u/ziggory

The great people of ShortStick Films go over various short films that could contend at next year's Oscars. They also note that there's only 3 months left for shorts to qualify because they have a different qualifying window.

Considering shorts are the films that usually hold up people's Death Races, this is a great resource for what to potentially watch out for. The people who run this site have a pretty solid predictive track record when it comes to shorts. Also, shorts are just nifty imo.

Deadline's Matthew Carey and Oscar-winner John Ridley discuss documentaries that have buzz/gained traction this time of year which really just means they mostly talk about docs that premiered at Sundance. But they do talk about what each doc is about, awards they've won so far, distribution/campaign potential, domestic/international factor, and if there are big names involved. They also highlight docs they just really enjoyed.

Films brought up:

American Doctor, Birds of War, Closure, Everybody to Kenmure Street, Ghost in the Machine, Soul Patrol, To Hold a Mountain, Time & Water, A Child of My Own, Nuisance Bear, Joybubbles, Dernsie, Below the Clouds, Once Upon a Time in Harlem, Remake, Phenomena, Jane Elliott Against the World, Barbara Forever, Che Guevara: The Last Companions, Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird)

I was passing through the Civic Center plaza and saw a bunch of people with film equipment on the sidewalk, a little catering tent, and a small crowd of onlookers gathering. The street was blocked off, and they seemed to be filming at the Earl Warren Hiram W Johnson building (I always thought it was another courthouse, but I guess not?).

There were notices around about filming and for the film crew, but I didn't look any closer to see what the production was. I tried looking on FilmSF/the film commission's site for into but didn't see anything current listed there.