Announced Thursday morning from Hollywood, the Oscar nomination--which also named Poitras' co-producers Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky--was greeted enthusiastically by fellow journalists and filmmakers as well as supporters from across the world.
"Congrats to my brilliant colleague Laura Poitras!!!! CITIZENFOUR nominated for Best Documentary Oscar!" exclaimed Glenn Greenwald, who is both featured in the film and counts as the journalist who has worked most closely with Poitras on the Snowden story since it exploded in the summer of 2013.
And fellow progressive filmmakers behind last's year nominated film, Dirty Wars, tweeted:
Along with CitizenFour, the
other nominees for Best Documentary Feature include: 'Finding Vivian Maier' by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel; 'Last Days in Vietnam' by Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester; 'The Salt of the Earth' by Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribiero Salgado, and David Rosier; and 'Virunga' by Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara.
However, as the
Guardian film critic Ben Beaumont-Thomas speculates, "With its incredible access and agenda-setting subject, Citizenfour could well consider itself the favourite in the category."
In this staged Q&A at the New York Film Festival in October, Poitras discussed the film in detail:
NYFF52: "CITIZENFOUR" Q&A | Laura Poitras (Full)Laura Poitras talks about "CITIZENFOUR," her documentary about Edward Snowden, the NSA, and surveillance, during a Q&A at ...
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