Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids 2004

The 77th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as the Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2004. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Chris Rock hosted the show for the first time. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, California held on February 12, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Scarlett Johansson.

The Aviator won the most awards of the night with five. Million Dollar Baby won four awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included The Incredibles, and Ray with two awards, and Born into Brothels, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Mighty Times: The Children's March, The Motorcycle Diaries, Ryan, The Sea Inside, Sideways, Spider-Man 2 and Wasp each with one. The telecast garnered over 42 million viewers in the United States.

01–16 / u.s. dramatic competition
17–28 / world cinema dramatic competition
—
29–38 / next
39–58 / premieres
59–67 / midnight
68–74 / spotlight
—
75–78 / new frontier: films
—
79–94 / u.s. documentary competition
95–106 / world cinema documentary competition
107–120/ documentary premieres
—
121–126 / special events
+ Hillary. Nanette Burstein. four-part docuseries
+ Love Fraud. Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing. four-part docuseries
+ McMillions. James Lee Hernandez & Brian Lazarte. first three episodes. docuseries
+ The Trade. Matthew Heineman. two episodes. continuation of the Showtime docuseries
—
127–144 / u.s. narrative short films
145–163 / international narrative short films
164–178 / animated short films
179–200 / documentary short films
—
201–202 / from the collection
203–205 / kids

Pulled From: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/?year=2004

International Documentary Association (IDA), founded in 1982, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that promotes nonfiction filmmakers, and is dedicated to increasing public awareness for the documentary genre. Their major program areas are: Advocacy, Filmmaker Services, Education, and Public Programs and Events.

Based in Los Angeles, the IDA has approximately 2,000 members in 53 countries, providing a forum for supporters and suppliers of documentary filmmaking.

Official award list: https://www.documentary.org/ida-awards/history

This list order is "Best Feature" followed by "Best Short" for each year.

Entries from 1996 and older are exempt from this order as they sometimes awarded more than one feature or short.

Let’s start te game

Documentaries I plan to watch.

Shows Rosemary likes.

Oskars and nominees

Interesting documentaries yet to be seen.

Netflix Genre