We are so overjoyed and grateful that Camilla Nielsson’s documentary film President has been shortlisted for the Feature Documentary Academy Award.
The shortlist contains 15 films, which will be narrowed down to 5 nominated films on February 8, 2022, and the 94th Academy Awards Ceremony will take place on March 27, 2022.
So we’ll keep our fingers crossed for the next couple of months!
President is produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen for Final Cut for Real, and Joslyn Barnes for Louverture Films (US). The film is co-produced by Anne Köhncke and Anita Rehoff for Sant & Usant (NO) for Sant & Usant (NO).
Executive Producers are Thandiwe Newton, Susan Rockefeller, Danny Glover and Tone Grøttjord-Glenne.
The film is produced with the support of The Danish Film Institute, Danida, International Media Support, EU’s Media Program Creative Europe, The Norwegian Film Institute, Fritt Ord, Nordisk Film og TV Fond, Enterprise Fund, Ford Foundation, Bertha Foundation, Sundance Documentary Program, DR, SVT, NRK, ZDF Arte, BBC, VPRO, ERR, RTV & Ceska TV.
Read more about ‘President’ here.