Oscars 2026 – Will Geeta Gandbhir triumph?
The Red Carpet is underway at the world’s most high profile film awards ceremony…
We revisit our story when the Oscars nominations were first announced… Gandbhir is nominated in two categories…
GEETA GANDBHIR’S work has been nominated in two separate categories for the forthcoming 98th Oscars.
The US-based Indian American filmmaker received a nomination for her documentary feature, ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ and for a doc short called ‘The Devil is Busy’.
“I could not be more honoured truly,” she told film mag Deadline. “There was such a roster of powerful, amazing political films. And I think the choices they make are based around the films that they feel are relevant and strong.”
In ‘The Perfect Neighbor’, Gandbhir examines the killing of black mum Ajike Owens who was shot in 2023 by neighbour Susan Lorincz who had used racial slurs and had a history of disputes with Owens and her children. The documentary has little commentary but uses bodycam footage from police that chronicle the build up to a violent incident. Gandbhir has a personal connection to the victim Owens – as her she is personally known to her family. Lorincz is serving a 25-year sentence for manslaughter following a trial. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year and released in October and is available on Netflix globally.
Her other nomination, along with co-director Christalyn Hampton, for the short, ‘The Devil is Busy’ – is about an Atlanta abortion clinic besieged by protesters. It released in the US in September and is available for streaming in the US on HBO and is produced by the channel.
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