Oscar Update-Best Direction / Truffle Love Continues

 OSCAR UPDATE-BEST DIRECTION

Here are my latest Oscar nomination predictions for Best Direction updated since I last posted this category on  Sept. 21st.  A director's past position is indicated to the right in parentheses.  TFF #47 films are indicated in Bold.

1) Chloe Zhao/Nomadland

2) David Fincher/Mank

3) Paul Greengrass/News of the World

4) Aaron Sorkin/The Trial of the Chicago 7

5) Spike Lee/Da 5 Bloods

6) Florian Zeller/The Father

7) Regina King/One Night in Miami

8) Shaun King/Judas and the Black Messiah

9) George C. Wolfe/Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

10) Lee Chung/Minari

Other possibles: Christopher Nolan/Tenet, Francis Lee/Ammonite, Sophia Coppola/On the Rocks

TRUFFLE LOVE CONTINUES

The success, popularity and critical acclaim for The Truffle Hunters continues.  In addition to its selection for TFF #47, the documentary has now been featured as a part of  Sundance, Toronto, New York, Zurich, Hampton and Mill Valley Film Fests, among others.

This week, the film and its directors, Greg Kershaw and Michael Dweck were featured at Indiewire.  Carlos Aguilar wrote the story for the outlet.

Here's the link to the Indiewire article.

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