience that keeps you on edge from start to finish.Yikes! This looks like a real-life version of multi-Razzie nominee Karen. That movie was about racism and harassment, and it's even uglier when it's fact instead of fiction.
Follow over the jump for the rest of the nominees for Best Documentary.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2000 Meters to Andriivka (Frontline Features / The Associated Press) The Alabama Solution (HBO Max) Apocalypse in the Tropics (Netflix) Cover-Up (Netflix) Deaf President Now! (Apple TV) Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon) Pee-wee as Himself (HBO Max) The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix) Riefenstahl (Kino Lorber) The Tale of Silyan (National Geographic)From most to least nominated, the rest of the nominees are 2000 Meters to Andriivka and The Alabama Solution with five nominations, Apocalypse in the Tropics and Deaf President Now! with four nominations, Riefenstahl with three nominations, and Cover-Up, Pee-wee as Himself, and The Tale of Silyan at two nominations. Based on the number of nominations, I think that Orwell: 2+2=5 is the nominal favorite. That written, I'm going through the rest of the nominees also nominated for a best documentary.
Three of the nominees for Best Documentary also earned nominations for Best Archival Documentary, Orwell: 2+2=5, The Perfect Neighbor, and Riefenstahl, so those are my choices for favorites.
Four Best Documentary nominees also earned nominations for Best Political Documentary, Orwell: 2+2=5 again, The Alabama Solution, Apocalypse in the Tropics and Deaf President Now! These are my picks for favorites with Orwell: 2+2=5 as most likely to win.
Two Best Documentary nominees are also nominees for Best True Crime Documentary, The Perfect Neighbor and The Alabama Solution. Between the two, I think The Perfect Neighbor has the advantage.
Riefenstahl and Cover-Up earned nominations for Best Historical Documentary. Between the two, I'm picking Riefenstahl to win with The American Revolution, which is also nominated for Best Limited Documentary Series and Best Narration, as the most likely to upset it.
The lone Best Documentary nominee earning a nod for Best Biographical Documentary is Pee-wee as Himself, which won three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program, and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program. It's my pick for favorite with the two films most likely to upset it being two nominees for Best First Documentary, My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay and Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost.
I close with the one category I covered before in Spectacular nature films nominated at the 2025 Critics Choice Documentary Awards.
I still haven't watched all the trailers, but The Tale of Silyan is definitely a contender because of its Best Documentary nomination.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYNo favorite yet. I'll pick one after I watch all the trailers.
Ben Bernhard – Architecton (A24)
Jean Dakar – The Tale of Silyan (National Geographic)
Elizabeth Lo – Mistress Dispeller (Oscilloscope)
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo & Tor Edvin Eliassen – Folktales (Magnolia Pictures)
Brittany Shyne – Seeds (Interior Films)
Toby Strong, Doug Anderson (Underwater Photography) – Ocean with David Attenborough (National Geographic)
That's a wrap for today. Stay tuned for the highlights of tonight's Saturday Night Live as tomorrow's Sunday entertainment feature.
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